About Curtis J. Edwards, MD, FACS Expertise Can answer general and vascular surgery questions, trauma, burns, some plastic surgery questions, general gastrointestinal surgery and gastrointestinal medical questions and questions regarding aviation medicine.
Experience Board certified general surgeon. Seventeen years practice experience in general, vascular, and no-cardiac thoracic surgery and endoscopy.
Organizations College of Surgeons, AMA, Aerospace Medical Assoc., Civil Aviation Medical Assoc.
Education/Credentials BA, MD, American Board of Surgery, Fellow American College of Surgeons, seventeen years practice all phases, including teaching.
Expert: Curtis J. Edwards, MD, FACS Date: 2/22/2008 Subject: Surgeons
Question What qualities do you feel are needed to become a surgeon?
Answer Surgical training is long and difficult, taking as many as fourteen or fifteen years after college graduation. The successful surgeon is first an excellent student who enjoys using their hands. Having an artistic side is a definite plus. The individual must enjoy intimate personal contact with sick patients, not shrink from difficult decisions and have an exceptional capacity for hard work.
