How many physicians do we have here?

[heartened]

I know there must be a few. Stephen Ferzoco (spider9698), me, and.....?

[johnenock]

I assist a group of ortho surgeons during the day and assist in traumas at night.Close, but....

[heartened]

Great! Are you a PA, NP or tech?

[johnenock]

tech/CFA. Actually just finished a horrid 12 hour shift.

[johnenock]

They are talking about sending me off to PA school next year. There goes my writing and philosophy degrees. Banished to the medical field, looks like a life sentence...unless the book sells.

[143ksk]

DVM

[arexcrooke]

DVM

I love my Vet as she went above and beyond the call on a puppy i had. Its a sad story, but 2 days before Anna and I married, my 4 month old Pekingese puppy, DiMaggio, began acting funny. Took him to my vet and bad news, complete renal failure. I was in shock and bawling my eyes out. She says that she thinks that maybe with fluids and some meds that they might get them going again. We leave Dimaggio with her and fly to Cancun. We call her more than we call our folks. On Wednesday, she says that he was fine and that when she took him home with her he played with her pitbull and lab and just had a great time. Sadly though, when they took him off of the fluids, he went back downhill and we had to have him put down when we got back on Saturday.

Anyway, the breeder made good on him by giving us another Peke, Chewie, and he is 7 and a joy (when he isnt whinning or pizzing on stuff)

[heartened]

Hey, don't knock it! PA's make good money, and then you can retire and write that book

 

Best,

[Kagemusha-migration]

I will be...eventually. I am working on both MD and PhD degrees. Nearly done with the PhD (I hope).

 

Kagemusha

[heartened]

MD/PhD is a long and admirable road. Good luck. I assume you have two more clinical years to go before starting residency?

[tth2]

I believe both namisgr and drdonaldblake are MDs, although I believe namisgr is more on the research side.

[Kagemusha-migration]

Yes, I have the two clinical years left before residency. Long road, at least for me, is an understatement. I have been totally turned off to basic science in the last few years. My plan now is to only practice medicine. Grad school has afforded me at list a little time to work on my collection.

[heartened]

Many MD/PhD's make that change, especially after seeing how great clinical medicine can be. Plus, you can certainly continue with clinical research if you like, as I do.

 

Good luck,

[comicartfan]

I'm a RN......and believe me, when i see what you guys go through, I would never in a million years do what you guys do....i only work three days a week, make excellent money and still have a life outside the hospital - and if i want the overtime, in order to make that big purchase, it's always available......best decision i ever could have made professionally speaking.....

[Sharkey]

I'm not a doc but I work for the American College of Chest Physicians, a not-for-profit medical society (the respiratory & thoracic version of the American College of Cardiology).

 

I work with a lot of docs and am executive editor of our medical journal, CHEST. So although I'm not an MD, I attend a LOT of medical meetings and coordinate with a lot of workgroups to develop educational content for Physicians, RRTs, and Nurses.

 

I am always impressed by the research going on to try to improve the state of patient care. So keep up the good work, folks!!

 

--Steve

[jokersrevenge]

i'm an anesthesiologist...How many think I'm a doctor?

[buttock]

I'm in my residency, next year for fellowship.

[jokersrevenge]

what is your residency and fellowship in?

[buttock]

Internal Medicine, then GI.

[heartened]

Hey Steve,

 

If you ever make it to one of the cardiology meetings, do look me up. I almost always attend to present research or chair a session.

 

CHEST is one of the premier thoracic/pulmonary journals, if not the premiere journal. Sounds like a fun job.

 

Best,