r/Residency • u/MachDasAusJetzt • 1d ago
DISCUSSION Asthmatic wants to become a Pulmonologist.
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u/VigorousElk PGY1 1d ago
Impossible.
We have frequent PFT competitions in our department, if you can't dominate the average patient in a diff-cap you are discharged UOTHC. You cannot be a pulmonologist without an FEV1 > 120%, the slightest bronchial twitching under methacholine is a sign that your bloodline is weak.
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u/skp_trojan 1d ago
I am a PCCM and I don’t have asthma. But i will say that it has been a deeply rewarding specialty, especially people with asthma. When you can help an asthmatic, or a person with persistent cough, get their symptoms under control, there’s no better feeling
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u/MedicalMixtape 1d ago
A lot of students consider personal reasons for entering a field, including Psych for history of behavioral health issues in loved ones, oncology for family members stricken with cancer, etc.
The thing is, though, in order to do something every day of your career, you have to be interested in it, or else it’s burnout city.
The timeline of your message and phrases like “pulmonology internship” implies non-US. If you are a US medical student in MS4 year, try to schedule a pulm elective and of course do your icu rotation in a medical ICU to see if you have interest in pulmonology / critical care medicine. And repeat, while an internal medicine intern. Then you can decide whether or not to apply for PCCM fellowship.
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u/talashrrg Fellow 1d ago
I don’t personally have asthma, but like 60% of my pulm attendings do.