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Hi everyone, I'm an M1 and I've been giving a lot of consideration to heme/onc as a specialty (I know its still early to decide). Would anyone be willing to share what it is like to be a heme/onc doctor? Given the seriousness and life-threatening nature of the diseases encountered, do you...

Clinical Research Fellowship Opportunity The Clinical Trials and Outcomes Unit at the Department of Dermatology at University of Southern California (USC) is recruiting Clinical Research Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year. USC is a top academic institution with unparalleled educational and...

Quick question (more hypothetical than anything else, so please don't start asking questions about who I am and where I am along the pre-med path)... Are fellowships required after a residency? Or are they just for people who wish to sub-specialize in something? For example, let's say you go...

Hi all, Bear with me here as I bring you up to speed for my question. I am a current P2 in pharmacy school and am having some serious reconsiderations for my career path. In high school, I shadowed a pharmacist and thought 'well this isn't too shabby' and from those 3 hours I foolishly decided...

Hello everyone, my case is as follows: Physician with EU citizenship, graduated 10 years ago Cardiology training fully completed in my home country Never worked in the US before Interested in pursuing a medical fellowship in the US with several options to choose from (some accredited, some...

Hi, I received multiple radiology fellowship offers in United states for the year 2021 Since it's too early for me to decide eventually which one to take can I say yes to all of them and then later decide as the date approaches near ,say Jan 2021. Is it unethical or illegal to say yes to...

Interview with Dr. Farah Naz Khan, Endocrinology Fellow at Emory University School of Medicine [Show Summary] Dr. Farah Naz Khan is not only a physician, but also an engineer and Bollywood expert. Listen in as she shares why she started with an engineering degree before going on to be a doctor...

Mount Sinai Beth Israel Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship We are currently accepting applicants for 2019 to 2020 academic year and hope that you will give consideration to our very strong fellowship program in Geriatric Psychiatry here at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel. We offer a very strong...

Do a second fellowship and make yourself more competitive in the market place and give your self time to study for the boards. The Rippel Breast Center at Morristown Memorial Hospital in NJ- has an unexpected opening for a breast imaging fellow -starting in July 2019- this 1 year fellow ship is...

Greetings For my friends in Diagnostic Radiology considering fellowships... I strongly recommend and advocate considering Cleveland Clinic (CCF) for your cardiac and thoracic imaging fellowships. OVERALL STRENGTHS: Dedicated and world renown staff to each sub-subspecialty, combining an...

PGY-2 here, have completed about 2.5 months of PM&R now and am feeling more comfortable with the flow of the rehab hospital, the material (as much as I can at this point), etc. I don't know which area of PM&R I want to practice for sure but am leaning towards outpatient of some kind, be it...

Anyone else out there applying to glaucoma fellowship? I thought I would start a thread. It is hard to know a ton about each program so if anyone has anything to add/share please do! Bascom Palmer Palm Beach (email 9/7) Interview Date: Nov 9 Boston (email 8/25) Interview Dates Sept 29, Oct 20...

Hey, I’m a sophomore at an undergraduate program in Texas (I’m a US citizen with a US passport). I’m currently completing pre medical requirements with an Interdisciplinary Degree (foundations in natural sciences and arts and humanities, with a concentration in health). I want to go medical...

In the last several years, glaucoma fellowships have become much more popular. Much of this attributable to the rapid pace of innovation of surgical procedures and devices (MIGS/etc) in the management of glaucoma. Traditional glaucoma fellowships were tube/trab heavy +/- phaco. Today there is a...

Hello, I will be applying to medical schools next cycle and am currently debating whether or not I want to apply for the HPSP scholarship. I genuinely believe I would enjoy being in a military environment so my decision to apply isn't based solely on monetary needs. My primary concern of whether...

Hey everyone, So I decided to apply to neuro fellowship this year but was wondering if there's a certain number of programs we should apply to in order to have a better chance at matching. I'm a US IMG at a community program; don't have a ton of research, so I feel like I need to apply to more...

The department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is now accepting applications for our ACGME-accredited Spinal Cord Injury fellowship. For more information you can go to our website...

So I know it's debatable the role of thank you letters after interviews, I never used to do them before. But I'm applying for a fellowship in a small field, I wonder if it is more noticeable if I don't send a thank you letter? For programs that are not among my top choices, how do you format...

