The Complete Guide to the MD/PhD Degree: The Art and Science of "Doing it Twice"

If you are considering a career in medicine, science, or both, The Complete Guide to the MD/PhD Degree is the singular resource for you.

Filled with insider tips, websites, calendars, quotes, tables, and residency as well as job search strategies, this invaluable reference packages all of the tools that readers will need to negotiate each stage of the MD, PhD, or MD/PhD educational process.

The authors' enojyable writing style, anecdotes, and humorous illustrations present an honest depiction of the dilemmas that can arise on the way to graduation and provide focused and functional solutions to address these challenges. This is simply a must-have book for anyone with postgraduate ambitions in the biomedical sciences.

Ben Rosner (MD/PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2003), is a Transitional Year Resident in CA. He founded the medical student program of the Wilderness Medical Society, and is an avid backpacker and international traveler.

Jayakar Nayak (MD/PhD Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, 2003), is a General Surgery Resident moving into Otolaryngology in PA. He served on MD/PhD admissions and interview committees and received research fellowships from the Sarnoff Endowment, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the American Heart Association.

Brandon Minnery (PhD Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, 2003) received the prestigious Locher Award from the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (1999), and was a top ten finalist for the Charles M. Schulz Award.