Arizona| U Arizona: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Disadvantages:
| relatively few subspecialty exposure given more of comprehensive ophthalmology program, poor fellowship match |
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California| U California - LA: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Disadvantages:
| OVERRATED. lots of driving, poor didactics, very low autonomy |
| | U California - San Diego: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| location, location, location |
- Program Disadvantages:
| residents seemed overworked |
| | U So California: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Disadvantages:
| only young faculty remain, no more doheny |
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Connecticut| Yale University: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| wonderful program, good size of residents (medium), residents are happy/collegial
big name in general public |
- Program Disadvantages:
| new york and boston are both commutes |
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Florida| U Miami / Bascom Palmer: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| good surgical numbers, excellent fellowship match, big name |
- Program Disadvantages:
| miami is a random city
some faculty can be malignant |
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| | Illinois| Rush/Presby/St.Luke's/PG1: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| good retina dept, affiliated with illinois eye, strong fellowship matches |
- Program Disadvantages:
| UIC, northwestern are nearby |
| | U Illinois - Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| top program in Chicago, big name in ophthalmology
extremely supportive faculty for academics or private practice |
- Program Disadvantages:
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Maryland| J. Hopkins -Wilmer, GBMC: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
- Program Disadvantages:
| poor surgical training, 'thrown into the wolves' program with little support at times
residents seemed unhappy |
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Massachusetts
North Carolina| U North Carolina: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| beautiful facilities, good clinical training |
- Program Disadvantages:
| duke is nearby, relatively low surgical numbers |
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Oregon| Oregon HSU: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Portland is a hip and wonderful city
casey is a big name |
- Program Disadvantages:
| competitive feel, residents seemed overworked |
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