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I am looking for a mortgage of 350K-450K with 150k in savings, good credit scores but just 45K salary from my residency. Is it doable? Shall I go for physician loans or just the regular mortgage loans with 20% down? It's expensive to buy a house here in the west coast. Appreciate a quick input!

radrules, I am an ethnic Chinese and I have doctor friends in China. You can not hire a Chinese doctor with <20k to work for you full time. They earn more than you assume. Also, they read more films than you do because they have more patients to see, even with CT and MRI. Ask somebody who have...

I got your PM.

How is the NIH pathology program? Is it hard to get in? How many years of training does it require? Are you happy there? Or, could you send me a PM about the situation there? Thanks a lot.

Doese anyone know if there is any big income difference between pathology/nucs, medicine/nucs and radiology/nucs? Which academic nucs programs are considered as the best? Thanks.

This is term is very popular among physician scientists, which is also highly recommended by the NIH now. It usually refers the kind of basic research (bench-side) that can be directly applied to or closely related to the patient care (bedside). For example, if you find a new gene involved in...

If I enter a combined program like Ped/IM, PM&R/IM or PrevMed/IM? What are the pros and cons to go for these combined program?

Could anybody talk about their experience in certain Chinese hospitals? Hey, Purifyer. What do you mean " the state of medicine in Harbin"? Harbin is a northern city in China, right?

Stinky Toufu, I know that there are IMGs in your program, not only one. What about their background?

Crepitus Fremitus and El Duderino are thoughtful.

GP, thanks for the reply. I know it's hard to compare. That's why I ask for advices. I am a quiet person, love to do procedures. I have extensive research background related to pathology, and have been thinking of applying for path in the future. However, just recently, I began to know about...

Which will be more popular and more competitive? Which will have a better job markets? Which has a better life style and pay? Which do you prefer?

Thanks, Drusso. More comments, other guys? :rolleyes:

Could you shed light on what kind of scores are required by the top programs like yours? Is the research experience in other fields (say, molecular biology and cancer biology) counted for the application? Thanks!