how many years of school does it take to be a surgeon?

Answer 1

A doctor goes to 4 years of college, then 4 years of medical school then 4 years of specialty training.

Answer 2

About 8

Answer 3

College - 4 years
Medical School - 4 years
Surgery residency - 5 years or more depending upon whether you do subspecialty training (such as to become a heart surgeon, or a brain surgeon, etc.)

There is a brochure for medical students at:
http://www.facs.org/residencysearch/index.html

Answer 4

It will take 12 years of grade school, 4 years of medical school. Then you are going to enter an internship program in surgery which can be 3 or 4 years. After that you can take a fellowship program (circa 2 years) if you want to be a specialist.

Answer 5

i assume you are from the US..

1. premed will be like 4-5 years depending on the course you will take..
2. med school will be another 4 years..
3. you have 1 year of internship
4. the other 6 years as resident

that's already 15 years.. plus!! if you still want to go to specialty surgery, that's another 1 year depending on the subspec..

Answer 6

THIS DOES DEPEND ON THE SORT OF SURGERY TO BE DONE. THE KEY IS TO GET INTO MED SCHOOL.
USUALLY THIS IS 4 YEARS OF UNDERGRADUATE, FOLLOWED BY 4 YEARS OF MED SCHOOL, FOLLOWED BY 3--4 YEARS OF RESIDENCY. FURTHER TRAINING SUCH AS NEUROSURGERY EVEN REQUIRE LONGER TRAINING AND MORE YEARS OF STUDY.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY WANT AND LOVE THE FIELD TO SUCCEED. GOOD LUCK!

Answer 7

abt 8 to 10 years.it depends on the country ur frm.

Answer 8

Depends on what kind of surgery