Expert: Ronald Levy, M.D. - 9/29/2009

Question
QUESTION: I am a senior in high school and i have been taking college courses to work towards my bachelors in nursing. I want to become an anesthesiologist and i was wondering if i should get a bachelors in something else or am i doing good so far? Thank you.

ANSWER: Why get a Bachelor's in nursing if you want to be an MD Anesthesiologist (or do you want to be a CRNA)? You can get a Bachelor's in anything you want as long as you take all the pre-med prerequisite courses.

Ronald Levy, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
UTMB-Galveston

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QUESTION: so i shouldn't get a bachelor's in nursing then? or what do u recommend me to do during my first years of college?

Answer
You can certainly get a Bachelor's in nursing but I don't see the advantage of that. If you like science, be a major in one of those (biology, Chemistry, physics, etc) but you can even major in English (if you want).

Ronald Levy, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
UTMB-Galveston