{"id":350,"date":"2015-04-27T04:48:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T04:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/?p=350"},"modified":"2015-04-27T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T05:01:11","slug":"32-years-of-full-time-work-to-start-my-botox-acupuncture-surgeon-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/32-years-of-full-time-work-to-start-my-botox-acupuncture-surgeon-career\/","title":{"rendered":"32 years of full time work to START my Botox – Acupuncture – Surgeon career"},"content":{"rendered":"

How long does it take to become a doctor?<\/h3>\n

Quick answer: \u00a0For me it took me about 32 years of full time work to become a Surgeon \/ Acupuncturist \/ Cosmetic Physician.<\/p>\n

I am a Board Certified General Surgeon with\u00a0a past\u00a0trauma career\u00a0who assists in plastic surgeries<\/a>\u00a0and spinal cord stimulator \/ spinal pain pump surgeries. \u00a0I am also an Acupuncturist who injects\u00a0Botox <\/a>as an extension of Acupuncture. \u00a0Many of my Botox point selections are related Acupuncture points for migraine headaches and wrinkle prevention. \u00a040% of my clinical time is spent at work is spent on Acupuncture, and 50% of my time is spent with cosmetic injections for Botox, Fillers, and Veins, and 10% of my time is spent assisting in surgeries. \u00a0\u00a0In a usual clinic day, It is common for me to use 250 units of Botox, 7 syringes of dermal fillers, and see about 6 acupuncture patients. \u00a0Outside of my clinical time, I also spend a great deal of time as an administrator of Surgical Artistry – the combined medical office for myself and my wife, Dr. Tammy Wu, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While discussing “life” with another surgeon friend. I sort of wondered why a chunk of my life seemed to be missing; I never caught on with today’s technology (I don’t have a TV or smart phone – yet as of 4\/26\/15). We calculated how many hours went into my training to become a surgeon\/acupuncturist\/Botox injector after high school. We came to the conclusion that for me it was roughly 58,000 hours! That’s more than 32 years at a full time job to do what I do as a surgeon\/acupuncturist. Yikes – who does stuff like that?? (I guess I did).<\/p>\n

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Hours spent becoming a doctor in the USA. \u00a0This cut-off graphic doesn’t take into account fellowships and research time. \u00a0Please see the links below for more detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I did not make this really nice graphic above.<\/p>\n

I just found this online which shows that most doctors spend 20 years in full-time work hours to do what they do. I was coincidentally calculating how many hours of formal training it took me to become a Surgeon\/Acupuncturist\/Botox injector: My conclusion is 32 years at a full time job (58,000) hours. Here’s the website source of the graphic:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bestmedicaldegrees.com\/salary-of-doctors\/<\/a> (warning – it might depress some doctors)<\/p>\n

The data for the info seems to come from this webpage:\u00a0https:\/\/benbrownmd.wordpress.com\/<\/p>\n

Please visit my Modesto Botox<\/a> home page.<\/p>\n

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My wife and I work together. Dr. Tammy Wu is wearing the splash guard over her glasses – smart!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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How long does it take to become a doctor? Quick answer: \u00a0For me it took me about 32 years of full time work to become a Surgeon \/ Acupuncturist \/ Cosmetic Physician. I am a Board Certified General Surgeon with\u00a0a past\u00a0trauma career\u00a0who assists in plastic surgeries\u00a0and spinal cord stimulator \/ spinal pain pump surgeries. \u00a0I … Continue reading 32 years of full time work to START my Botox – Acupuncture – Surgeon career<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,31,18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-being-a-doctor","category-botox","category-general-surgery","category-modesto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}