Alabama| U Alabama Med Ctr: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Great dinner the night before with residents at local (nice) restaurant.
Interview day divided up on 2 groups - morning and afternoon group. Breakfast at hotel beforehand, then either interviews followed by tour or vice versa. 4 x30 minute interviews (o |
- Program Advantages:
| Large hospital system that covers virtually everything. Strong in neuro, OB, several ICUs. Homecall system (internal moonlighting) provides ample opportunity for extra experience & income. PD & Chair both very likeable with great vision for where to take |
- Program Disadvantages:
| New peds hospital still in process of being finished. Currently more of a private practice atmosphere and no fellowship. Cardiac volume relatively low but hiring new faculty and dept growing rapidly. |
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California| Stanford U: | | | - Applied
| | U California (San Diego): | | | - Applied
| | U California (San Francisco): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:
| Dinner the night before at local restaurant with good resident turn out. They did a good job of trying to get variety of class years present.
Interview day starts with PPT presentation, which they give you on a flashdrive (helpful for referring to later |
- Program Advantages:
| Phenomenal hospital system with several sites for rotations: Moffitt/Long, SFGH, VA, Mt. Zion, CHO, Kaiser. Building new hospital to open summer 2014.
Strengths include neuro, CCM, OB (high acuity), trauma/airway experience. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not many. Cost of living in SF is high. |
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District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia| Emory U: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Two day interview process; Friday luncheon with presentation and tour of both hospitals (Emory's main campus as well as Grady). Chief residents and residency recruitment chairs were enthusiastic about the program. Overall, long but laid back and not high |
- Program Advantages:
| Very strong pediatrics, cardiac. Multiple hospitals to rotate through with variety of experiences |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Regional/pain; No longer have any CCM trained faculty (other than cardiac faculty members). Limited SIM experiences.
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| | Med Col of Georgia: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Illinois
Kentucky
Massachusetts | | Massachusetts
Missouri| St Louis U SOM: | | | - Applied
| | WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Dinner with residents night before nearby to hotel that they provide.
Interview day starts with presentation and speech by PD and chair. Very upfront about type of program they are and goals. Thought it was very refreshing & helpful. |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong academic program, research heavy. B-JH is primary hospital system in STL (SLU here too, but seem to have less of share). LOTS of peds, great CCM, strong pain. Busy transplant center. |
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New York| Mount Sinai SOM: | | | - Applied
| | New York Presb Hosp (Columbia): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Presentation by PD and subspecialty chairs (CV, CCM etc). Interviews by 2 faculty (usu one senior, one junior). Tour of both peds & main hospital. |
- Program Advantages:
| Very strong peds, CV, CCM, transplant |
- Program Disadvantages:
| | New York Presb Hosp (Cornell): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Presentation by Chair and faculty. 4 x20 minute interviews. Brief tour of hospital, including subsidized housing across the street. |
- Program Advantages:
| HSS (regional, pain), MSK (CCM, regional/pain, transplant) |
- Program Disadvantages:
| seem to work a bit more than other NYC programs, but still seemed to be a happy group. No dedicated peds hospital, limited trauma |
| | New York U SOM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| No dinner the night before. Interview day starts with presentation from PD and chair. 2 interviews, could be anyone from Chair, PD or junior faculty. Then tour of hospital, including about 30 minutes in OR with resident. |
- Program Advantages:
| Likely best trauma in NYC, combo of Bellevue and Tisch provides good balance of patient demographics & case load. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but didn't really click here. Not very academic focus, seems like there might not be tons of intra-op teaching. |
| | St Luke's-Roosevelt Hosp Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 1/2 day interview (AM or PM, you can rank preference when you get the invite). Starts with talk by PD, then 2 on 1 interview with PD and chair. I heard from other applicants that it was rough, but personally thought that it was helpful and really enjoyed |
- Program Advantages:
| Pro-resident administration. Dedicated intern year that has been well thought out. One of the strongest regional programs in the country. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Limited peds (go up to morgan stanley childrens for rotation), somewhat weaker ICU. |
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Pennsylvania| U Pittsburgh Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Dinner the night before with the residents at local restaurant was great. Long interview day starts around 7:30 am and finishes around 4:30. 5 x 15 minute interviews with PD and several other faculty. Low stress. Tour of UPMC Presby/Montefiore the other h |
- Program Advantages:
| LOTS of regional/acute pain/chronic pain. Residents not primary work force (CRNA's within system). LARGE case load. Residents seemed happy. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not many. Traveling back and forth to main hospital for didactics? |
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