how many years of school are required to be a neurologist!?

Question

not a neurosurgeon, just a doctor in the branch of neurology

Answer 1

I attended undergraduate at Tufts University with a degree in Biology that took four years. After which medical school took me four years at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University and after I got into Cleveland Clinic neurology residency which took another 4 years. All in all I'd say my path to being a neurologist took 12 years and it was pretty rigorous. It all depends on the schools and programs you want to achieve.


Best of luck!

Dr. Abusali MD, Ph.D, MS

Answer 2

Seems to vary with the program from the above answers. I got into med school after three years of college, but that was unusual - and it was the 70s. Four years of med school is fairly standard. In the 80s the Neurology guys did a one year internal medicine internship with those of us in straight internal medicine, then they had another two or three years of straight Neurology after that. As I recall, most of these folks did not like the internal medicine internship part. I think they would tell you that was their roughest year. But I suspect each program varies. Check it out with the places you might like to go. And Good Luck! It's a good specialty. People do not die quite so often as the field I chose - heme/onc. That was a tough life style in practice. As a neurologist you could have a life along with the work.

Answer 3

At least 13 years....
Bachelor's Degree (4 years)
Medical School (4 years)
Internship (1 year)
Residency 4+ Years

Answer 4

Four years of undergrad (at least), four years of medical school, and then at least six years of residency (though this can last as long as eight years, if you want to further specialize).

Answer 5

i think at least 9 years.4 regular college,4 medical school and 1 pre-med.but it maybe longer.
i think the rewards outweigh the time in school,helping people is a very noble profession.