Nuclear Physician Interview Question:

Tell me why did you decide to specialize in nuclear medicine?

Submitted by: Muhammad

Because of my interest in physiology, I discovered that I truly love nuclear medicine. My first real exposure to it was when I followed one of my otolaryngology patients who had a melanoma of the helix of the ear to the NM department for a lymphoscintigraphy. When I found out that the specialty of NM uses the tracer principle to visualize physiologic processes in addition to chemistry, physics and plenty of math (that day I even used the Pythagorean Theorem), I fell in love. Yes, I'm a proud geek and was so happy to find a specialty that married many of my interests.
Submitted by: Muhammad