Connecticut Yale-New Haven Med Ctr: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Two interviews with strange attendings. Large group of interviewees. Amazing grand rounds by Baresh | - Program Advantages:
| good overall program with ok schedule, great faculty | - Program Disadvantages:
| Very limited pain management experience, and mandatory CA-3 rotations (including pain, only available during 3rd year). |
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District of Columbia Georgetown U Hosp: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| nice interview day, but no hotel. great food, very personalized. | - Program Advantages:
| solid program, good pain program, good fellowship placement | - Program Disadvantages:
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Maryland Johns Hopkins U: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| great experience, liked the program and residents. long tour | - Program Advantages:
| great program, facilities, research experience, pain program | - Program Disadvantages:
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Massachusetts Baystate Med Ctr/Tufts U SOM: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| Beth Israel Deaconess: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Matched here (Ranked # 1) - Interview Experience:
| great interview day, dinner with residents also. five interviews, but all relaxed | - Program Advantages:
| great overall program, excellent hospital, schedule is desirable. residents happy. one of the best pain programs (many residents go into pain). | - Program Disadvantages:
| Brigham and Women's Hosp: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| long, but great. lots of interaction with residents, who appeared friendly, fun, and very happy | - Program Advantages:
| excellent program with strong didactics, great harvard simulator, great pain program | - Program Disadvantages:
| the chair told me 'you will not be able to start and finish your own research project here.' quite a turn off. residents work very long hours (>70), which will increase with the addition of more ORs this year. |
| Caritas St Elizabeth's Med Ctr: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| Mass Gen Hosp: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| short interview. many nerdy residents--it is MGH though. one interview (out of three) with exceptional female faculty member who made a great impression. | - Program Advantages:
| MGH name, great experience, research. pain program being revamped | - Program Disadvantages:
| antiquated didactics, program appears to be relying on name |
| Tufts-New England Med Ctr: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| U Mass: | | | - Applied - Received interview
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New Hampshire Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| nice interview day, but no breakfast. apparently i could have ordered room service at the hanover inn...fantastic room | - Program Advantages:
| great pain program, great regional anesthesia, lots of research, strong didactics and excellent teaching | - Program Disadvantages:
| very small program in the middle of nowhere. no ob, trauma |
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New Jersey UMDNJ-New Jersey: | | | - Rotated at this institution - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Interviewers were friendly, basically chatted. | - Program Advantages:
| Residents get great fellowships. New Chair (Delphin) has been bringing in some great faculty from excellent institutions (MGH, Columbia, Sinai, etc). Great research opportunities, and amazing pain management experience. | - Program Disadvantages:
| Not very competetive, older attendings not very good |
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New York Albert Einstein COM: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| Mount Sinai SOM: | | | - Applied - Received interview
| New York Presb Hosp (Columbia): | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| Long, painful presentations, food terrible during day. REsidents friendly, normal | - Program Advantages:
| great research, location, overall great experience | - Program Disadvantages:
| terrible pain management experience. |
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| | New York North Carolina Duke U Hosp: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| disgusting hotel turned me off immediately. the area was also not very desirable. my boyfriend came with me, and went to a local duke bar while i was at the dinner; he was assaulted by a white supremacist for talking to a black gentleman, and then calle | - Program Advantages:
| great research, top regional anesthesia program, great overall program | - Program Disadvantages:
| location, location, location |
| U N. Carolina Hosps: | | | - Applied - Attended interview - Interview Experience:
| fantastic interview experience, residents were friendly and fun, dinner was a blast. interview day was smooth, very personalized | - Program Advantages:
| good program, great location | - Program Disadvantages:
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