Which Programs are strong

[jackets5]

First off congrats to all those that matched today. Im a USIMG PGY-2 at a middle level university program who is applying to hem/onc next year. Im pretty interested in malignant heme and possible GI. Im wide open geographically as to where to apply, although preference would be east coast (south east mainly). I dont find myself competitive for the super high end programs and pretty sure i will end up in private practice. Which programs are strong in malignant heme and if i more likely to go private home much does the program matter?

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[Oncfellow1234]

Allegheny General Hospital-west penn hospital. West penn has a good bmt/malig heme program. Agh on the other hand for solid Onc is very weak. The program does put service over education. The program director is a good clinician but a poor leader/pd. The program does try to maximize the use of fellows so attendings don't need to do much. Most lectures are given by the fellows for the fellows. Every tumor board is assigned to a fellow so they don't have to make a PowerPoint. And the cases presented are generally cases never seen by the fellow so one has to go through charts and figure it out. They also mandate 3 half day clinics compared to 1 required by ACGME so attendings have fellows to dictate for them in clinic. On oncology inpatient, as a fellow you admit discharge write notes like a medicine intern. Don't expect any research at all. They matched 4 internals this year because externals didn't rank them. BMT on the other hand is very good. You would be ready to practice without a BMT fellowship.