Cardiologist?

Thanks to kellenraid and dwp_hornblower for answering my questions, I couldn't see the option to repply back to you guys i dont think I can in byedr.com. When you say its 14 yrs altogether, is that starting from 16 when u start college? Or 18 starting at Uni? It such a long degree isn't it?
Also, if someone wants to be a cardiologist surgeon does that take longer than 14 yrs?
Thanks
Answer:
The correct term is cardiothoracic surgeon.
It takes a while.
In the United States:
-You do a four-year college degree (starting at 18 for most people, when they graduate from high school).
-You get a medical degree (which takes four more years, now totalling 8 years of education)
-You do a five-year general surgery residency (which is basically a paid continuing education program, where you go from medical knowledge to medical practice. 13 years total).
-Many cardiothoracic surgery programs require one year of lab work. 14 years total.
-Then a two-year cardiothoracic surgery program. 16 years total.
So you're 18 when you start, and 34 when you're done.

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Pussycat is referring to a cardiologist (not the cardiothoracic surgeon) in the previous question.
I was referring to starting after high school at which most people graduate at age 18.
In the US:
graduate high school at age 18
college = 4 years
med school = 4 years
internal medicine residency= 3 years
cardiology fellowship = 3 years
total = 14 years
Yes the cardiothoracic surgeon takes at least 16 years.

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