What are the steps that I need to take to become a Cardiothoracic surgeon. Im currently a senior in highschool

Question

I need to know how long i need to go to school and to what school specifically. please help me!!!

Answer 1

So if you really want to become a cardiothoracic surgeon.

you have to get an undergraduate degree. Your major and what college you attend do not matter very much (as long as it's not community college).

While you're getting an undergraduate degree you need to complete a certain set of courses, most often
1 course basic calculus
1 year general chem with lab
1 year physics with lab
1 year biology with lab
1 year organic chemistry with lab

You will need to maintain, according to averages, around a 3.4GPA during your undergrad

You also need to develop a set of extracurriculars. This includes volunteering, shadowing doctors, engaging in scientific research, and almost anything else.

You will need to take the MCAT which is the medical college admission test, you'll probably take it in your junior or senior year in college. You'll need to get a combined score of around 35 to be competitive.

Then you apply to medical school, any medical school is fine since they're highly regulated, they're all good.

You'll need to graduate from medical school, doing well in your surgery rotation, and take the USMLE step 1 exam, you'll need to score well.

You'll then need to place into a general surgery residency. This is a 5 year residency usually.

After your surgery residency you'll need to complete a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery.

After you've done all this, you'll be a cardiothoracic surgeon. Then you'll get to watch as half of your business is taken by cardiology.

Overall length:
Undergrad 4 years
glide year 1 year (the glide year is part of the application process and is generally unavoidable)
medical school 4 years
general surgery residency 5 years
cardiothoracic fellowship 2 years

Total time: 16 years from the time you graduate high school. So, if with no breaks you begin college at 18 and go directly from there. You will be a cardiothoracic attending surgeon when you are 34 years old.

Answer 2

There are no specific schools. Just get in to a good
college, take a lot of science, study like hell, graduate
with a 3.5 or preferably higher.
That's all you need to know for now - really.
Eventually you'll need to become an arrogant bastard
with a god complex, but there is Plenty of time for that.

Answer 3

You need to go to college to meet the requirements for entrance to med. school. Pass the M-CAP. Go to med. school for four years, do your residency for 2 -4 years (?), then do a fellowship for 2 years. Something like that. I have a good friend that is a Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgeon. I would think any university to a med school then maybe New Orleans or Dallas for the residency and/or fellowship

Answer 4

stable for you!! actual do your analyze on line or at library for the only right college. My wager is 7-10 years this incorporates internship. what's it approximately being a cardiothoracic physician that appeals to you?

Answer 5

All you need to worry about right now is getting into a college with a good pre-med program and then getting into medical school. Then you can start worrying about your specialty.