What kind of doctor has the most intresting job?

I am looking forward to be a pediatric neurologist (I'm a junior in high school with a 4.5 G.P.A) but I am also looking to be a heart surgeon. Is it ok to be unsure of what kind of doctor you want to be before starting medical school?|||First of all, different people have different interests. Right now, forensic pathology is getting quite a run on the TV shows. Using television as a guide, there have been series about many different specialties. Alas, as yet I have been unable to sell my pilot to the big producers about a proctologist who is kidnapped by aliens from Tralfamadore.





My troubles aside, keep an open mind, and congratulations on a most enviable GPA. You will get a better idea of what type of medicine appeals to you as you rotate through the specialties in your third and fourth year in medical school.|||It is definitely okay. You don't really need to know what you want your specialty to be until you're halfway through med school. Awesome idea for a specialty--pediatric neurology is fascinating, and neurology pays good money, too.|||sure..it's better to decide after you join med school. that way, you can make a more informed decision rather than jumping to conclusions with limited information.|||You are fine not knowing exactly what you want to do. At least you have a direction. Check out the movie "Something the Lord Made" if you haven't seen it. Very inspiring.|||those are very nice jobs which pay alot, and i don't know much about medicine, but i think the most intresting job in medicine is being a p.a. because, p.a.'s get trained in alot of diffrent fields of medicine, and can move to any other field as they wish. they're very smart also, but don't make as much as heart surgens and stuff. but, if you're a p.a. you can move from radiology to cancer at any time you wish. let's say you're working in radiology. you won't just know things about radiology, but you'll know things about other fields too. as i said, i don't know much about medicine as i am going into law, but i know p.a.'s can do all kinds of stuff. good luck choosing !|||It really depends on the individual. I know pathologists who think it is the most facinating thing on earth because they get to figure out what really killed someone and see where diagnoses went wrong. But they never deal with patients directly and that would be real boring to someone else. Some people like to solve mysteries, like neurologists. Other's like to solve things quickly by cutting something out, like a surgeon.





Different strokes for different folks.





I work with a lot of medical students and residents and I'd say that most don't really make up their minds what specialty they want to pursue until their third year when they are in the clinics see what doctors really do.





Except for sugeons - they seem to know from the start. No indecision on their part or they'll never be accepted into the fraternity.|||Orthopedics.





Man, they get to saw, and break bones, and cast, and the skeletal system is fun!





Watch a documentary on Orthopedics. It's not a tender physician practice. It's more like a sport.|||You're better off NOT having any pre-determined ideas, and keeping your mind open to anything. You don't have to make a decision on a specialty until you're in your last year of medical school, applying for residency positions.





Keep your eyes and ears open during your clinical rotations, and you never know what might grab your interest.





Being a heart surgeon may seem exciting, but it's the same operation every single day, and people die. Some get a charge out of that, but it's high stress. Pediatric neurology is an entirely different thing, and would attract someone quite different than the heart surgeon personality.





Once you get onto the wards, you'll figure out where you belong. Specialties seem to attract certain types of people. You'll understand once you're in the middle of it. When you find "your" people, you'll know where you belong specialty-wise.





Don't forget to have fun in college while you're maintaining that GPA!