Medical Careers : How to Become a Heart Surgeon

Becoming a heart surgeon requires a science-related bachelor's degree, four years of medical school and an eight-year residency before taking the board exam. Explore becoming a heart surgeon with tips from a practice administrator in this free video on career information.

Expert: Mark MacBayne
Bio: Mark MacBayne, with a Master of Public Health degree, is a practice manager at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

[fort]

I just finished my 1st year of med school at 28. You are never too old. It's just a matter of dedication and sacrifice.

[EscapingLabyrinths]

In the UK you go straight into doing a 5 year medicine degree when you're 18, then you spend 2 years as a junior doctor, then you go into specialist training. It seems like a lot less hassle than the US.

[murtburt]

Im entering premed next year. Through pre-med bio or whatever major you choose, you have to have around a 3.7 GPA and a 29-45 MCAT with alot of extra circular. Its hell for 8-12 years for 60 years of a dream.

[MPRdrummer]

My friend is 26 and he's already a board certified surgeon, He also however was accepted into med school when he was only 20. BTW he obtained his B.S. in Biochem at 18. Pretty much when we were in middle school he was able to leave campus and go to the near by high school to take Calculus and Chemistry. It's all about ambition and your ability to study. I've spent the last 2 years a community college, getting ready to transfer to UCSB for my B.S. in Biochem. Stick with it, time makes you smarter

[oRiceo]

do you know when i start getting paid? during internship or when i start practicing?

[MPRdrummer]

Extra curricular in the medical course work world generally pertains to volunteering at a hospital, it also can mean studying doctors journals. Basically you have to take the initiative to learn more about the medical field and realize you may not be granted any certain recognition for it, extra curricular stuff generally looks very good on your MCAT application though. I find extra curricular work to be a good learning experience outside of what 4 year colleges can offer.

[gvaspirated]

what would you say are extra circular?

[murtburt]

Undergrad (4) Med (4) Then internship which is (3-6) + (3-4) specialization

[murtburt]

You can take ANY you want. Any but i would do a biological science such as premed, bio, biochem stuff like that.

[rajivunome]

@fort252 what was your unweighted gpa in High school?

[TheFreakonaleash]

@JaydenPeacock187 how in any way does it mean that they are better at the end of the day you are still a heart surgeon with just as much experience as american students. you will gain experience throughout training and working so its exactly the same either way.

[oRiceo]

im in high school right now, but do you know what majors i should take in college?

[MaximillianRed]

what are the top internal medicine programs for cardiology in the U.S then the world?

[oRiceo]

thanks, i just really like bio, espically how the human body works

[fisiologiaparamedicos]

Hello! Im from venezuela, i have some questions, you need to do 2 residency, one in GENERAL SURGERY that takes 5 years and other of cardiothoracis surgery that takes other 3-4 years?

[esoediv]

@rajivunome high school grades don't matter.

[EllieGouldingLover]

@e521soediv Yes it does. 9th grade to be exact, If you were making irregular grades through Elementry and Intermediate, that's alright. But when you get to the 9th grade, It's time to pep up your step.

[JBKWaka]

I will enter Medical hopefully in 2013 at age 29 I wanna become a Cardiothoracic Surgeon but I am probably too old.

[dipankarmajumdar]

an img who has entered medical school without doing 4yr college program (in biology, chemistry, etc..) so he may not become a heart surgeon from us or what ?

[Karlosmanuel]

I want to tell this guy not to do anymore videos. But I just don't have the heart.