Passing the Board exam & my Publication will be in print this summer!

I took the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Part I written examination. It is a national, standardized examination that doctors elect to take in order to try to become board certified specialists in their field of medicine. My medical field career encompasses both Psychiatry and Neurology. The exam is offered for only 2 weeks in one calendar year. It is over 400 multiple choice questions displayed over 8hours on a computer. I had to read CT scans, interpret EEGs, make conclusions based upon laboratory findings, etc. Nonetheless, after having prepared for it since November of 2009 by studying 4 separate psychiatry and neurology board review books and doing over 1,500 practice questions in the public library on the weekends, I finished the test 3 hours ahead of everyone else (1:15 PM rather than 4PM) and PASSED IT! It is a huge relief, as this is one of the final hurdles that a doctor has in his career--taking the challenge to become Board Certified. The examination has an approximate failure rate of 50%. Now, next year, I can sit and take the Part II oral examination, which is the very last exam necessary.


In addition to passing the 1st part of my Board Certification examinations, I received news yesterday from the editors for the journal Academic Psychiatry that my research manuscript will be published in the July/August issue (issue 34.4). This is very exciting, since it is such an endeavor and high honor to become a published physician in a major medical journal during his career.



Front cover of Academic Psychiatry featuring my research article






Listing of the issue's Original Articles





Front page of my research project at Harvard