Whether you know exactly what medical specialty you'd like to pursue or you're still undecided, the Army has plenty of specialties from which you can choose. Plus, as an Active Duty physician, you'll get the chance to specialize much sooner than you probably could in private practice.
Here are the specialties found within the Army Medical Corps:
- Allergist
- Anesthesiologist
- Cardiologist
- Child Neurologist
- Child Psychiatrist
- Clinical Immunologist
- Clinical Pharmacologist
- Dermatologist
- Diagnostic Radiologist
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Endocrinologist
- Family Practice Physician
- Flight Surgeon
- Gastroenterologist
- General Surgeon
- Hematologist
- Immunologist
- Infectious Disease Physician
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Medical Oncologist
- Nephrologist
- Neurologist
- Neurosurgeon
- Nuclear Medicine Physician
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- OB/GYN
- Occupational Medicine Physician
- Oncologist
- Ophthalmologist
- Orthopedic Surgeon
- Otolaryngologist
- Pathologist
- Pediatric Cardiologist
- Pediatrician
- Pediatric Medicine Physician
- Peripheral Vascular Surgeon
- Physiatrist
- Plastic Surgeon
- Preventive Medicine Physician
- Psychiatrist
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Radiologist
- Rheumatologist
- Specialties
- Therapeutic Radiologist
- Thoracic Surgeon
- Urologist
- Vascular Surgeon
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To qualify for an Officer appointment in the Army Medical Corps, you must:
- Meet the prescribed medical and moral standards for appointment as a commissioned Officer
- Be a United States citizen
- Be a graduate of an American Medical Association (AMA) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accredited medical school.Or have a certificate from the Education Council of Foreign Medical Graduates.
- Have a current unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state of the United States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or a territory of the United States
- Be 21-42 years of age (physicians may apply for an age waiver)
- Experienced health care professionals ages 43 to 60 years old may apply for the new two-year service obligation option. Learn More
- Have a favorable security investigation completed.
