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Profile #00013
Demographics
Match Year:  2007
This profile will remain anonymous permanently.

Advanced Degrees Obtained:
   - MPH
Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  228
Step 2 score not available to residencies during application.

AOA:  Not Selected
Class Rank:  Bottom 50%
Family Medicine:  Satisfactory Internal Medicine:  Satisfactory
Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  High Pass
Neurology:  Psychiatry:  High Pass
OB/Gyn:  High Pass Ophthalmology:  Honors
Other Information
Masters in Public Health, Health Management & Policy, University of Michigan Case report submission in ophthalmology Extraordinary extracurriculars with international experience Very strong letters from well-known ophthalmologists Very very strong letter from int. medicine doc/advisor

Applications
California
  Loma Linda University:
- Applied
  M.L. King / Drew MC:
- Applied
  Stanford University:
- Applied
  U California - Davis:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast and grand rounds 1 panel interview, 1 faculty interview, 1 resident interview Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Great faculty Excellent facilities Happy residents with early surgical experience
- Program Disadvantages:
Sacramento has both adv/disadv depending on the individual
  U California - Irvine:
- Applied
  U California - LA:
- Applied
  U California - SF:
- Applied
  U So California:
- Applied

Connecticut
  Yale University:
- Applied

District of Columbia
  George Washington U:
- Applied
  Georgetown U/Wash Hosp:
- Applied

Florida
  U Florida - Gainesville:
- Applied
  U Miami / Bascom Palmer:
- Applied
  U South Florida - Tampa:
- Applied

Georgia
  Emory University:
- Applied

Illinois
  Loyola U / Hines VA Hosp.:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
  Northwestern University:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast/Intro 4 faculty interviews Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Great location Well-known faculty
- Program Disadvantages:
Farmed out to Louisiana VA ? Resident happiness
  Rush/Presby/St.Luke's/PG1:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast/Intro 5 Faculty interviews Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Great location Amazing facilities Very happy residents Good faculty Early surgical experience
- Program Disadvantages:
2 resident program can be daunting Surgery-heavy transitional year attached if you match here
  Stroger/Cook Cty-Chicago:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast/intro 2 faculty, 1 resident interviews Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
County system = excellent pathology Lots of autonomy Early surgical experience Committed faculty
- Program Disadvantages:
County system = very very busy, very very disorganized ? Resident happiness
  U Chicago:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast/Intro 10 faculty interviews! Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Great didactics Well-known faculty Good fellowships Nice facilities
- Program Disadvantages:
Questionable surgical volume
  U Illinois - Chicago:
- Applied

Iowa
  U Iowa:
- Applied

Louisiana
  Tulane University:
- Applied

Maryland
  Friedenwald/Maryland Gen.:
- Applied
  J. Hopkins -Wilmer, GBMC:
- Applied
  Sinai Hospital -Baltimore:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast/Intro Tour Lunch 4/5 faculty interviews
- Program Advantages:
Great facilities Former association with Wilmer program Strong plastics Attentive faculty
- Program Disadvantages:
Small program can be a turn-off to some
  U Maryland:
- Applied
Massachusetts
  Boston University:
- Applied
  Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary:
- Applied
  Mass.Eye&Ear/Spec Program:
- Applied
  Tufts/New England Eye Ctr:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast/Intro 3 faculty interviews Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Amazing fellowships Well-known faculty State of the art wet lab Boston is a nice place
- Program Disadvantages:
? Resident happiness ? Surgical volume

Michigan
  Henry Ford Hosp - Detroit:
- Applied
  U Michigan:
- Applied
  W. Beaumont-Detroit:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast/Intro 10 faculty, 1 resident interviews Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Very nice hospital Well-to-do suburb of Detroit Attentive faculty They send you to Stanford for orientation
- Program Disadvantages:
Small program (3 per year) can be tough It's near Detroit
  Wayne State University:
- Applied

Minnesota
  Mayo Clinic:
- Applied

Missouri
  St. Louis University:
- Applied

New York
  Albert Einstein CoM:
- Applied
  Columbia U / Harkness:
- Applied
  Mount Sinai SoM - NY:
- Applied
  New York Eye & Ear Infirm:
- Applied
  New York Medical College:
- Applied
  New York University:
- Applied
  NY Presb. Hosp-Weil MC/Cornell U:
- Applied
  St. Lukes/Roosevelt-NY:
- Applied
  St. Vincent's MC - NY:
- Applied

North Carolina
  Duke University:
- Applied
  U North Carolina:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 5)
- Interview Experience:
Breakfast/Intro 6 faculty interviews and really kwirky questions (i.e. Talk to us about UNC basketball) Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Well-known faculty Pretty happy residents Friendly, attentive faculty Heavy on plastics if you're interested Nice facilities Beautiful town
- Program Disadvantages:
They farm you out to Minnesota during PGY-4 VA hospital 75 miles away (4 month rotation PGY-3 year)
  Wake Forest U:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Intro 1 panel interview with 5-6 faculty members Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Nice facilities Close-knit group of people
- Program Disadvantages:
? Resident happiness - Winston-Salem is a very small town in Tobacco country. More amenable to those who are ready to or are already settled down.

Pennsylvania
  Scheie Eye Inst / U Penn:
- Applied
  Wills Eye Hospital:
- Applied

Tennessee
  Vanderbilt University:
- Applied

Wisconsin
  Med C Wisconsin:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
Intro 7-8 faculty interviews Lunch Tour
- Program Advantages:
Eye Institute with very impressive facilities Lots of research Good fellowhips
- Program Disadvantages:
Milwaukee ? Resident Happiness
  U Wisconsin:
- Applied

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