Garza 4
Taylor Garza
Ms. Pryer
English 9 Honors
12 March 2014
Career Research Paper
Being an orthopedic surgeon has always fascinated me. I have always dreamed of becoming a doctor, but not just any doctor. I also knew that I wanted to deal with sports injuries since I had my fair share of them. So what better way to combine the two then becoming an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine? Orthopedic surgery is an operation performed by a medical specialist such as an orthopedist or orthopedic surgeon, who is trained to assess and treat problems that develop in the bones, joints, and ligaments of the human body. Becoming one is no simple task though. It requires a MASSIVE amount of education with lots of determination and schooling.
I'll start at college... four years of undergraduate with one year of biology, two years of chemistry, and one year of physics.
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