Who are the Oldest and Youngest People to graduate with an MD from an accredited US

[bgtati]

School. I'm just curious. Does anybody know? I tried to use google but no success. Have a good weekend people.

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[C.P. Jones]

unfrozen caveman doctor and doogie howser

 

[simpleman]

School. I'm just curious. Does anybody know? I tried to use google but no success. Have a good weekend people.

my older brother graduated Med School at age 20. When we moved from overseas to the US, he skipped high school and started college at age 13 and finished BS degree at 16. He is now a resident in Surgery. Yep I know, insane. I hope this helps, but I think there are people who graduated below the age of 19. It happens alot overseas, but in US, check it out. I am interested to know too.

 

[jillibean]

my older brother graduated Med School at age 20. When we moved from overseas to the US, he skipped high school and started college at age 13 and finished BS degree at 16. He is now a resident in Surgery. Yep I know, insane. I hope this helps, but I think there are people who graduated below the age of 19. It happens alot overseas, but in US, check it out. I am interested to know too.

That is nuts!

It seems like doctors deal with so many psychosocial issues that would be beyond the understanding of someone that young... (it seems like medicine is not just about being smart, but also about understanding and empathizng the struggles that only comes with life experience.)

 

[Flopotomist]

That is nuts!

It seems like doctors deal with so many psychosocial issues that would be beyond the understanding of someone that young... (it seems like medicine is not just about being smart, but also about understanding and empathizng the struggles that only comes with life experience.)

Agreed - I don't care how smart you are, I don't want to look up during my dying moments and see a teenager.

 

[kirexhana]

Agreed - I don't care how smart you are, I don't want to look up during my dying moments and see a teenager.

don't worry, i'm sure the workload in med school will be enough to add wrinkles to anyone's forehead. they might be 19, but they won't look it...

 

[Law2Doc]

don't worry, i'm sure the workload in med school will be enough to add wrinkles to anyone's forehead. they might be 19, but they won't look it...

Even so, one's ability to handle heavy emotional stuff like death and disease tends to be much better the older you are. Not always, but usually. That's why extremely young applicants sometimes face hurdles on the "maturity" issue.

 

[Homer Simpson]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/08/25/sprj.sch.wonder.kid.ap/

"If he [a 12 year-old] weren't also getting his Ph.D. along with his medical degree -- thus, pushing his age at graduation to 19 or 20 -- he'd also be on course to become the youngest person to graduate from any medical school. According to Guinness World Records, a 17-year-old graduated from medical school in New York in 1995."

 

[jackieMD2007]

unfrozen caveman doctor and doogie howser

 

[kirexhana]

Even so, one's ability to handle heavy emotional stuff like death and disease tends to be much better the older you are. Not always, but usually. That's why extremely young applicants sometimes face hurdles on the "maturity" issue.

well i'm glad i passed that hurdle then 😉

 

[Hoberto]

My mom had a resident in her 60s rotate through her unit several years ago. I doubt that's the oldest though.

 

[Hoberto]

Oldest Medical School Graduate (as of 2004) was 61 yrs old.

 

[Law2Doc]

My mom had a resident in her 60s rotate through her unit several years ago. I doubt that's the oldest though.

I did a quick google search and came across stories of a few physicians who graduated in their early 60s (including the one you cited above). I doubt there have been too many older than that.

 

[vtucci]

When I interviewed at Pritzker, they had a 12 year old in the MD/PhD program in the Class of 2008. So he will be about 19 when he graduates.

 

[Law2Doc]

When I interviewed at Pritzker, they had a 12 year old in the MD/PhD program in the Class of 2008. So he will be about 19 when he graduates.

He totally lost his childhood. I predict extensive psychoanalysis sessions in his future.

 

[seadizzle]

He totally lost his childhood. I predict extensive psychoanalysis sessions in his future.

If he's capable of MD/PHD work at 12, I don't think his childhood would be normal by any stretch of the imagination anyway.

 

[Mature MedStudent]

When I graduated from Tulane School of Medicine with My MD last Saturday, I appear to have become the oldest person to ever be awarded an MD from a US medical school at age 59. At least 3 people have been granted DO degrees from US osteopathic schools as old as 61,

 

[altblue]

When I graduated from Tulane School of Medicine with My MD last Saturday, I appear to have become the oldest person to ever be awarded an MD from a US medical school at age 59. At least 3 people have been granted DO degrees from US osteopathic schools as old as 61,

Congratulations!

 

[Bnaiah]

When I graduated from Tulane School of Medicine with My MD last Saturday, I appear to have become the oldest person to ever be awarded an MD from a US medical school at age 59. At least 3 people have been granted DO degrees from US osteopathic schools as old as 61,

I matriculate in 2020. I’ll be 52. I’ll prob be 59 at the end of Residency! I really needed to see this post! More fuel for the “Fire”! Congratulations!

 

[gyngyn]

I know of a 12 year old admitted to medical school. It was a travesty. The poor thing had no friends. Medical school is hard enough without puberty on top of it.

 

[Goro]

Our oldest was 53 at matriculation

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

I know of a 12 year old admitted to medical school. It was a travesty. The poor thing had no friends. Medical school is hard enough without puberty on top of it.

That’s insane. Poor kid.


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[TelemarketingEnigma]

I know of a 12 year old admitted to medical school. It was a travesty. The poor thing had no friends. Medical school is hard enough without puberty on top of it.

I can't imagine how awful that would be. I was involved stuff for "gifted and talented" students when I was a kid, and knew a few people who skipped a lot of grades/went to college super early. While a few of them made it work, most of them just ended up pretty miserable and not even particularly "gifted" once everyone else matured and caught up. Medical school seems like it would be ten times worse. While high school sucks, I really do think it is a valuable experience for just learning how to interact with other people as humans.

 

[gyngyn]

I can't imagine how awful that would be. I was involved stuff for "gifted and talented" students when I was a kid, and knew a few people who skipped a lot of grades/went to college super early. While a few of them made it work, most of them just ended up pretty miserable and not even particularly "gifted" once everyone else matured and caught up. Medical school seems like it would be ten times worse. While high school sucks, I really do think it is a valuable experience for just learning how to interact with other people as humans.

It really harmed this gifted child. Having them do a PhD (as an attempt to soften the impact and slow down the process) did little to improve the poor kid's experience. It only took two years...
Imagine having to wait for your Mom to pick you up from medical school or sitting alone at lunch (made by the same Mom) looking absolutely miserable.

 

[WIMNFamilyMed]

When my mom graduated high school, the mother of one of her classmates decided to go to medical school. This was back in 1985. The mom had to be 45-50 when she started the MD program.

 

[LizzyM]

However old they are now, they were 12 years younger when this thread began!

 

[CarmexMe]

I’ve actually worked with the youngest person to graduate medical school in the U.S., Baka Ambati at the age of 17. AMA?