Please Help! Torn between NYMC and NSUCOM

[Doc AdamK in 2006]

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Hi Guys:

Yesterday I just received my first acceptance to MD School at NYMC (I have 3 waitlist MD and 4 acceptances DO)

This really comes down to a lifetime decision. What kind of medicine do I want to be practicing.
I think MD will open more opprotunities but Do agrees with my own personal philosphy.

What do you guys think?

Thanks so much

AK

 

[aczander]

The head of the rural medicine dept at NOVA went to NYMC, you should try and contact him. Have you been to NYMC? I do research on NYMC campus.

 

[Doc AdamK in 2006]

Yes I have been to NYMC, for my interview.

I will probably put down the $100 fee to hold my spot. I really want to get into one of the SUNY schools.

But I liked NSU a little better because of atomsphere. I liked NYMC clinical experience and chance to get a better residency

Do you know his name?

AK

 

[tBw]

what kind of medicine do you want to practice? Specialty? Primary care? City? Rural? What about MD or DO appeals? Is DO the actual OMM or just 'philosophy'? NYMC is ~5k/year more right? They are both good schools so without knowing more about you it's a bit tough to offer anything constructive, sorry...

 

[aczander]

His name is Dr. James T Howell. Try emailing him, its [email protected]. Just wondering: Why are you considering MD school if you agree with the DO philosophy?

 

[Doc AdamK in 2006]

I really don't know what area of medicine I want to go into. I don't want to go into rural medicine. I have been interested in residencies in Geriatrics, Oncology, surgery. I'm all over the board.

I like MD for the better opportunities. I mean if you compare NOVA to NYMC, NYMC has many more just because it is 120 years older.

I wanted to do the OMM fellowship program at NSU. So I llike the philosphy and the OMM. Ten years down the road patients are going to be looking for docs that perform all of these procedures.

Aczander, thanks for the info, I just e-mailed him.
Does going to a MD school change the way you practice medicine completely. I thought if you have a philosphy and a way you live your life that wouldn't be changed to much just after 4 years of schooling.

Thanks guys

AK

 

[tBw]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Doc AdamK in 2006:
•I really don't know what area of medicine I want to go into. I don't want to go into rural medicine. I have been interested in residencies in Geriatrics, Oncology, surgery. I'm all over the board.

I like MD for the better opportunities. I mean if you compare NOVA to NYMC, NYMC has many more just because it is 120 years older.

I wanted to do the OMM fellowship program at NSU. So I llike the philosphy and the OMM. Ten years down the road patients are going to be looking for docs that perform all of these procedures.

Aczander, thanks for the info, I just e-mailed him.
Does going to a MD school change the way you practice medicine completely. I thought if you have a philosphy and a way you live your life that wouldn't be changed to much just after 4 years of schooling.

Thanks guys

AK•••••If you want to have OMM in your practice then the decision is a no-brainer. I know people go on about the whole "philosophical difference" thing and sure, I think it would be pleasant to be in a school that supported a philosophy similar to your own, but at the end of the day, the person and the doctor that you are depends more on you than the philosophy of the school you attended. So I don't think the 'philosophy' is such a consideration. Maybe instead of trying to decide NYMC vs NOVA you should really consider why you would choose a SUNY over either one. Clearly you think you can get a good education at an MD SUNY so you presumably aren't too worried about 'philosophy'. If you are interested in surgery and oncology I don't think OMM would benefit you much. Also, if you think a SUNY is where you really want to be then it seems that OMM can't be that high on your list either, as you won't get it there.Okay, cost is a big factor. Anything else? If there is something else it might help clarify your NYMC vs NOVA decision. Personally I would choose NOVA over either NYMC or a SUNY, but it sounds very much like you have misgivings about not taking the "safe" route and getting the MD. In the long run I don't think DO vs MD will be as big a difference as you currently seem to think. Ten years down the road patients will look not for someone that can "do all these procedures" but will look for exactly what they look for now - "are you on their health plan?" If yes, great, if no, oh well. I know very few people who put any effort whatesoever into "choosing" their doctor. What little effort they do make is just word of mouth and convenience of location. Go wherever you will have least regrets.