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High School Senior Year Research Paper on Surgeons

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English: Expository Composition

23 May 2011

Surgeons

One might think of surgery as simple as going to the hospital and receiving a complex operation that saves ones life or improves their quality of life. What most people do not realize is the hardships that those people go through unless they had surgery performed on them themselves, and same thing for the surgeons it is not easy for them as well, even though they are professional and highly trained. Most people do not think about or even know of how surgery came to be what it is today and even if they did know, they would not really care or think it matters. Well, they're wrong, because if it wasn't for the ancient times and eras such as the reconstruction period, surgery …show more content…

The Endocrine Surgeon specializes in the field of diseases of the hormone-producing glands. There aren't a lot of people who specialize in endocrine surgery, but those who do operate on glands such as the thyroid gland, the adrenal gland, and the pituitary gland, and sometimes they have to end up working on the pancreas or even possibly erectile disfunction. The Neurosurgeon operates on the skull, brain and spinal cord. They also operate on internal bleeding of the skull caused by conditions such as aneurysms, head injuries, tumors, swellings of the pituitary gland, and brain abscesses. The Cardiothoracic Surgeon is one of the most important because they studies the chest wall, gullet, lungs, pleura and heart. They also treat diseases and perform many types of surgery in those fields, such as a heart bypass or lung surgery. Surgical training generally takes eight years of school and five years of residency after high school. While your formal medical training usually won't begin until after you've received a bachelor's degree, there are steps you can take to begin to prepare while still in high school. Take biology, chemistry, physics, and as much mathematics as your school offers and also focus on the highest level of math and science that is offered. For example, competitive colleges will generally prefer an advanced-placement biology course rather than an anatomy course that is open to the entire

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