Physician scientist in anesthesiology

[kamikaze1992]

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone here has pursued a career as a physician-scientist in anesthesia? (Or knows someone who pursued that route). I'm clinically interested in anesthesia, but I'm not sure how a career in research really fits into the nature of the specialty. Did you guys pursue a PSTP? What options do you have once you have finished your research fellowship? I would really appreciate any insight you have into this. Thank you!

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[Spacedman]

feel free to PM me - you can see in my post history a number of threads that address some of the questions you may have.

 

[SurfingDoctor]

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone here has pursued a career as a physician-scientist in anesthesia? (Or knows someone who pursued that route). I'm clinically interested in anesthesia, but I'm not sure how a career in research really fits into the nature of the specialty. Did you guys pursue a PSTP? What options do you have once you have finished your research fellowship? I would really appreciate any insight you have into this. Thank you!

I know a handful of people who went into Anesthesiology as physician-scientists. I would say based on personal experience, only about half went the MD-PhD route, the other were straight MDs.

The topics I've seen most covered are sepsis, pain, and intraoperative mechanisms of tissue injury.

 

[JoaoMoutinho]

Here's a thread I made on the subject in the anesthesia forum recently, hope it helps.

Physician scientists in anesthesia

Hi everyone, MD/PhD student here exploring my options during PhD phase, and I've started to gain some interest in anesthesia but can't find much about physician-scientists in the field, so I figured I'd come here. A few questions: 1) what are some of the major research questions in...

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