Thoracic Surgeon

Duties & Responsibilities:

 A thoracic surgeon is a medical doctor who performs operations on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. This also includes surgeons who can be called cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, general thoracic surgeons, and congenital heart surgeons. Thoracic surgeons operate on diseases that occur in the organs inside the chest, and in the bony structures and tissues that form the chest cavity. Coronary artery disease is one of the most common diseases treated by cardiac and cardiovascular surgeons. General thoracic surgeons treat a lot of lung cancer and diseases of the esophagus. Congenital heart surgeons care for babies and children with holes between the heart chambers or abnormal connections within the heart. Listed below are some examples of diseases treated by thoracic surgeons.

Education:

Thoracic surgeons have to graduate from medical school and commonly go on to complete a five-year general surgery residency. After this they must successfully matriculate through an approved cardiothoracic surgery residency program for either two or three years. Some thoracic surgeons choose to do additional training in a sub-specialized area but this training is largely optional, except for congenital heart surgery.

Salary:

$150,000-$400,000

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Radiation Therapist

Duties and responsibilities:

Radiation therapists assist radiologists and oncologists in treating diseases by exposing areas of paitents’ bodies to ionizing radiation. In addition to helping with treatments, technologists are responsible for maintaining the radiation therapy equipment and helping to maintain patient records.  Radiation therapy is provided in hospitals, public health clinics, cancer treatment centers, and private offices.

Average Salary: $22,000- $36,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school. Students can train to become a radiation therapist in either one or two year programs. One year programs are often offered by hospitals. To qualify for a one year program an applicant must have graduated from an approved program in radiologic technology or been a nurse with education in radiation physics.  A high school diploma or a GED is required to enter two year courses.

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Being Responsible 

•  being to school on time
• Doing all your homework on time 
• Non-procrastination
• being prepared 

 

Student Success Statment

"The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon:

Self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem." 

Dr.Laura Schlessinger 

                                                   Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Psychologist study the behavior and actions of people to understand, explain, and change their behavior patterns.  They also provide counseling and therapy to those with emotional, learning, and behavior problems.  Psychologists work in schools, clinics, hospitals, and private practice.  They can specialize in clinical, educational, quantitative, developmental, social, experimental, and industrial-organizational psychology.  Their duties often include:

Ú Diagnosing and treating problems.

Ú Interviewing and observing patients.

Ú Developing, selecting, and administering tests.

Ú Counseling patients, groups, and families.

Ú Developing mental health programs.

Ú Conducting research and teaching.

Average Salary: $45,000- $65,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should prepare for a career in psychology by taking the most challenging (AP or IB) high school courses available, especially in English and science.

Licensed psychologists must earn a Ph.D. in psychology.  Admission to graduate programs is usually dependent on the quality of undergraduate performance in a psychology major.  Clinical psychologists must complete a two-year supervised internship after earning their doctorate and pass oral and written state qualifying exams.

School psychologists must earn at least a master's degree.

Student Success Statement 

"Right is right only when entire"

Victor Hugo 

I agree with victor because if something is done right it has to be done entirely with good intentions 

Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Psychiatrists are physicians who specialize in the problems of mental illness.  As physicians, they are licensed to use a very wide variety of treatment and may write prescriptions.  Psychiatrists may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in hospitals, clinics, or universities.  Their duties include:

Ú Designing treatment programs.

Ú Conducting psychotherapy sessions.

Ú Prescribing potent mental illness drugs.

Ú Supervising electrotherapy treatments.

Ú Conducting research.

Ú  Leading a team of mental health care providers.

Average Salary: $90,000 - $200,000

Educational requirements:

In addition to completing the requirements for a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrists must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

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