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I want to know where each specialty is categorized, if under medicine or surgery? Could someone make a list for me? I'd appreciate it.
Crookshanks said:I want to know where each specialty is categorized, if under medicine or surgery? Could someone make a list for me? I'd appreciate it.
Kimberli Cox said:Medicine: not surgery
Surgery: not medicine
How'z zat?
AJM said:Or,
Surgery: cut
Medicine: don't cut
Seriously, I think I know what you're getting at. You're asking to break it down between who are the physicians and who are the surgeons (according to the traditional old-school breakdown). I'll try the major subspecialties below:
Surgeons: general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, plastics, ortho, neurosurg, vascular surg, ENT, urology, colorectal, Ob/Gyn
Physicians: internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary, critical care, renal, ID, GI, oncology, hematology, rheumatology, neurology, PM&R, anesthesia, radiation oncology (these last four aren't medicine subspecialties, but they fall into the category of primarily being nonsurgeons).
Neither or both: dermatology, ophtho, radiology, nuclear medicine, pathology
Crookshanks said:Thank you for the clarification. I was confused about OB/GYN, EM, radiology and some others.......I guess that clearly gives away my pre-med status.
~Crookshanks (that's me getting a bath)
Crookshanks said:Well, I guess I'm officially stupid, because that WAS an honest question. I guess just forget it.
jocg27 said:I can't say what was in the op's mind, exactly, but I can't say that I didn't think a little about the same question early on...
I've heard from a few people that when you start thinking about specialties you like and are interested, often the first split it comes down to is are you more towards the medicine end or the surgery end. If you don't know what falls under which, this advice sounds a bit cryptic...('aren't there more than two specialties? - what's closer to which end?'