Expert: Ronald Levy, M.D. - 11/11/2006

Question
Hi my name is Brandee and I am doing a report on the required math courses for anesthesiologists.... I would also like to know if there are any incentives to acquire more education or training.

Thank you so much,
Brandee

Answer
The only required math courses (to get into any medical school) is Calculus. All other course are useful (particularly Algebra). The only incentive to get more education is that you want to do the best for your patients and if you come across a problem or disease that you didn't read about, you'd feel pretty bad that you decided to go out partying the night you should have studied that!

Hope this helps,

Ronald Levy, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
UTMB-Galveston