IM specialities where large amount of genetic knowledge required?

[Lawgiver]

Other than Med Gen of course. Just wondering.

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[bashwell]

I think I know what you're getting at. However, terms like "large amount" and "knowledge," and to a lesser extent even "required," are somewhat vague (e.g. it could be arguably more difficult to truly understand "depth" more than quantity of material). But anyway, apart from genetics, I'd say hematology/oncology could qualify.

 

[jdh71]

Most of the genetic medicine stuff happens with kids. But on the adult side, you can do some interested things based on the genetics of cystic fibrosis, but at the end of the day it's still all cystic fibrosis. So IM to Pulm and subsubspecialize in CF

 

[IM2GI]

Medical Genetics is its own fellowship:

http://www.abmgg.org/pages/training_options.shtml

You will see things like hereditary breast/ovarian cancers, Lynch syndrome, von-hippel-lindeau, etc.

 

[bobow98]

If you want to stay in the loop with the cool Heme Onc stuff these days knowing advanced genetics principles is very helpful esp for reading all those cutting edge research papers.

 

[tallash]

Hem Onc >>>> anything else. CF stuff is really fairly limited.

 

[Lawgiver]

hmm. not sure im the kind of person who can handle being around lots of death.

 

[gutonc]

hmm. not sure im the kind of person who can handle being around lots of death.

Then you picked the wrong career.

Bad news bro...every single one of your patients will die.

 

[Lawgiver]

good one doctor. heh.