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How long do plastic surgeons have to college and medical school for?

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1. all together 11 years but there some cousres that can shorten the tim to about 8 years answer mine plz http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080808085224AAGDunk
2. It depends if they are board certified or not. But basically it is the same as any other specialty in medicine. Obtain an undergraduate degree (4 years) and obtain a medical degree (4-5 years). Now they can call themselves doctors. But then they must spend time doing various residencies in the specialty they are interested (1-7 years). And then, they can take the tests for board certification and if they pass, they can be called a board-certified plastic surgeon.
3. The duration of the residency varies between 3 and 7 years, depending on the residency program you choose and the sub-specialty. The best way to answer your question is to direct you to FREIDA, where you can look up the specific programs yourself. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html Most plastic surgery programs require 3 years of General Surgery residency before beginning a plastics program. When I was at Johns Hopkins, the saying there was that plastic surgery was just general surgery done right.