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Profile #00055
Demographics
Match Year:  2007
This profile will remain anonymous for two years from the match date above.

Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  248
Step 2 score not available to residencies during application.

AOA:  Selected
Class Rank:  Top 10%
Family Medicine:  Honors Internal Medicine:  Honors
Pediatrics:  Honors Surgery:  Honors
Neurology:  Psychiatry:  Honors
OB/Gyn:  High Pass Dermatology:  Honors
Other Information
Many poster presentations locally and at the AAD, one submitted manuscript to the JAAD during application season.

Applications
Alabama
  U Alabama Med Ctr:
- Applied

Arizona
  Mayo (Arizona):
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Awesome!!! Faculty are amazing and some of the nicest people I have ever met! Arizona is beautiful
- Program Advantages:
Mayo name; especially strong in dermpath, strong in Peds, Gen Derm, and Mohs.
- Program Disadvantages:
NO cosmetics; have to spend 2 months of your first year in Rochester MN; transitional year is combined; weak in basic science research; a lot of driving between different sites. Small program with only 2/year.

Arkansas
  U Arkansas for Med:
- Applied

California
  LAC-Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr:
- Applied
  Loma Linda U:
- Applied
  Stanford U:
- Applied
  U California (Davis):
- 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

Connecticut
  Yale-New Haven Med Ctr:
- Applied

District of Columbia
  Howard U:
- Applied
  Nat Capital Cnsrt:
- Applied
  Wash Hosp Ctr:
- Applied

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

Georgia
  Emory U:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
I was an 'internal' candidate so I my rotation counted as my interview
- Program Advantages:
Everything!!! Faculty are so nice. Strong in everything (Peds, Mohs, Dermpath, basic science, Med Derm, Cosmetics)
- Program Disadvantages:
I thought the formal didactics and teaching could be better. You need to be a self-learner for this program. No spoon feeding.
  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
  U Illinois COM at Chicago:
- Applied

Indiana
  Indiana U SOM:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
No comment.
- Program Advantages:
All of the Hospitals are within walking distance (no need to drive to different sites), Indianapolis is a quaint midwestern city.
- Program Disadvantages:
Combined Program (Pre-lim + Derm),

Iowa
  U Iowa Hosps:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Great interview day! Tour and dinner the night before and only the interviews on interview day.
- Program Advantages:
Very hands on program. If you love surgery, this is the program for you. New chairman who is amazing.
- Program Disadvantages:
No Peds Derm, but they are actively recruiting. Iowa city.

Kansas
  U Kansas Med Ctr:
- Applied

Kentucky
  U Louisville:
- Applied

Louisiana
  Louisiana St U:
- Applied
  Tulane U:
- Applied

Maryland
  Johns Hopkins U:
- Applied
  Nat Inst Clinical Ctr:
- 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
- Received interview
  Wayne St U/Detroit Med Ctr:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Went very smoothly
- Program Advantages:
This is an up and coming program. Just joined forces with Oakwook Hospital System. Building new clinic and offices for clinicians and residents. New chair and PD are really nice and have really saved the program. Very strong in dermpath.
- Program Disadvantages:
Currently on probation...but this will soon change; a lot of changes have occurred in a relatively short amount of time, so it is a big adjustment for everyone.

Minnesota
  Mayo (Rochester):
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Stressful but went smoothly.
- Program Advantages:
Mayo clinic is well, the Mayo Clinic. You will see the zebras here. If you are an aspiring academic dermatologist this is the place for you. You will work hard and get amazing training.
- Program Disadvantages:
Rochester; No pediatric dermatologist; lots of inpatient derm; dress code makes the environment feel stuffy;
  U Minnesota:
- Applied

Missouri
  St Louis U SOM:
- Applied
  U Missouri-Columbia:
- Applied
  WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Fantastic. Tour and program overview the night before, followed by drinks at a local bar.
- Program Advantages:
Amazing program which covers all of the bases (Med Derm, Peds, Path, Cosmetics).
- Program Disadvantages:
St. Louis; a lot of driving between the different sites.

