Additional degree on top of a PhD and MD is ridiculous when there are so many books and internet resources readily available. Most university engineering progr

Additional degree on top of a PhD and MD is ridiculous when there are so many books and internet resources readily available. Most university engineering programs are not hands on enough for this and will be a waste of time. You really need a facility like www.techshop.ws and access to a bunch of people who need limbs. Just start building the prosthetic and learn what you need as you go. You might find that you don't even like doing the hands on stuff in which case going to school would be an even bigger waste of time. John Carmack did not go to school for either computer programming or rocket science and has done alright in both fields. Dean Kamen also has no degree and invented insulin pumps, wheelchairs, the segway, the "luke" arm, etc...