Scientific Disciplines Sectors for our PhD Below is the list of Scientific Disciplinary Sectors (SSD) for the MIMIT Doctorate, and their weight percentage in relation to the PhD Scientific Board: MED/07: Microbiology and clinical microbiology 30% BIO/19: General microbiology 19% MED/17: Infectious diseases 13% MED/18: General surgery 5% MED/01: Medical statistics 4% BIO/13: Experimental biology 4% MED/30: Eye diseases 4% MED/12: Gastroenterology 4% CHIM/08:Pharmaceutical chemistry 3% MED/41: Anestesiology 3% VET/06: Parasitology and animal parasitic diseases 3% MED/23: Heart surgery 3% MED/22: Vascular surgery 3% MED/21: Thoracic surgery 2%