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Hey all! I am curious if anyone has taken a year off in order to complete global health related studies in between 2nd and 3rd or 3rd and 4th years of med school. I was thinking of either applying for a fellowship, research opportunity, or pursuing a one year masters in public health. The...

I always feel these threads create good content when it comes to timeline of interview invites and other tid bits. I figured it was too soon for invites to go out yet as I was told by multiple sources not to get my hopes up the first two weeks, but then I got a day 1 interview. So maybe they are...

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UPMC sending out interviews Indiana University filled Feel free to update any new information

Long story short, the private practice where I am is significantly changing from what we had originally signed up for, so as a preventive measure, I have started to look into alternative placements to complete the second year of my fellowship, should this be needed. I wonder if anyone has had...

With the target date of SF Match approaching, let's start the surgical retina thread for the interview season. Here is a google document (click link) to keep track of interview dates and to share information during the trail. Feel free to add pages and/or edit the existing pages to make this a...

Hi All, I am doing my residency in a community hospital and applying for GI fellowship. My department chair is writing me a LOR and I would like to know if the below option in the LOR request applies to only medical students or can I as a medical resident chose this option as the department...

Hey all, first-time user poster on sdn - I followed the forum throughout undergrad and med school I matched 2018 into Gen surg program at a smaller mid-west program. Its a normal 5yr program, which allow years for research but hold it mostly responsible to the student to find funding. I would...

hi everyone this is my first thread i did my MDS in pediatric dentistry from india ,i want to do some fellowship program from either US or UK please guide me through this thank you

Hi I know this is super specific, but does anyone have any benchmarks (or even a guess/estimate) for the first-year salary one could expect in NYC/Westchester coming out of a competitive rhinology fellowship? Just curious!

Hello everyone! I'm at a bit of a personal crossroads, graduating PharmD May 2019 and initially thought I was 100% going for an industry fellowship, worked in clinical research for 3 years prior to pharmacy school, but now I am missing patient care and am wondering if a PGY1 residency is the...

I was wondering if anyone has heard of the Schwarzman Scholarship (new international scholarship deemed "Rhodes for China" for 1-year masters in Tsinghua University in Beijing, focused on policy/geopolitics) and how medical schools might perceive it?

I am about to start an American fellowship that runs July 2018 - July 2019. I am on a J1 visa and I am hoping to apply for a waiver. Most states seem to begin accepting applications for waivers in September or October . The CONRAD-30 program states that "the J1 doctor must agree to begin...

I have a few questions regarding the US Army and medicine. I will be attending university this fall as a Biology major with the hopes of attending medical school here in the United States and going into Cardiothoracic surgery. My current plan is to continue with the traditional route of four...

Do you aim to improve the world? Would you like to earn your graduate degree at Stanford tuition-free? Then you will be happy to hear about the new 2018-19 Knight-Hennessy Scholars program at Stanford, a program that will cover 100 Stanford graduate students’ tuition for up to three years, plus...

Hi there, I'm an Otolaryngology PGY3, trying to decide between Facial Plastics and Neurotology. As part of this decision I was wondering if anyone had any insight into the most important criteria that fellowship programs look for in resident applicants, and are there any material differences...

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Dear Readers! I’m a third year SPT and would like to seek advice on the two options listed above. As I enter my final year of PT school, I’m wanting to really sit down and weigh my options in the ortho/manual field since I’ll be walking on that stage in no time. Can someone with experience in...

I am a US-IMG. I matched to a community program with university affiliation. Step 1 score 236 Step2 CK score 229 Step2 CS passes first attempt. No publication. There is no in house rheumatology in our program. I looked at past fellowship matching data in our program. There are 2-3 people who...

Hello everyone, I am an IMG with low scores (Step 1: 212, CK: 222, CS: pass, Step 3: 199) all on first attempt. I have 5 USCE (University of Miami, Northwestern and Cleveland Clinic FL) and received 5 LORs. Had 5 interviews for Internal Medicine, but did not match this cycle. Now, I have been...

I just matched my residency that advertises that I can complete a full body fellowship in my R4 year? Would this be enough to say I did a fellowship and look for private practice jobs? What questions should I ask before doing this?