This is a crosspost from our sister publication, General Surgery News
For the first two years of medical school, I was sure I was headed for a career as a primary care provider, or maybe I would be an obstetrician-gynecologist or a medical oncologist. Then during my third year, I was thunderstruck by the realization that I really enjoyed surgery! I resisted this for quite some time, and even requested residency program applications for both medicine and surgery. With