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Profile #02333
Demographics
Match Year: 2011
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Academic Information

USMLE Step 1: 228
USMLE Step 2: 258

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

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

Other Information
1 research project (mix of basic science/clinical) with oral presentation. 1 separate oral presentation. 1 radiology research project underway. Gold Humanism Honor Society. Member of Admissions Selection Committee for my medical school. Director of free clinic associated with medical school. Board member of community service organization. Many other extracurricular activities. Hard-working background on a farm and raised a family with spouse having two children through medical school.

Applications

Alabama

Baptist:

- Applied

U Alabama Med Ctr:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 1)
- Interview Experience:

Happiest residents on the interview trail. I was convinced I would get the best education here which was important to me for the Exam of the Future.

- Program Advantages:

Education. Fellowships (especially MSK). Moonlighting (TONS of Internal Moonlighting). Future career opportunities after residency.

- Program Disadvantages:

None for me.

U S. Alabama:

- Applied

Arizona

Maricopa Med Ctr:
		- Applied
St Joseph's Hosp and Med Ctr:
		- Applied
U Arizona:
		- Applied

Arkansas

U Arkansas for Med:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:

Education. Location (Arkansas is BEAUTIFUL). Intern year seemed very nice several months of the year.

- Program Disadvantages:

None.

Connecticut

Bridgeport Hosp/Yale U:
		- Applied
Hartford Hosp:
		- Applied
Hosp of St Raphael:
		- Applied - Attended interview
Norwalk Hosp:
		- Applied
St Vincent's Med Ctr:
		- Applied
U Connecticut:
		- Applied

Georgia

Emory U:
		- Applied
Med Col of Georgia:
		- Applied
Mercer U SOM (Savannah):
		- Applied

Illinois

S. Illinois U:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:

Happiest attendings to work with (most laid back/joke around/boys club).

U Illinois COM at Peoria:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:

IR (one of the better IR places in the country). Benefits - salary was highest I saw.

Indiana

Indiana U SOM:
		- Applied

Iowa

U Iowa Hosps:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:

Solid reputation. Education. Facilities to work at.

- Program Disadvantages:

Freezing weather. NO moonlighting.

Kansas

U Kansas (Wichita):

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Laid back.

- Program Advantages:

Hands-on Training with Independence on Day 1. Faculty - very easy to work with and had several board examiners (PD is GI, Neuro-IR board examiner, Nuc Med board examiner).

- Program Disadvantages:

In the past, the prelim medicine year was brutal call-schedule wise but made you a great medicine doctor for what that's worth...(the program is adv so you weren't forced to match at it). However, sarting 2011 this has changed and it's probably nice toda

U Kansas Med Ctr:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Super laid back.

- Program Advantages:

Best PD in the country. IR. Volume. Hands-on training. Comraderie between residents. Fellowship-trained faculty. Once they get the new cirriculum approved where you start R1 after 6.5mo of medicine, they will have one of the best curriculum's in the

- Program Disadvantages:

Yearly salary was the lowest on the interview trail... They may take care of all health insurance so that may be why...

Kentucky

U Kentucky COM:
		- Applied
U Louisville:
		- Applied

Michigan

Grand Rapids and Research Ctr/Michigan St U:

- Applied
- Attended interview

William Beaumont Hosp:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Laid back.

- Program Advantages:

Education. Solid moonlighting opportunities. One of the only MSK-accredited fellowships. IR volume. Benefits.

- Program Disadvantages:

The economy has hit Royal Oak (but not as bad as Detroit they say). Location was a disadvantage to me although everybody who was from Michigan told me it was the safe area outside of Detroit.

Minnesota

Mayo (Rochester):
		- Applied

Minnesota

U Minnesota:
		- Applied

Mississippi

U Mississippi Med Ctr:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Everybody talks about the faculty member who asks you to describe the physics of MRI, etc. Otherwise, it was all very laid-back.

Missouri

St Louis U SOM:

- Applied
- Received interview

U Missouri at Kansas City:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Got turned off by the PD and another faculty interviewer who seemed too 'intense' to work with.

- Program Advantages:

Education. Curriculum. Many call it a 'hidden gem.' Fellowships obtained by graduates. Volume in almost every department.

- Program Disadvantages:

Although they have a good curriculum when you start, I think it will come back to bite you in the end because when you finish your Exam of the Future PGY4, you will have little/no elective opportunities PGY5 and likely be abused for your work instead of t

U Missouri-Columbia:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Laid back.

- Program Advantages:

Start learning radiology on Day 1... Internal moonlighting was incredible. Cost of living in Columbia - the best on the interview trail.

- Program Disadvantages:

IR seemed weaker (volume-wise) compared to other places but all the residents said they loved the IR attendings and they make money internally with IR call I think through their internal moonlighting stuff.

Nebraska

Creighton U:
		- Applied
U Nebraska Med Ctr COM:
		- Applied

New Mexico

U New Mexico:
		- Applied

North Carolina

U N. Carolina Hosps:
		- Applied
Wake Forest U SOM:
		- Applied

Ohio

U Toledo:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Laid back.

- Program Advantages:

Laid-back faculty.

- Program Disadvantages:

The word on the street is that they lost a TON of volume when the CEO of one of the hospitals sold them out to a teleradiology group in CA. I was very concerned about the volume because just hanging out in the reading room I noticed this. One of the res

Oklahoma

Integris Baptist Med Ctr:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Only 1 person on interview day. I was intimidated at first, but everybody was super laid back.

- Program Advantages:

Moonlighting. No fellows for IR where you get to pick what procedures you go in for/learn from. Neuro-IR board examiner. Moonlighting one of the best around. Conference schedule made for a super-cush environment (4p conference and then you go home eve

- Program Disadvantages:

No internal fellowship opportunities if that's your thing.

U Oklahoma Ctr:

- Applied

South Carolina

Med U S. Carolina:
		- Applied

Tennessee

Baptist Mem Hosp:
		- Applied
Vanderbilt U:
		- Applied

Texas

Baylor COM:

- Applied

Baylor U Med Ctr:

- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:

Laid back.

- Program Advantages:

Education. This is one of the best if not THE best community program in the country. Moonlighting was awesome. Call schedule was built well for time off (1 week on, 1 week off made for good moonlighting as upper level/vacation). All the residents were

- Program Disadvantages:

Dallas if you are annoyed by traffic.

San Antonio Uniformed Svcs:

- Applied

Texas A&M COM-Scott and White:

- Applied

U Texas at Houston:

- Applied

U Texas Ctr at San Antonio:

- Applied

U Texas Southwestern:

- Applied