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chef · 12-28-2002, 11:51 PM

tia

**Andrew_Doan** · 12-29-2002, 06:12 AM

I think there's about 650 spots per year.

JPNSU · 12-29-2002, 08:59 AM

Andrew, did you do a preliminary or transitional year prior to your first year of ophthalmology? How did you "bide your time" until you were finally a PGY-2 in ophtho?

Jason Park MS-IV
NSU-COM

~~ckent~~ · 12-29-2002, 06:26 PM

Are there "easy" spots to get into, like community programs or something if all you want to do is optho? I was talking with an ophthamologist yesterday, and she made it sound like a lot of fun so I was thinking that I should consider it. Can someone tell me if I would be competetive enough to match too? I got straight B's during my pre-clinical years, research that never went anywhere in cardiology (never got started), 230 on step I, and so far, 2 B+'s in peds and ob/gyn. She is over at Hopkins and she told me that even there, they have people who are klutz's with their hands and pick non-surgical specialties.

**Andrew_Doan** · 01-02-2003, 02:20 PM

Hi,

I did a preliminary year in medicine at the U of Iowa. Busy but Loved it!

CKent, I don't think there are any "Easy" spots for ophtho. It's fairly competitive across the board. However, looks like your numbers are average for the matched candidate. Give it a shot, and see how it goes.

JPNSU · 01-02-2003, 09:29 PM

I'll be doing a preliminary year as well. I am looking forward to being busy as well. It seems that 4th year was almost like a vacation year. Don't get me wrong...I still worked hard and learned alot. However, it was nothing like the hours I endured during my third year. How are the hours so far as a PGY2??

jargon124 · 01-02-2003, 10:27 PM

650 seems like a fairly large number of spots for such a specialized field. Does this mean that a good overall applicant should have a great chance to match somewhere in optho? Anybody have any estimates of the number of applicants in the pool this season?

Eyeluvu · 01-03-2003, 01:56 AM

There are only about 430 spots a year. In the mid-late 90's, there were approximately 510 spots a year. The number of positions have been gradually reduced, but I believe it has been stable now for the past few years. It kinda sucks for the applicants that the number of spots have decreased; but it actually is a good thing, as there were really a number of subpar programs.

**Andrew_Doan** · 01-12-2003, 08:19 AM

Sorry about the mistype. There are about 450 spots a year. www.sfmatch.org used to published the match statistics, but they took down this info a while back.

PGY-2 will depend on where you match. Some places are very busy with Q4Day and in-house call. At Iowa, I'm on call 4 times a month with home call.

12-28-2002, 11:51 PM	#1
chef Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 957	how many ophtho spots/yr? SDN Members don't see this ad. tia

12-29-2002, 06:12 AM	#2
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12-29-2002, 08:59 AM	#3
JPNSU Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: south Florida Posts: 79	Andrew, did you do a preliminary or transitional year prior to your first year of ophthalmology? How did you "bide your time" until you were finally a PGY-2 in ophtho? Jason Park MS-IV NSU-COM

12-29-2002, 06:26 PM	#4
~~ckent~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Smallville/Metropolis Posts: 2,140	Are there "easy" spots to get into, like community programs or something if all you want to do is optho? I was talking with an ophthamologist yesterday, and she made it sound like a lot of fun so I was thinking that I should consider it. Can someone tell me if I would be competetive enough to match too? I got straight B's during my pre-clinical years, research that never went anywhere in cardiology (never got started), 230 on step I, and so far, 2 B+'s in peds and ob/gyn. She is over at Hopkins and she told me that even there, they have people who are klutz's with their hands and pick non-surgical specialties.

01-02-2003, 02:20 PM	#5
Andrew_Doan SDN Eye Surgeon Status: Attending Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,064 Blog Entries: 5	Hi, I did a preliminary year in medicine at the U of Iowa. Busy but Loved it! CKent, I don't think there are any "Easy" spots for ophtho. It's fairly competitive across the board. However, looks like your numbers are average for the matched candidate. Give it a shot, and see how it goes.

01-02-2003, 09:29 PM	#6
JPNSU Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: south Florida Posts: 79	I'll be doing a preliminary year as well. I am looking forward to being busy as well. It seems that 4th year was almost like a vacation year. Don't get me wrong...I still worked hard and learned alot. However, it was nothing like the hours I endured during my third year. How are the hours so far as a PGY2??

01-02-2003, 10:27 PM	#7
jargon124 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 634	650 seems like a fairly large number of spots for such a specialized field. Does this mean that a good overall applicant should have a great chance to match somewhere in optho? Anybody have any estimates of the number of applicants in the pool this season?

01-03-2003, 01:56 AM	#8
Eyeluvu Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 15	There are only about 430 spots a year. In the mid-late 90's, there were approximately 510 spots a year. The number of positions have been gradually reduced, but I believe it has been stable now for the past few years. It kinda sucks for the applicants that the number of spots have decreased; but it actually is a good thing, as there were really a number of subpar programs.

01-12-2003, 08:19 AM	#9
Andrew_Doan SDN Eye Surgeon Status: Attending Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,064 Blog Entries: 5	Sorry about the mistype. There are about 450 spots a year. www.sfmatch.org used to published the match statistics, but they took down this info a while back. PGY-2 will depend on where you match. Some places are very busy with Q4Day and in-house call. At Iowa, I'm on call 4 times a month with home call.