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Profile #02678
Demographics
Match Year:  2012
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Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  228
USMLE Step 2:  254

AOA:  Not Selected
Class Rank:  Bottom 50%

Family Medicine:  High Pass Internal Medicine:  High Pass
Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  High Pass
Neurology:  Honors Psychiatry:  High Pass
OB/Gyn:  High Pass Anesthesiology:  High Pass

Other Information
2 research experiences no publications, 1 poster presentation, co-chair of two clubs, president of anesthesia interest group, medical school applicant interviewer, volunteering at student-run clinic


Applications
California
  LAC-Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Received interview
  Stanford U:
- Applied
  U California (Davis):
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
lots of info about where the grads go including private practice and fellowships
- Program Advantages:
faculty is really approachable and friendly
- Program Disadvantages:
only kidney transplants, Sacramento
  U California (Irvine):
- Applied
  U California (San Diego):
- Applied
  U California (San Francisco):
- Applied
  U S. California/LAC+USC Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
really short and sweet, interview with only ONE faculty member
- Program Advantages:
diverse cases, really strong in trauma cases, new hospital
- Program Disadvantages:
SRNA program seems to interfere with resident selection of cases
  UCLA Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Attended interview

Colorado
  U Colorado:
- Applied

District of Columbia
  Georgetown U Hosp:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Received interview

Illinois
  McGaw Med Ctr of Northwestern U:
- Applied
  U Chicago:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
well organized
- Program Advantages:
faculty is really committed to teaching, strong didactics, new hospital to be finished in 2013, faculty is really well connected, grads go on to get the top fellowships in the country
- Program Disadvantages:
level II trauma for adults, level I for peds only
Massachusetts
  Brigham and Women's Hosp:
- Applied
  Mass Gen Hosp:
- Applied

Michigan
  U Michigan:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
nice short day with an early start (6:30!), 5 interviews
- Program Advantages:
huge program (30 res/year) makes the call schedule really nice, work hours are pretty nice, exposure to diverse cases
- Program Disadvantages:
intern year seems a bit tough, Ann Arbor is coooold, small college town

Minnesota
  Mayo (Rochester):
- Applied
  U Minnesota:
- Applied

North Carolina
  Duke U Hosp:
- Applied
  U N. Carolina Hosps:
- Applied

Oregon
  OHSU:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
well organized, 2 formal interviews with faculty and very informal interviews with PD and chair where they did most of the talking, clear skies meant that the tram ride was AWESOME
- Program Advantages:
11 am lectures qday, hospitals in one location, well rounded program, teaching electives available
- Program Disadvantages:
limited parking facilities would mean lots of biking in the rain, not many fellowships so likely would have to go elsewhere after residency

Pennsylvania
  U Pittsburgh Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
really LONG interview day (7-3:30!)
- Program Advantages:
faculty is really approachable, easy to get publications here - many residents have written book chapters, international rotations in Sicily, Ireland, and two week mission trips, strong didactic programs, strong ICU and transplant experiences
- Program Disadvantages:
lots of hospitals for rotations (minimum of 5, ~20 in the system), wasn't really impressed with Pittsburgh

Utah
  U Utah:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
paid for up to two nights hotel stay, shuttles to/from the hospital, nice newer facilities
- Program Advantages:
residents were really super happy, shortest work-to-ski-lift time in the country, resident board scores were above the 75th percentile for the last ten years
- Program Disadvantages:
SLC has a quiet downtown, not the best city for singles, program seemed really family-oriented and all the residents were married, minimal transplant exposure, residents seemed like workhorses, weak didactics

Washington
  U Washington:
- Applied
- Attended interview

Wisconsin
  U Wisconsin:
- Applied
- Received interview

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