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Profile #02388
Demographics
Match Year: 2011
Medical School: George Washington University
Undergraduate Institution: George Washington University
Academic Information
USMLE Step 1: 271
USMLE Step 2: 272
AOA: Selected
Class Rank: Top 10%
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| Family Medicine: | | |
Internal Medicine: | |
| Pediatrics: | Honors | |
Surgery: | Honors |
| Neurology: | Honors | |
Psychiatry: | Honors |
| OB/Gyn: | Honors | |
Dermatology: | Honors |
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Other Information
7-year BA/MD, couple of basic science pubs not in derm but related, no time off, no home derm program, ~8 applicants from my school
Applications
District of Columbia| Wash Hosp Ctr: |  | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here
- Interview Experience:
| Abbreviated interview day for local applicants as rotators have an exit interview with Chair and PD on last day. |
- Program Advantages:
| -4 per year, 2 med-derm, 2 categorical
-My home town/great city
-Great clinical training (residents were some of the sharpest and nicest i met)
-Good mix of tough medical derm, bread and butter, and cosmetics
-Wash Hosp Center is the big flagship inne |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -Lower reputation than program deserves
-No dedicated Peds Derm
-No full-time Mohs
-No fellowships
-Commuting in traffic |
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Florida| Jackson Mem Hosp/Jackson: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Quick interviews, roughly ten 2 on 1's. Faculty are bubbly, friendly, and know your application well. Got asked specific thoughtful questions about my research here which really impressed me. |
- Program Advantages:
| -Biggest program in country 8 residents
-Probably some of the best clinical training out there with inpatient unit, experts in just about everything, heavy case volume.
-Residents were leaving this program with plans of performing mohs without a fello |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -No fellowships (again, possibly an advantage)
-Miami is a cool place but not the safest area (not dangerous either) and from what I was told it's REALLY hot a lot of the time
-I think this was the best program I saw, location was an important factor in |
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Illinois| U Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Standard fare, short interviews with most of faculty, mostly standard questions some behavioral ones too |
- Program Advantages:
| -Top notch medical center
-Awesome city
-Nice faculty, cool residents
-Good size program (4 spots my year)
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- Program Disadvantages:
| -Chicago is Cold
-Not in the nicest area of Chicago (but not scary)
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Maryland| Johns Hopkins U: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 14 interviews, 10-15mins, mostly 1 on 1, standard fare in terms of questions |
- Program Advantages:
| -Hopkins Name
-Strong faculty with leaders in peds-derm and immunobullous
-Growing program with lots of new, great young faculty, in 5-10 years it will only get better
-Excellent dermpath
-Variety of clinical sites is great for training!
-JHOC (downt |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -Baltimore is great in some areas...
-Not as much autonomy for the residents, no real continuity experience/patient ownership (which may change)
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| | Michigan| Henry Ford Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| I think this was 12, 20 minute interviews which sounds like a lot but it flies. Lots of blind interviews with behavioral questions |
- Program Advantages:
| -Great Chair and PD
-Specialty clinics in everything
-Great pt population
-Large program (6/year)
-Would be super popular if in a nicer city
-Clinics are in a nice building within a mall |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -Detroit which wasn't THAT bad, some very nice suburban areas with cheap living |
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North Carolina| Duke U Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Mostly 2 on 1's, mostly blind, very nice people |
- Program Advantages:
| -Duke repuatation
-Beautiful facilities
-Really liked the Chair
-Strong research
-Happy residents |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -Durham is not the greatest but I would've liked it
-Weak in cosmetics, not much hands-on surgery |
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Virginia| Eastern Virginia: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Mostly 2 on 1's, very nice faculty |
- Program Advantages:
| -Chair is awesome
-Close knit group, fun residents
-Nice facilities
-Pariser's private practice is pretty impressive component of this program |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -EVMS name
-No full time mohs |
| | U Virginia: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| I rotated here so my interview was a part of the rotation, 15-20 min sit down with everyone |
- Program Advantages:
| -UVA is awesome
-Chair is a real gentleman
-Former chair is hilarious and fun
-Both are encyclopedias/clinical answer keys
-Other faculty is also very strong
-Overall fun working environment
-2 Mohs surgeons, good hands-on
-Dermpath attending is to |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -Less autonomy/volume than some other places
-Small program (2/year) but likely growing
-No cosmetics/lasers
-Really liked this place a lot
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Match Experience
Process is a very difficult one, convinced that this is the most competitive specialty. Dean's Letter had me tied at #1 in class with top board scores but only got 8/50 interviews. No home program, mid-tier med school, and lots of classmate applicants probably made it harder
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