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Demographics
Match Year:  2007
Medical School:  Washington University in St. Louis
Undergraduate Institution: 


Academic Information
USMLE Step 1:  236

AOA:  Not Selected
Class Rank:  Top 10-25%

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


Applications
Alabama
  U Alabama - Birmingham:
- Applied

Arkansas
  U Arkansas:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Nice faculty. Great building.
- Program Disadvantages:
Location not ideal for me. The staggered start also didn't sound appealing

California
  Stanford University:
- Applied
  U California - SF:
- Applied

Colorado
  U Colorado:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Nice faculty. New building. Denver is a great city.
- Program Disadvantages:
Cover too many hospitals that are20-30 minutes away from each other.

Florida
  U Florida - Gainesville:
- Applied

Georgia
  Emory University:
- Applied

Illinois
  Loyola U / Hines VA Hosp.:
- Applied
  Northwestern University:
- Applied
  U Chicago:
- Applied
  U Illinois - Chicago:
- Applied

Indiana
  Indiana University:
- Applied
- Received interview

Iowa
  U Iowa:
- Applied

Kentucky
  U Kentucky:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Very nice faculty. Great surgical numbers. Happy residents.
- Program Disadvantages:
Facilities leave something to be desired.
  U Louisville:
- Applied
- Received interview

Massachusetts
  Boston University:
- Applied
- Received interview
  Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary:
- Applied

Michigan
  U Michigan:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Fantastic program. Great faculty. Happiest residents I met on the trail. New building on its way. Great benefits. Ann Arbor is a cool town.
- Program Disadvantages:
None. Well, it's cold up there.

Minnesota
  Mayo Clinic:
- Applied
  U Minnesota - Mpls.:
- Applied
- Received interview

Missouri
  St. Louis University:
- Applied
Missouri
  U Missouri - Columbia:
- Applied
- Received interview
  Washington University:
- Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Great faculty and all are super nice. Lots of research and good fellowship opportunities.
- Program Disadvantages:
None really but the program is definitely front-loaded and you work very hard.

New York
  U Rochester:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Chairman is great and personable and he is really upgrading the department. Good research ops and good fellowship placement. New facilities being built.
- Program Disadvantages:
Mainly just that Rochester wasn't the greatest place in the world.

North Carolina
  Duke University:
- Applied
  U North Carolina:
- Applied
- Received interview

Ohio
  Case Western Reserve U:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Residents all nice and happy. Good clinical experience.
- Program Disadvantages:
Lot's of driving time to all locations that you rotate through. 4 total, one is 25 minutes away from the main hospital.
  Cleveland Clinic Found.:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Amazing facilities. Many well-known faculty. Great fellowship placement.
- Program Disadvantages:
They are very fellowship oriented. I am undecided at this point but I want the option to just do general and they seemed to look down upon that idea.
  Ohio State University:
- Applied

Oklahoma
  U Oklahoma-Oklahoma City:
- Applied

Oregon
  Oregon HSU:
- Applied

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

South Carolina
  Med U South Carolina:
- Applied

Tennessee
  U Tennessee - Memphis:
- Applied
- Received interview
  Vanderbilt University:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here
- Program Advantages:
Great program. Very nice, young faculty. Fantastic chair who is really building the program. Program director is very involved in resident education. Building new facilities. Good clinical exposure with good fellowship ops. Nashville is a fun town.

Texas
  Baylor CoM:
- Applied
  UT Southwestern- Dallas:
- Applied

Utah
  U Utah:
- Applied

Virginia
  U Virginia:
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
Nice faculty and very happy residents. Charlottesville sounded great.
- Program Disadvantages:
Faculty is small and they don't cover all subs.

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