My First Year Of Medical School

surgeon that performed the first ever successful heart transplant in the United States. In the 1940s, was when he was a medical student at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Cooley built a reputation as one of the most innovative and productive surgeons of his time. He even assisted on the first “blue baby” operation in 1944. Twenty-three years later Dr. Cooley completed the first successful U.S. heart transplant on May 3, 1968, giving a 47-year-old man a heart from a 15-year-old girl who had committed

seventh grade I had my fifth surgery and I decided on the career path I plan to pursue today, I intend to become a Pediatric Anesthesiologist. In seventh grade, I had my fifth surgery, three of which were emergency surgeries. In the beginning, I was terrified but every surgery got easier. The person that relived me of this fear the most during my surgeries was my anesthesiologist. In the operating room, they were the last person I saw before I went to sleep and they were the first person I saw when

said, “You can go as far as you dream, think and imagine.” I hope that while attending college I can pursue my dreams and go farther than I have imagined. Texas Tech University, home of the Red Raiders, is the only school in Texas to have a Law School, Medical School and Academic University on the same campus and will provide me with the skills I need to become a pediatrician. To make my pediatric dream a reality I have to pay some pretty hefty expenses. Tuition at Texas Tech is 10,772 dollars

Education of an Oncologist What I Already Know Cancer, or as some people call it “the C word” affects entirely too many people in this world. Hearing about the disease really hits home for me. My great aunt died this past winter from pancreatic cancer. Once she was diagnosed, she only had about one month of life left before she passed. During that month, I watched her wither away as cancer took over her entire body. I hated seeing her suffer, but I also found a very deep interest in the cancer

a veterinarian. However, I have always wanted to be a doctor, but not just any doctor. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a pediatrician. Now, half way through my junior year in high school, I have started to question the details of this career, and all the hard work it takes to become a part of the medical field. What I Know I know pediatricians are people who carry their

As an only child, my family has always strived for the best. My mother and father being divorced, both, have invariably talked to me about the type of future I should aim for. They have also pushed me to do my absolute best, and have encouraged me to continue school. But I had not given much thought to what I wanted to study for in the future, until one day it hit me. This was the day my grandmother was having hip surgery. So my father and I decided to go to the hospital to visit her. While we were

finally end and my final year of college begin. As my senior year began, I had so many questions and so few answers. On the first day of classes, I saw Lori again, and at least for a brief moment, the world seemed to make sense. It was obvious from our first conversation she spent the summer doing some thinking of her own. She shared many of my frustrations and uncertainties. The first item on the agenda in my senior year was sending out my applications to medical school. I thought about my meeting with

carefully considering my aptitude, interests and professional ambition, I am now applying to University of South Australia (UniSA) as an international student for admission to the Bachelor program in Medical Radiation Science. Particularly, I am interested in the major of Medical Imaging. I have been studying in Australia since February 2014 and have completed year 11 and 12 at Glenunga International High School (GIHS) in Adelaide. Before that, I finished my primary studies up to year 10 in Ho Chi Minh

There is more than one type of doctorate in the medical field. A physician can earn either an allopathic (MD) or an osteopathic (DO) degree. An allopathic degree is the more traditional form of medical education that focuses on treating and eliminating disease with medicines. An osteopathic education focuses more on holistic medicine, preventing disease and an additional 300 to 500 hours of hands on musculoskeletal manipulation training (Medline Plus). The philosophy between the two paths may differ

your life after high school” is a frequent question that I am asked from family, faculty, and friends. Deciding what I want to do after high school was surprisingly quite easy for me, considering the fact that I have known what I wanted to do since freshman year. To find out more information about becoming an anesthesiologist, I conducted a research project on everything I will need to complete to get on the right track to seizing a job in this exciting medical field. The first phase of research included