research and residencies

[munnabhai]

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I am in a bit of a pickle and was hoping that one of you guys out there could give me some suggestions and ideas.

I am an MS1 and summer is approaching. I really want to spend some time doing research in the time I have off.
During undergrad I worked in a neurophysiology lab and enjoyed patch clamping and recording evoked potentials in epileptic mice (didnt like the mol bio part as much).
Some specialties that currently interest me are:
- Neurology
- Neurosurg (Anatomy was pretty fun... havent taken neuroanat yet)
- Cardiac electrophysiology

I wanted to do research in a lab that dealt with evoked biopotentials/channelopathies. Ideally I would like to combine my interests in patch-clamping with the surgical treatment of epilepsy but I don't know if that is possible.

Since we haven't gained much exposure to those specific specialties, I don't know what all each of those specialties encompasses.

In short:
- Does anyone going into any of these specialties know whether they like research in their given field (as in: say i apply to neurosurg, will they take issue with me doing clinical rather than surgical research?)
- Does anyone know if there are subspecialties which combine surgery with biopotential recordings or channelopathies?
- Any other ideas/suggestions that any of you upperclassmen/residents/etc. can think of?

thanks!

 

[MediumDef]

Sorry I can't answer your question specifically but I do know that most of the people at our school doing that sort of neural science are PhD's. If I were you I would start with that department and ask them if they know anyone in your school or are working with anyone at your school in a more clinical context.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

As long as you do neuroscience research it'll be good for both neurology and neurosurg, the basic science of the two overlap. If you do neurology clinical research vs neurosugery that may be a bit divergent. Better to just do neurosurgery research since that's the more competitive of the two.

 

[masterofmonkeys]

I am in a bit of a pickle and was hoping that one of you guys out there could give me some suggestions and ideas.

I am an MS1 and summer is approaching. I really want to spend some time doing research in the time I have off.
During undergrad I worked in a neurophysiology lab and enjoyed patch clamping and recording evoked potentials in epileptic mice (didnt like the mol bio part as much).
Some specialties that currently interest me are:
- Neurology
- Neurosurg (Anatomy was pretty fun... havent taken neuroanat yet)
- Cardiac electrophysiology

I wanted to do research in a lab that dealt with evoked biopotentials/channelopathies. Ideally I would like to combine my interests in patch-clamping with the surgical treatment of epilepsy but I don't know if that is possible.

Since we haven't gained much exposure to those specific specialties, I don't know what all each of those specialties encompasses.

In short:
- Does anyone going into any of these specialties know whether they like research in their given field (as in: say i apply to neurosurg, will they take issue with me doing clinical rather than surgical research?)
- Does anyone know if there are subspecialties which combine surgery with biopotential recordings or channelopathies?
- Any other ideas/suggestions that any of you upperclassmen/residents/etc. can think of?

thanks!

Neurosurg or electrophys would both apply here. Remember though that the road to electrophys is long and convoluted. First Internal Med, then Cardiology, then an electrophys fellowship. There are integrated tracks in med/cardiology that have built-in research though.

'functional' neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery both involve a lot of the stuff you're interested in, as does electrophys. Mappings/recordings are a central part of a lot of hte procedures they do.

I would guess that a med student would have a better chance of getting some neurosurg research in rather than cardiac electrophys, simply because there are likely to be fewer people wanting to go neurosurg/functional neurosurg/epilepsy, rather than cardiology or IM.

 

[munnabhai]

Neurosurg or electrophys would both apply here. Remember though that the road to electrophys is long and convoluted. First Internal Med, then Cardiology, then an electrophys fellowship. There are integrated tracks in med/cardiology that have built-in research though.

'functional' neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery both involve a lot of the stuff you're interested in, as does electrophys. Mappings/recordings are a central part of a lot of hte procedures they do.

I would guess that a med student would have a better chance of getting some neurosurg research in rather than cardiac electrophys, simply because there are likely to be fewer people wanting to go neurosurg/functional neurosurg/epilepsy, rather than cardiology or IM.

thanks a lot for the information... however could you elaborate on what exactly 'functional' neurosurg is?
TIA