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Demographics
Match Year:  2011
This profile will remain anonymous for three years from the match date above.

Advanced Degrees Obtained:
   - MBA
Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  270
Step 2 score not available to residencies during application.

AOA:  Selected
Class Rank:  Top 10%
Family Medicine:  Honors Internal Medicine:  Honors
Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  Honors
Neurology:  High Pass Psychiatry:  High Pass
OB/Gyn:  Honors Dermatology: 

Applications
Alabama
  U Alabama Med Ctr:
- Applied

Arizona
  Mayo (Arizona):
- Applied
- Received interview

California
  LAC-Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr:
- Applied
  Loma Linda U:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
You have to give a 10 minute presentation about yourself (i.e. who you are, where you grew up, hobbies, etc.), which is actually a lot of fun. Afterwards you have four panel interviews with 2-3 people.
- Program Advantages:
Faculty, residents
- Program Disadvantages:
Small program
  Stanford U:
- Applied
  U California (Irvine):
- Applied
  U California (San Diego):
- Applied
  U California (San Francisco):
- Applied
  U S. California/LAC+USC Med Ctr:
- Applied
  UCLA Med Ctr:
- Applied

Colorado
  U Colorado:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
11-12 interviews, which are all 10-15 minutes long.
- Program Advantages:
Excellent Pedi Derm. Good Mohs, dermpath exposure. Great research opportunities without the pressure of being forced to do research. Colorado is gorgeous.
- Program Disadvantages:
None.

Connecticut
  Yale-New Haven Med Ctr:
- Applied

District of Columbia
  Howard U:
- Applied

Florida
  Jackson Mem Hosp/Jackson:
- Applied
  Mayo (Jacksonville):
- Applied
  U Florida:
- Applied
  U S. Florida:
- Applied

Georgia
  Emory U:
- Applied
  Med Col of Georgia:
- Applied

Illinois
  Cook County Hosp:
- Applied
  Loyola U:
- Applied
  McGaw Med Ctr of Northwestern U:
- Applied
  Rush U Med Ctr:
- Applied
  S. Illinois U:
- Applied
  U Chicago:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
The program had a very laid back vibe to it, which I found surprising (and refreshing) for the University of Chicago. The Faculty are all really nice, and the residents were great.
- Program Disadvantages:
It's a little smaller of a program than you might think (at least based on the U of Chicago name). It's in a bad part of Chicago.
  U Illinois COM at Chicago:
- Applied

Indiana
  Indiana U SOM:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Excellent resources, faculty. Program gives off a very friendly, laid-back vibe.

Kansas
  U Kansas Med Ctr:
- Applied

Louisiana
  Louisiana St U:
- Applied
  Tulane U:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
You interview with every faculty member, as well as all the PGY2s (I thought this was a great idea, since they're the people you're going to be working with in two years). Everyone was extremely nice. The only downside was that they didn't provide a tou
- Program Advantages:
The faculty and residents are some of the nicest, friendliest people I've ever met. New Orleans can be a really fun (or at least unique) city to live in.
- Program Disadvantages:
Have to drive to Beloxi, MI for VA clinics. The program seems to have been hit pretty hard by Katrina, and is only now starting to recover.

Maryland
  Johns Hopkins U:
- Applied
  U Maryland:
- Applied

Massachusetts
  Boston U Med Ctr:
- Applied
  Mass Gen Hosp/Harvard:
- Applied
  U Mass:
- Applied

Michigan
  Henry Ford Hosp:
- Applied
  U Michigan:
- Applied
  Wayne St U/Detroit Med Ctr:
- Applied

Missouri
  St Louis U SOM:
- Applied
Missouri
  U Missouri-Columbia:
- Applied
  WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt:
- Applied

New Jersey
  UMDNJ-New Jersey:
- Applied
  UMDNJ-RWJ (Camden):
- Applied
  UMDNJ-RWJ A:
- Applied

New York
  Albert Einstein COM:
- Applied
- Attended interview
  Mount Sinai SOM:
- Applied
  New York Presb Hosp (Columbia):
- Applied
  New York Presb Hosp (Cornell):
- Applied
  New York U SOM:
- Applied
  NYMC at Westchester Med Ctr:
- Applied
  St Luke's-Roosevelt Hosp Ctr:
- Applied
  SUNY at Stony Brook:
- Applied
  SUNY Ctr at Brooklyn:
- Applied

North Carolina
  Duke U Hosp:
- Applied
  Pitt County Mem Hosp/East Carolina U:
- Applied
  U N. Carolina Hosps:
- Applied
  Wake Forest U SOM:
- Applied

Ohio
  Cleveland Clinic Found:
- Applied
  CWRU/U Hosps of Cleveland:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 4)
- Interview Experience:
It's kind of like speed dating. You have 8 minute interviews with all the faculty members. It's a little hectic, but fun.
- Program Advantages:
Well rounded curriculum. Tons of research opportunities. The residents all seemed really happy. Dr. Cooper is awesome.
- Program Disadvantages:
It's in Cleveland

Oklahoma
  U Oklahoma Ctr:
- Applied

Oregon
  OHSU:
- Applied

Pennsylvania
  Drexel U COM/Hahnemann U Hosp:
- Applied
  Thomas Jefferson U:
- Applied
  U Pennsylvania:
- Applied
  U Pittsburgh Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
You only have two 15 minute panel interviews (5-6 ppl per panel), which I personally wasn't a huge fan of. I didn't feel like they had a chance to get to know me. Also, some panel members didn't even look up from their computers during my entire intervi
- Program Advantages:
Excellent faculty, fantastic resources (having the transplant center there is amazing - lots of GVHD, etc.), good exposure to Mohs, Dermpath.
- Program Disadvantages:
The only thing I didn't like about UPMC was the interview.

Rhode Island
  Brown U:
- Applied

Texas
  Baylor COM:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Lots of autonomy. Dr. Hsu is great.
  Texas A&M COM-Scott and White:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Lots of Mohs, program is expanding, faculty are great.
- Program Disadvantages:
It's in Temple, TX.
  Texas Tech U (Lubbock):
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Great Mohs exposure. Residents given a lot of autonomy.
- Program Disadvantages:
Only 3 full-time faculty. It's in Lubbock, TX.
  U Texas at Houston:
- Applied
  U Texas Ctr at San Antonio:
- Applied
  U Texas Med Branch Hosps:
- Applied
  U Texas Southwestern:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
2 day interview with 13-14 one-on-one interviews in total.
- Program Advantages:
Excellent clinical exposure, tons of research opportunities, the faculty are all great to work with, the didactic curriculum is fantastic.

Virginia
  Eastern Virginia:
- Applied
  U Virginia:
- Applied
  Virginia Commonwealth U:
- Applied

Washington
  U Washington:
- Applied

Wisconsin
  Med Col of Wisconsin Hosps:
- Applied

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