Expert: Ronald Levy, M.D. - 4/28/2010

Question
I'm in 1st grade and I'd like to be an anesthetist. I was wondering, is OC technical college (Orangeburg, South Carolina) a good college to pursue that goal? I'd like a lot of information about the job, because the Internet isn't always trustworthy and advice from an expert would really help out. Thank you so much, please reply to this.

Answer
First of all, you have a long way to go. You have 11 more years of regular school, then 4 years of college, then 4 yrs of medical school and then 4 years of residency training. That's 23 years! A technical school is not enough. As I listed above, you need college and medical school but you have a long time before you need to worry about that.

Ronald Levy, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
UTMB-Galveston