Want to be a CARDIO THORACIC SURGEON please help...?
IAM a nursing student doing my final year in india... but my ultimate aim is to be a cadio thoracic surgeon..is there any way for me to become a cardio thoracic surgeon...if so please state me about the universities that are offering the courses....will my nursing degree shorten the period of my further studies as a doctor?would like to know about the cost.. so is it that i can become a doctor by passing out as an under graduate again?
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You need to first get into med school. In India, being a nurse has no advantages for getting into med school. After you finish you MBBS, internship, cardiology & surgery specializations (MS), then you become a full-fledged cardio-thoracic surgeon. It will take 10+ years assuming you already have admission into a Med School. My uncle is a cardiologist (no longer doing surgeries, though). He finished Med school in 1975 (Med School in India is 4.5 years). He did not finish his fellowships, etc, in Universities till 1980, before he was a cardiologist. So it took him 10 years, assuming you are as brilliant as him, as he was a topper. In the US, getting into Med school is not that easy either. Med school in the US will cost you over $100K in expenses (living, food, tuition, etc. over 5 years.
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