Expert: Ronald Levy, M.D. - 12/10/2008

Question
Hi

I wish to go to medical school to become an anasthesiologist and I was wondering how difficult that is and what sorts of things you learn in the first year?

Answer
You need to finish 4 yrs of medical school and then 4 yrs of anesthesiology training. Medical school is very difficult as is anesthesia training because there is a lot to learn but if you put your mind to it, it is certainly doable. In the first year of nedical school you learn anatomy, neuroscience, embryology, biochemistry and physiology

Ronald Levy, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
UTMB-Galveston