California
Connecticut| Yale-New Haven Med Ctr: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Opportunity to work with Barash. Strong cardiac. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Weak regional, pain and CCM. Not much to do in New Haven. Not as strong as the name. |
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Illinois
Maryland| Johns Hopkins U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 4 Interviewers: PD + 3 others. Laid back. Out by 2. |
- Program Advantages:
| Very wel rounded. College day didactics. Strong name. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Baltimore is a little unsafe. |
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Massachusetts| Beth Israel Deaconess: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 4 interviews + meeting with chair about 15 minutes each. Laid back. |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong pain. Harvard name. Very happy residents. Strong didactic and simultation curriculum. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not as strong as BWH or MGH. |
| | Brigham and Women's Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Very long and tiring interview day. 6 interviews with planned questions. Nice cocktail hour at end of day. |
- Program Advantages:
| Prestigious name. Strong clinical exposure. Strong OB and cardiac. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| | Mass Gen Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Introduction with PD and chair. 5 interviews. Nice tour of the ether dome. |
- Program Advantages:
| Very well rounded. No real weaknesses. Very prestigious name. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Staggered start to CA-1 year. Very research oriented. |
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New Jersey | | New Jersey
New York| Mount Sinai SOM: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Long talk by PD. Spend all day in scrubs. 3 interviews. PD interview is only one that matters (length of interview differs between applicants). |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong didactic and simulation curriculum. Very happy residents. Awesome PD. Strong cardiac, neuro, and transplant. Awesome moonlighting opportunities. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Trauma is hit or miss. Regional is so-so. Peds is weak. |
| | New York Presb Hosp (Columbia): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 2 interviews (can be anyone in department). |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong cardiac, CCM, transplant and Peds. Prestigious name. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| PD is not involved in resident life. Weak regional and pain. Location is in Washington Heights. |
| | New York Presb Hosp (Cornell): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 3 Interviews plus tour of housing. |
- Program Advantages:
| Young and well-liked PD (new this year). Strong regional, pain, thoracic and CCM exposure. Housing located across street from the hospital. Opportunity to rotate at MSKCC and HSS. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Weaker transplant, trauma and Peds exposure. |
| | New York U SOM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Hospital was closed so interview day was held in law office. |
- Program Advantages:
| Opportunity to rotate at Bellevue (lots of trauma and autonomy). Location is pretty sweet. Salary is best in NY. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Weaker clinical exposure than other NY hospitals. Only advanced positions available. |
| | St Luke's-Roosevelt Hosp Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 1 interview with both chair and PD. |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong regional, cardiac and pain. Subsidized housing provided. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not affiliated with an academic institution. Clinical exposure not as strong as others in NYC. |
| | SUNY at Stony Brook: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 3 interviews: PD + chair + 1 other. |
- Program Advantages:
| Very nice PD. No fellowships offered = residents do not compete for cases. Strong fellowship match. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Located in the boonies. Average clinical experience. |
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North Carolina| Duke U Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 5 interviews: PD, chair and 3 others. |
- Program Advantages:
| Cheap cost of living. Very well rounded. Strong cardiac, regional, thoracic, and transplant. Strong name. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Department comes off a little conceited. Location is very rural. |
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Pennsylvania| U Pennsylvania: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 6 interviews: PD, chair + 4 others. |
- Program Advantages:
| Strong name. Very well rounded. Opportunities to moonlight. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Residents mentioned other departments can be difficult to work with. |
| | U Pittsburgh Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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