How does one become a Paediatric Surgeon / Hemo-Oncologist?

[Guest mintchoco]

1)

Do you do a general surgery residency and a paediatrics fellowship? Or the other way around?

 

2)

How does one go about becoming a hemo-oncologist?

 

Thanks.

[Guest Ian Wong]

Peds surgeon = General Surgery residency + Peds surgery fellowship.

 

Peds subspecialty surgeon = Subspecialty surgery residency + Peds fellowship

(ie. Urology residency + Peds Uro fellowship = Peds urologist)

or Ophthalmology residency + Peds Ophtho fellowship = Peds Ophthalmologist

 

In general, you cannot get to a peds surgery spot by going through a Pediatrics residency, but rather need to start off in a surgical residency, and then subspecialize into the pediatric surgery fellowship.

 

Adult Hem-Onc = Internal Medicine residency + Adult Hem-Onc fellowship

 

Peds Hem-Onc = Pediatric residency + Peds Hem-Onc fellowship

 

Either Internal Medicine or Pediatrics residencies can get you into Hem-Onc, but as a peds Hem-Onc you are going to have a different patient base than a Hem-Onc who treats adults.

 

Ian