California| Stanford University: |  | | - Applied
| | U California - Davis: | | | - Applied
| | U California - Irvine: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 7 am light breakfast and introductory powerpoint presentation by Dr. Tao; tour of facilities; 5 short (~10 min) interviews; lunch |
- Program Advantages:
| -Southern California is amazing
-BRAND new facility being built (Gavin Herbert Eye Institute) to be finished in 2011
-Incredible surgical numbers, >250 phacos
-Happy residents, close knit 'family' feel
-PD is young, charismatic, close to residents |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -overshadowed by other top tier southern california programs like UCLA, USC |
| | U California - LA: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 10 am presentation/breakfast, tour, lunch, interviews, grand rounds, cocktail reception in evening |
- Program Advantages:
| Top 5 name, fellowship matching, world renowned faculty, top notch research, diverse pathology, great surgical numbers, SoCal, macbook pro free when starting |
- Program Disadvantages:
| extremely busy, brutal first year call, evening lectures, LA is expensive, lots of driving, very malignant program (they'll try to dispel this myth during interview day but don't buy it). Don't get to rotate at JSEI until 3rd year, residents stressed |
| | U California - San Diego: | | | - Applied
| | U California - SF: | | | - Applied
| | U So California: | | | - Applied
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Connecticut
District of Columbia| George Washington U: | | | - Applied
| | Georgetown U/Wash Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Lunch with residents, 4 interviews with 2-3 faculty + residents |
- Program Advantages:
| -Washington DC, Diverse pathology, lots of variety with rotation sites |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -Average surgical numbers |
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Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Louisiana| Tulane University: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 8 am light breakfast, welcome speech by PD; panel interview (6 faculty:1 applicant), and 1 on 1 interview with Chair; lunch and tour |
- Program Advantages:
| -Great Surgical numbers (80th percentile)
-3 VA rotations (New Orleans, Alexandria, Biloxi)
-Happy residents (first years took a trip to Honduras before residency just to bond-- tight knit group)
-Amiable faculty
-Benign environment
-New Orleans |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -many months spent away from New Orleans for away rotations, |
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Maryland
Massachusetts | | Michigan| Henry Ford Hosp - Detroit: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| -Very happy residents, great fellowship match, amiable faculty, great environment. Phenomenal program. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Detroit can be a plus and minus |
| | U Michigan: | | | - Applied
| | Wayne State University: | | | - Applied
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Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina| Duke University: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| -Top tier, great research, cushier call schedule than other top places (q5), nice and amiable faculty, great for sending residents in Academia |
- Program Disadvantages:
| -all residents are married (many with kids), Durham is kind of a bland town, everyone is from NC, PD is very very research oriented (lots and lots of requirements) |
| | Wake Forest U: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia |
