Surgeon
"It's a beautiful day to save lives" By:Kat Maloney 9th hour
About Being a Surgeon
- Operate on patients
- Diagnose diseases
- Treat injuries
- Usually work in a hospital
- It combines teaching, learning, and researching
- Centers around patient care
- You can form long term relationships with patients and their families
- You will usually work in an OR (operating room)
- You could operate on transplants
- You will you use a variety of tools
Pros
- You will get paid very good money, on average a surgeon $130,000 a year, you wouldn't have to worry about bills, or taxes
- There is a variety of sub specialties available, there are many areas of surgery you could work in(neurological, cardiovascular, orthopedic)
- Saving lives, while being a surgeon the patients lives is in your hands, and saving a life seems pretty exciting
Cons
- Long hours, when you're a surgeon you usually have to work 48 hours at a time, so you have to get a lot of rest, and try not to sleep while you're working
- The education and training is lengthy, you have to take 11-16 years of training and education, it's very long
- You are responsible for the life of a patient, that could cause high stress, the life of this patient is in your hands
High School Classes
- Biology, biology is the study of living organisms, so if your going to be operating on a person you will need to take lots of biology classes
- Anatomy, anatomy is concerned with the bodily structure of living organisms, you will need to learn about anatomy or take AP anatomy classes in high school to become a surgeon
College Classes
- Inorganic Chemistry, inorganic chemistry deals with the synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds.
- Organic Chemistry, organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds (other than simple salts such as carbonates, oxides, and carbides).
Colleges
Concordia University-St. Paul Minnesota
901 8th St. S.
Moorhead, MN 56562
(218) 299-4000
Marquette University-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Marquette University
1250 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: (800) 222-6544
Purdue University-Fort Wayne Indiana
Purdue University, 610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (765) 494-7570
Associations and Organizations Information
American College of Surgeons
633 N Saint Clair Street
Chicago, IL 60611-3211
Toll free: 800-621-4111
(P) 312-202-5000
(F) 312-202-5001
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
9400 West Higgins Road
Rosemont, Illinois 60018
Phone: 847.823.7186Fax: 847.823.8125
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