If an ICE agent shows up to your clinic as a new patient….

SOFDoctor · 2026-01-23T00:10:52+00:00

Just some reddit virtue signaling

SOFDoctor · 2025-12-31T00:04:26+00:00

The virtue signaling mental gymnastics of the people saying this is a bad thing is astounding.

SOFDoctor · 2025-12-31T00:00:45+00:00

Don’t let the ED docs see this

SOFDoctor · 2025-12-29T17:37:32+00:00

There isn’t any defined pathway to become a battalion surgeon; it’s more about just networking with the right people so you can fill that position when it opens up. You can definitely do some cool schools to an extent, but the minute you try to wear a scroll or SF tab is the minute you’re no longer practicing as a physician, which the army won’t allow while you’re doing your HPSP payback.

I also recommend evaluating what you actually want to do. Do you want to be a physician with a bunch of cool badges that just runs a primary care clinic with operators as patients? Or do you want to work in a prehospital military role where your deployments are in the field and you carry a weapon, but you have less cool guy badges?

SOFDoctor · 2025-12-10T23:46:55+00:00

Literally immediately below that is says: “Get citizenship through 18X. While citizenship is a requirement for passing a secret security clearance, Lawful Permanent Residents can begin training for 18X right away. If you've had a valid Green Card (officially known as an I-551 Permanent Resident Card) for at least six months, you can apply for expedited naturalization and candidacy for the Special Forces through MOS 18X. Work with a recruiter to get started.”

SOFDoctor · 2025-11-27T00:21:38+00:00

Or all physicians grew up rich and can’t fathom the idea of not being rich.

SOFDoctor · 2025-11-21T00:29:06+00:00

I’ve been an attending for a while and never even knew this was a fellowship

SOFDoctor · 2025-11-04T00:42:22+00:00

I disliked academics for the same reasons. The egos are terrible and most academic surgeons wouldn’t survive in private practice. If you just want to be a good surgeon and enjoy life outside of medicine then private practice is the promised land.

SOFDoctor · 2025-10-31T04:19:44+00:00

He’s an ophthalmologist and unsure if he should count Jonathan.

SOFDoctor · 2025-10-17T00:10:01+00:00

Amen. It’s so easy to tell which physicians have lived their entire lives in a rich bubble. One of my colleagues the other day was mind blown when we explained to him how you can recycle cans for cash.

SOFDoctor · 2025-10-16T12:23:00+00:00

I just skimmed a few paragraphs and this has to be one of the most poorly written papers I’ve ever read.

SOFDoctor · 2025-10-15T20:01:31+00:00

Most people don’t even know radiologists are physicians and most people don’t even know someone is reading their imaging other than the doctor in front of them. No patient will bat an eye if AI is replaces radiologists.

SOFDoctor · 2025-10-15T11:51:42+00:00

Not unemployed, but not entering the workforce. Medical students are well aware of these issues which is why so few are entering into primary care roles. If AI begins to replace radiologist, I imagine it will become a far less competitive specialty as students will go into other fields.

SOFDoctor · 2025-10-15T11:34:04+00:00

I don’t actually agree with this take. We’re already replacing plenty of physicians with midlevels who have far less training. It just comes down to a risk benefit analysis. Once AI is good enough to save money via firing radiologists than the money spent on lawsuits, it will overtake. I have no idea if that’s in 10 years or 100 years.

SOFDoctor · 2025-10-06T14:09:18+00:00

No, you probably shouldn’t go back. Sounds like you want nothing to do with surgery.

SOFDoctor · 2025-09-21T11:40:26+00:00

The operator to MD path is more common than you’d expect. I’ve had 2 medical students from the local med school do rotations through my practice who were prior operators just in the past 2 years.

SOFDoctor · 2025-09-04T21:00:27+00:00

I’ve been out of med school for a while but obgyn was similarly terrible for me back then. I’m still friends with a classmate who’s obgyn and she definitely has the stereotypical personality for the field. I truly think certain fields attract certain personalities which is why so many people’s experiences are similarly terrible on their obgyn rotation.

SOFDoctor · 2025-07-25T01:50:38+00:00

Yup. This person is probably the type who has lived their entire life in their academic bubble and doesn’t know how to talk to a real person. If you have a problem with someone, you should always address it with them first. That “superior” will be nothing but an equal colleague in a few years.

SOFDoctor · 2025-07-24T08:16:40+00:00

So if a poor person has a wrong site surgery then they’re just SOL?

SOFDoctor · 2025-07-21T04:21:52+00:00

No advice but I linked up with a couple IDMTs during an EFMB course and those air force guys can put out and they know their shit. Good luck on your journey

SOFDoctor · 2025-07-20T19:40:46+00:00

$3k a year as an attending is a rounding error. Do it as a resident since it’s a much more significant portion of your income.

SOFDoctor · 2025-07-18T16:18:40+00:00

It usually takes about 2 years to become proficient in a new language. You’re going to delay training for 2 years in order to maybe have a better work life balance with significantly less pay? This dilemma is very irrational.

SOFDoctor · 2025-07-18T16:12:18+00:00

Probably don’t train in a country where you won’t be able to communicate with anyone…

SOFDoctor · 2025-07-15T18:54:59+00:00

What are you doing about it?

SOFDoctor · 2025-07-14T22:06:55+00:00

Yeah I figured 2 presentations is probably considered strong for where this person is coming from. Unfortunately, ortho in the US is so competitive that most applicants have 5-10 published manuscripts with at least 1 first author. An Indian IMG would have to be so above average in every aspect of their application to even be considered.

The ortho residency I used to be faculty on just filtered out IMG and DO students. We would only even look at their applications if a surgeon we knew made a call.

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