Colorado| U Colorado: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Interview dates only on weekends. Rumor that it is to 'hide' the residents, but not truth in actuality. I was asked for feedback on if having weekend interviews was better than weekday; it was thought that it would be easier for students to get to inter |
- Program Advantages:
| Awesome chair. Program seems headed in right direction, chair wants to recruit more high-powered research names. Very good volume, very good hospital and referring departments. Faculty shake up occurred a few years ago, but program seems to have that b |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Faculty left a few years ago because of the old chair making changes, but that chair is no longer a part of the program. Not as much research as I expected, but new chair is trying to change that. |
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District of Columbia
Florida| Jackson Mem Hosp/Jackson: | | | - Applied
| | Mayo (Jacksonville): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Very strong camaraderie. Residents seemed closest knit of any program I interviewed. Mayo name with Mayo money and resources. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Research is lacking a bit. |
| | Mount Sinai Med Ctr of Florida: | | | - Applied
| | U Florida COM Jacksonville: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
- Program Disadvantages:
| Reputation not as good as other programs in Florida. |
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Illinois| Advocate Illinois Masonic Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 4 interviews: 2 attendings, program chair, chief resident. Very laid back interviews, very friendly. Sort of disorganized in the day's schedule with interviews. Tour and noon conference. |
- Program Advantages:
| No fellows, very strong IR. Strong abdominal. Level 1 trauma center, nice facilities. High volume, early independence with night shift reads. Strong for a community porgram. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not as good reputation as other programs in Chicago. |
| | Cook Cty Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 4 15 minute interviews: PD, chair, 2 chief residents. Tour, no lunch offered. |
- Program Advantages:
| Lots of hands on experience, very good IR. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Program not as strong as some others in Chicago, chair is aware of that fact. Very little research. |
| | Loyola U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Good initial presentation by program director. 4 20 minute interviews. Noon conference given by program director was excellent. |
- Program Advantages:
| Residents are known for working hard, well known by private practices in Chicago area, and very highly regarded there. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not as much research as other academic institutions. Facilities are quite old, but the new chair is trying to move department to 2nd floor with new renovated area. Very formal; residents required to wear white coats in reading room. Very tough call sch |
| | McGaw Med Ctr of Northwestern U: | | | - Applied
| | Rush U Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| New hospital built with very nice facilities. Partnership with Siemens means newest up to date equipment. Good volume. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| More private practice than academic, not as many opportunities for research. |
| | St Francis Hosp of Evanston: | | | - Applied
| | U Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Very pleasant, laid back. 6 20 minute interviews. Excellent noon conference. |
- Program Advantages:
| Excellent didactics. Excellent research opportunities. Program is on the cutting edge of PACS software; the guy who implemented it is there. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not as much volume as other institutions, although acquisition of North Shore hospital allows higher volume during that rotation since it is a private hospital. |
| | U Illinois COM at Chicago: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Indiana| Indiana U SOM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Very laid back. 4 15 minute interviews, 2 attendings, 2 residents. Very nice introductory powerpoint, tour of hospital, noon conference. |
- Program Advantages:
| Excellent faculty and excellent facilities. Good reputation. Large institution. Fellows don't split residents' work, there is enough work to go around. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Very large program (~15 per class), although can be good or bad thing, depending on perspective. |
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Iowa| U Iowa Hosps: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 2)
- Interview Experience:
| 5 20 minute interviews. Tour and lunch. Dinner the night before. Very laid back, conversational interviews. |
- Program Advantages:
| Good didactics. Very good volume, only tertiary care center in Iowa. Adequate research, 2 months protected time for research. |
- Program Disadvantages:
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Maine| Maine Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| 4 20 minute interviews. Very laid back. |
- Program Advantages:
| Very very strong IR. Only tertiary care center in Maine. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not as much research as academic institutions, but high volume of research in IR. |
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Maryland
Massachusetts | | Michigan| Henry Ford Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Very laid back interviews. Tour and lunch. |
- Program Advantages:
| Chair is president of ACR. Excellent, excellent fellowship placement. Very high volume, very good training. Definitely would be more competitive if not in Detroit. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Program is in detroit, very depressing city. Cafeteria food is bad! |
| | U Michigan: | | | - Applied
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Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey| Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr: | | | - Applied
| | UMDNJ-New Jersey: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| Interviewed at a hotel in Chicago. Sort of disorganized, spent a lot of time waiting around for the next interview. Only 2 interviews total. |
- Program Advantages:
| Program director is well known and has many connections. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Does not allow residents to go to AIRP (AFIP). Did not see the hospital since we were in Chicago, but they offered a chance to visit. |
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