Arizona| U Arizona: |  | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| great private practice options for southwest. Strong clinical training. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Lacks academic focus. Grads don't seem interested in fellowships. |
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California| Stanford U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Friendly and very impressed with themselves. |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong name, simulation started here, and best ICU. World class hearts and peds. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Less innovation here now compared to other programs. |
| | U California (San Diego): | | | - Applied
| | U California (San Francisco): | | | - Applied
- Received interview
| | UCLA Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Great faculty, mostly young and energetic compared to other programs. |
- Program Advantages:
| Case diversity and severity. Referral center for southwest. Amazing new facilities. Young, energetic faculty seems to really understand perioperative medicine push. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| ICU just now catching up to rest of world. |
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Colorado
Illinois| McGaw Med Ctr of Northwestern U: | | | - Applied
| | U Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Did I mention that they have produced more Nobel laureates than any other school? |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong name. Very strong academic pedigree. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| | U Illinois COM at Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Most fun attendings anywhere |
- Program Advantages:
| Camaraderie, location, personalities. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| No where near the reputation or resources of bigger Chicago programs. |
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New York | | New York
Oregon| OHSU: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:
| Ride the tram! worth the trip to Portland. Best hotel of any interview. Friendly, laid back attendings. Interviews were tailored to your interests. |
- Program Advantages:
| Universally strong in all subjects. Innovative CCM program. Dept. chair is head of RRC, so on bleeding edge of resident training. Faculty from Hopkins with excellent credentials and huge research oportunities. Connections. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not an overwhelming number of heart cases. |
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Pennsylvania
Utah| U Utah: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Very friendly. Challenging questions great facilities. |
- Program Advantages:
| Great atmosphere. Strong regional. Strong trauma, and Peds. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Salt lake city, could go either way. No real innovation here, seemed to be following the lead of other places. |
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Washington| U Washington: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Fewer residents present than any other program. |
- Program Advantages:
| Academic powerhouse with very intelligent faculty. Neuro, trauma, ICU, among best in nation. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Residents work like dogs. Huge program so they don't seem to know each other well. |
| | Virginia Mason Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Fun! You spend time in OR! |
- Program Advantages:
| Best regional anywhere. Other programs with strong regional hold VM up as the gold standard. Do trauma and neuro at UW . Hours are good at VM. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Small program. Not many academic options. |
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