Biomedical engineering vs. other medical careers?

Pre-Med & Medical School Careers in Medicine
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<p>Previously I thought I was interested in biomedical engineering. I'm very interested in the biomed research and treatment-finding aspects of the major and incorporating tech, but what I'm reading about biomed engineering seems to involve more building devices and instruments than what I'm interested in. I looked into a medical track or pre-med, but I can't seem to find a career that fits me there either. Definitely not a surgeon as I can't trust my fine motor skills, can't look at real organs, can't live with those burdens and work hours. Anything that involves direct treatment seems like a "no" for me, I'm just interested in researching and finding cures and treatments doctors can use.</p>

<p>I feel like there's a major/path of study for this but I can't seem to pinpoint it, and it's not exactly pathology. Is there such a path of study (undergrad and doctoral/masters)? If not, what are some other options? I'm interested in going to Brown, and their concentration options for me there seem to be only biomedical engineering, biology, or pre-med for undergrads.</p>

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<p>you sound like you want to study biology in UG followed by a PhD in biology. Biomedical science is just a term for a subset of biology that focuses on human health in contrast to biologists whose focus is on animal behavior or pollination or other non human stuff but they’re never used as absolute dividers. Typically any PhD holding faculty member at a medical school (and many faculty members in various biological science divisions such as genetics, neuroscience, immunology, microbiology, pathology, structural biology, systems biology, pharmacology etc) are doing what you want to do.</p>