[2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

34 minutes ago, AGradStudentHasNoName said:

I think you can answer this for yourself. If I have an MD, why go back and do a PhD at all? The only answers I can come up with are "to get a faculty position" and "for shits and giggles".

If I really want a faculty position, let alone a good faculty position, I need a better publication history. I *might*, fingers crossed, be able to get into a good/top phd program, but I don't have the publication history to get a post doc position at a top lab.

Take this with a grain of salt, but typically Ph.D graduate have 3-4 publications after 5 years of work. You already have two, and a MD. Universities like to hand out faculty positions to MDs like candy.

Your best bet is to apply to a couple of post doc positions, and crank out papers. The majority of papers are obtained two years after obtaining your Ph.D in a good post doc lab. You definitely have the experience to be accepted to several good labs. Work on your resume and cover letter and think about contacting faculty you wish to work with.

A Ph.D is not what you need.