California
Georgia| Emory U: |  | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Good education, good IR and hands-on experience, busy county hospital. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Have to drive between hospitals. |
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Maryland| Johns Hopkins U: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
| The PD grilled me on research and desire to do academics. Even pimped me on a case (showed me an aortic aneurysm asking what was what) Only antagonistic interview of the entire year. |
- Program Advantages:
| Great rep, good opportunities for research. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Painted themselves as academic or die (may or may not be the actual prevailing atmosphere, but definitely the impression given at the interview). |
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Massachusetts| Mass Gen Hosp/Harvard: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Finish with a fellowship in 4 years! Good moonlighting, seemed to have a laid back, friendly reputation. Cool city |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Expensive! However decent pay/benefits/moonlighing somewhat offset this. The one year advantage of finishing with a fellowship in 4 years definitely offsets this. |
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Michigan| U Michigan: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Great education, ok moonlighting, solid perks, great town to live in. |
- Program Disadvantages:
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Minnesota| Mayo (Rochester): | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Good education, but seemed to be a little less hands-on. Probably more free time for studying and moonlighting than some other top places. Moonlighting even as 1st year rads resident. Time of for locums as 3-4 yr--HUGE PLUS. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Maybe less hands on than some (ie I hear you don't dictate in chest? maybe not a huge loss :). |
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Missouri| WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Super education, hard working, probably best training in country. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| No real moonlighting. Not everybody likes St. Louis. |
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New Mexico| U New Mexico: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Catagorical program so you don't waste your intern year as a slave to some IM program--huge advantage. Seemed to have good education. |
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| | North Carolina| Duke U Hosp: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Matched here (Ranked # 2)
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Fantastic education: awesome lectures (the same who teach the Duke review course), and great read-out teaching by a suprisingly high percentage of attendings. Friendly but super sharp colleagues motivate you to learn more. 3/2 program allows time for re |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Low education fund, no real moonlighting until fourth year. |
| | U N. Carolina Hosps: | | | - Applied
| | Wake Forest U SOM: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Great education, friendly place. Good relationship with cardiologists. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Expensive and mediocre health insurance. |
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Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas| Baylor U Med Ctr: | | | - Rotated at this institution
- Applied
- Attended interview
- Interview Experience:
- Program Advantages:
| Learn by experience-type place. Tons of IR experience. Great moonlighting--fantastic. HUGE medical center. Several hospitals all close to each other. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Not a ton of great lectures. Mediocre pay and perks (expensive insurance). |
| | U Texas Southwestern: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Seemed to have a solid education, nice people. |
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Utah| U Utah: | | | - Applied
- Received interview
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Washington| U Washington: | | | - Applied
- Attended interview
- Program Advantages:
| Great education, strong reputation, especially in west. Cool city. |
- Program Disadvantages:
| Expensive, no moonlighting, pay not commensurate with cost of living. |
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