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Demographics
Match Year:  2014
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Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  245
USMLE Step 2:  256

AOA:  Selected
Class Rank:  Top 10%

Family Medicine:  High Pass Internal Medicine:  Honors
Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  Honors
Neurology:  Satisfactory Psychiatry:  High Pass
OB/Gyn:  High Pass Ophthalmology:  Honors


Applications
Arizona
  U Arizona:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Disadvantages:
relatively few subspecialty exposure given more of comprehensive ophthalmology program, poor fellowship match

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

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

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
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:
none

Maryland
  J. Hopkins -Wilmer, GBMC:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
big name
- Program Disadvantages:
poor surgical training, 'thrown into the wolves' program with little support at times residents seemed unhappy

Massachusetts
  Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary:
- Applied
- Attended interview

North Carolina
  U North Carolina:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
beautiful facilities, good clinical training
- Program Disadvantages:
duke is nearby, relatively low surgical numbers

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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