New Hampshire
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr:
- Applied

New Jersey
  UMDNJ-New Jersey:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
I didn't know much about the program when I applied. When I showec up for the interview there were 25 people interviewing for 1 spot!!!
- Program Advantages:
Up and coming program. Dr. Pappert is so sweet and loves to teach.
- Program Disadvantages:
Only 2 full time faculty; Very small program (1 resident per year)
  UMDNJ-RWJ (Camden):
- Applied
New Jersey
  UMDNJ-RWJ A:
- Applied

New Mexico
  U New Mexico:
- Applied

New York
  Albert Einstein COM:
- Applied
  Mount Sinai SOM:
- Applied
  New York Presb Hosp (Columbia):
- Applied
  New York Presb Hosp (Cornell):
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Pretty disorganized. Ran behind schedule.
- Program Advantages:
Location...NYC!!! Strong in surgery. Just recruited 4 full time faculty members who are young, nice, and full of energy. Get to rotate at Sloan Kettering and see some advanced skin cancers. Has all of the bases covered (Peds, Path, Gen Derm, Cosmetics)
- Program Disadvantages:
I thought some of the older faculty came accross as arrogant.
  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
  U at Buffalo:
- Applied
  U Rochester:
- 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
  Ohio St U Hosp:
- Applied
  U Hosp/U Cincinnati COM:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Went smoothly
- Program Advantages:
Strong in dermpath, peds, and med derm. Cosmetics just started recently. Faculty are really nice.
- Program Disadvantages:
Combined program. Teaching is very rigorous...be prepared.
  Wright St U:
- Applied

Oregon
  OHSU:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:
Ran way behind schedule. Applicants were doubling up to interview so they can make their flights on time!
- Program Advantages:
Amazing program. Amazing facilities. Portland is gorgeous. Strong in the basic sciences, path, peds, surgery and cosmetics.
- Program Disadvantages:
None!!! I loved this program and ranked it #1

Pennsylvania
  Drexel U COM/Hahnemann U Hosp:
- Applied
  Geisinger:
- Applied
  Penn St U/Milton S Hershey Med Ctr:
- Applied
  Thomas Jefferson U:
- Applied
  U Pennsylvania:
- Applied
  U Pittsburgh Med Ctr:
- Applied

Rhode Island
  Brown U:
- Applied
  Roger Williams Med Ctr:
- Applied

South Carolina
  Med U S. Carolina:
- Applied

Tennessee
  U Tennessee:
- Applied
  Vanderbilt U:
- Applied

Texas
  Baylor COM:
- Applied
  San Antonio Uniformed Svcs:
- Applied
  Texas A&M COM-Scott and White:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Went smootly. Dinner the night before was ok.
- Program Advantages:
Up and coming program. If you like surgery and a lot of hands on experience this is the program for you. Facilities are brand new...and resident workspace is the best that I've seen.
- Program Disadvantages:
Only 4 full time faculty. Weak in peds. Temple Texas is in the middle of nowhere...it will take some getting used to.
  Texas Tech U (Lubbock):
- Applied
  U Texas at Houston:
- Applied
  U Texas Ctr at San Antonio:
- Applied
  U Texas Med Branch Hosps:
- Applied
  U Texas Southwestern:
- Applied

Utah
  U Utah:
- Applied

Vermont
  U Vermont:
- Applied

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

Washington
  U Washington:
- Applied

West Virginia
  West Virginia U:
- Applied

Wisconsin
  Marshfield Clinic-St Joseph's Hosp:
- Applied
  Med Col of Wisconsin Hosps:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Went really smoothly. Dinner was informal at a resident's house.
- Program Advantages:
Very down to earth program. If you want to do Pediatric Dermatology, this is the place for you. They have 4 peds derm faculty. All of the faculty are really nice. Great city, only 1 hour from Chicago.
- Program Disadvantages:
Program director and Chairman recently left, so the program is in transition (but they have a new PD and an interim chair).
  U Wisconsin:
- Applied
Match Experience
Don't be afraid to apply broadly. I am from a bottom tier midwestern school, and I thought I had no chances of getting interviews on either coast...but I ended up matching at my #1 choice out west.

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