THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHOOSING A MEDICAL SPECIALTY
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO
CHOOSING A MEDICAL SPECIALTY
Brian Freeman, MD Resident in Anesthesiology and Critical Care University of Chicago Hospitals Chicago, Illinois
And Associate Authors
Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division
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Contents
Internet Resources Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Part 1. Planning Your Medical Career 1. Choosing a Specialty: The Most Difficult Decision of Your Career 3 2. The Specialization of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3. Ten Factors to Consider in Specialty Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4. Personality Assessment: Are You My Type? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5. Finding the Perfect Specialty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 6. Special Considerations for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 7. Combined Residency Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 8. Options for the Undecided Medical Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 9. Applying for Residency: An Overview of the Match Process . . . . . 87 10. Love and Medicine: The Couples Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 11. Top Secret! The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Match . . . . . . . . 119 12. Your Medical Career Beyond Residency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Part 2. Specialty Profiles 13. Anesthesiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Brian Freeman, MD 14. Dermatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Amy J. Farmer, MD 15. Emergency Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Jeremy Graff, MD v
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16. Family Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH, and Lisa Vargish, MD, MS
17. General Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Danagra Georgia Ikossi, MD and Jonathan Long Le, MD
18. Internal Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Jennifer Lamb, MD and Ian Tong, MD
19. Neurology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Tomasz Zabiega, MD
20. Neurosurgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 M. Jafer Ali, MD
21. Obstetrics & Gynecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Kelly Oberia Elmore, MD, LT, MC, USNR
22. Ophthalmology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Andrew Schwartz, MD
23. Orthopedic Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 John C. Langland, MD
24. Otolaryngology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Daniel J. Lee, MD
25. Pathology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Lisa Yerian, MD
26. Pediatrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Aaron J. Miller, MD
27. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Vicki Anderson, MD, MBA
28. Plastic Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Gregory H. Borschel, MD
29. Psychiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Kathleen Ang-Lee, MD
30. Radiation Oncology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Stephanie E. Weiss, MD
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31. Radiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Derek Fimmen, MD
32. Urology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Jane Lewis, MD
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457
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