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How do I become a doctor and own my own hospital?

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Richard’s Answer

In the US, to apply to medical school, you need a bachelor's degree. Any 4-year university should suffice.

You will need to get good grades in college in order to apply for medical school. At the medical school I attended, the average GPA is reported to be 3.85, so even one or two B's can hurt your chances of acceptance.

Aside from this, any major is acceptable as long as you complete the prerequisite courses.

Typical medical school prerequisites include:
Biology: Lecture – 4 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
General Chemistry: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Organic Chemistry: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Biochemistry: Lecture – 1 semester
General Physics: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Math: Statistics – 1 semester
English: Rhetoric (Composition) and Literature – 2 semesters



During college study for and complete the MCAT. Apply to medical schools during your last year of college.

Medical school takes 4 years to complete.

After medical school physicians complete a residency for additional training. These can last 3-6 years and are sometimes followed by an additional year or two of fellowship subspecialty training.

Starting your own hospital will require knowledge of business including medical coding. There will probably be opportunities to invest in existing "boutique" hospitals if you complete a surgical subspecialty and are willing to live in smaller cities or towns.
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Scott’s Answer

You become a doctor of Medicine my going through schooling, 4 years pre-med and 4 years Medical School, then
and receive your MD or DO degree and have to take/pass the Medical Boards.

Then you apply for a Residency at a hospital. It is three-year length working at a hospital, and when you are done, then you attain the rank of an Attending. If you want to specialize further, i.e. Cardiology, Neurology, Pulmonology, then that entails further time spent with working with a Specialist, the length of time, I am not quite sure of.

As far as owning a hospital, that is a business question, and entails so many of life's parameters coming together at the right time and place that there is no single answer to that question - there is no algorithm to owning a hospital, or any large business venture. Some things in life happen over decades, with very long critical planning stages, lots of money and the right backing in order for them to come to fruition.

PS When I decided to go to Nursing School, I spoke with multiple RN's to see what they had to say about going into this profession. The input they gave me helped much in my decision to change. So, good luck with the data gathering.

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Rachel’s Answer

The most straightforward way to be a physician and own interest in a hospital is to become a surgeon and purchase ownership shares of an ambulatory surgery center/hospital.
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Estelle’s Answer

After you become a physician, you may buy into a partnership owning a surgery center perhaps. For example, some plastic surgeons and some orthopedic surgeons build their own surgery centers as a group. In general, a group of surgeons invest together because it is quite a large investment. Good luck to you!
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