Making Your Premed Rounds

Career Paths

This section contains a list of different medical specialties. It is divided into five categories:

  1. Surgical 
  2. Internal Medicine 
  3. Diagnostic specialties 
  4. Neurology 
  5. Interdisciplinary
Future Expansion: Each specialty will be paired with a general description of the medical speciality, pros and cons, and major changes that are happening in the speciality.   

Featured Medical Specialties

Surgical

Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Surgery, Emergency Medicine (surgical) General Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Urology Vascular Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology(OB/GYN), Ophthalmology   

Internal Medicine

Cardiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology, Hepatology,  Intensive Care Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Proctology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Sleep Medicine  

Diagnostic Specialties

Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Radiology, Pathology, Clinical Neurophysiology

Neurology 

Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry 

Interdisciplinary

Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Pharmacology, Family Medicine, Medical Genetics, Medical Informatics, Occupational Medicine, Sports Medicine 

 

Other resources

Association of American Medical Colleges guide to selecting careers in medicine (click here)

Wikipedia page on medical specialties (click here)