fellowship

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?

As an incoming PGY-1 anesthesiology resident, I'm interested to know what are the main factors in getting into a fellowship? Program connections? Letters? Research? Residency program prestige? I'm interested in pediatric or CT anesthesia at this point. It's early in the game, I know, but I'm...

I am a visa requiring IMG and will be applying for GI fellowship (including programs in California) during the upcoming match season. 1. Is PTAL needed for applying to the program in CA? 2. Should I have PTAL ready when I apply to the CA programs in July?

I am a visa requiring IMG and will be applying for GI fellowship (including programs in California) during the upcoming match season. 1. Is PTAL needed for applying to the program in CA? 2. Should I have PTAL ready when I apply to the CA programs in July?

Hey, so I'm getting ready to apply this upcoming cycle and you now need to provide contact information for each of your activities. The physician I shadowed moved out of state to pursue a fellowship. I am unsure on what to do in terms of his contact information on my application. His office...

Hello all, I recently completed my PGY-3 year in general psychiatry and originally matched into Indiana University for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship position. However, due to various personal reasons, I withdrew from the match and are now looking to get back into a program. Does...

My residency ends on June 30 and my fellowship starts on July 15 so I have at least 2 weeks of no health insurance coverage for both myself and my husband (a freelancer with no employer-assisted health coverage). It will actually be more than 2 weeks since I doubt my fellowship health coverage...

I am curious about the correlation between where you go for fellowship and the jobs offered when you start applying? I'm assuming its largely associated with connections (especially within academia), but what about in private practice? I ask because my residency is not exactly where I imagine...

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Opening in Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship Program in New York City Opening for the upcoming year for a position in a heavily interventional pain practice. This position opened secondary to a candidate dropping out. You will be working under 6 interventional pain docs through several of our...

OSU Medical Dermatology Research Fellowship The Medical Dermatology Research Fellowship at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH is ideal for highly motivated individuals who wish to gain research and clinical experience in medical dermatology. The fellowship provides rigorous clinical training...

The Turku Clinical Biomaterials Centre ̶TCBC at the University of Turku (Finland) offers a fellowship in biomaterials science. The overall purpose of this fellowship is to increase the knowledge of biomaterials science and to prepare young researchers in this domain. TCBC's expertise is focused...

Hi there I just wanted to put in a plug for my program- here at Baylor in Houston, TX, we have an open spot for neurophysiology (after either adult neurology or child neurology residency), starting this July 2018. I honestly like my co-fellows and attendings quite a bit, and think this program...

The purpose of this forum is to provide candid descriptions of postdoc residencies or fellowships for others’ benefit. If you do not feel comfortable posting the exact name of the program, please provide some description of the type of program and approximate location. Use your discretion when...

I want to be competitive for industry or academic fellowships. On top of what i'm listing below what can I do to increase my chances. (im a P2 btw) 3.35 GPA (low but i'm increasing it one test at a time) Research elective with a planned poster next year to present Research with Professor...

Hi! I'm a 2nd year medical student in a tough spot. I want to have a future doing translational research / clinical on spinal cord injury repair and neural plasticity - a post-neurology fellowship offered in very limited locations. Now I am left to decide a few options: A) The...

This question has sort of been asked before, however I just want to ask an extreme example. The reason I ask is that I most likely will be participating in the SOAP (failed to match ophtho) and many of the programs in the SOAP are not great. Obviously I would want to train at the best residency...

I am a PGY3 at a program who is still looking for an addiction medicine fellow. The fellowship is wonderful and we are opening an inpatient unit for pregnant women with addiction this year. here is our deets. Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Hey there! I was wondering if there are some more unique fellowships that you find interesting. I'm just trying to explore my options moving forward. Some options of fellowships I've come up with that could be cool would be sports medicine (1 year), palliative care (1 year), clinical bioethics...

Hello current pediatric Fellows! I’m trying to collect some information regarding call (in regards to number of weeks ) and how the services are split. Helpful information: - how many fellows in the fellowship - how are consults, inpatient service, night shift, weekends distributed (per year)...

Hey SDN community, Wanted to get some perspective about fellowship options. Will be applying for fellowships next year and will be deciding between stroke vs critical care. Wanted to know if there are different job opportunities between the two, as well as compensation, work-life balance from...

2018 Clinical Research Fellowship Opportunity (to start July 1, 2018) Posting for @CaseDermatology The Department of Dermatology at University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio is seeking qualified applicants for a clinical research fellowship position. 1. Clinical...

Hello fellow SDNers, As I enter crunch time for making my EM residency rank list, I've been doing some soul searching. I realize my ultimate job or job hybrid would involve some element of teaching without a significant research component or pay cut traditionally a part of academics, though I...

Hi all, I would like to seek your opinions regarding whether I should pursue an ABIM research track or not. I'm an IMG graduated 8 years ago, had completed residency and GI fellowship at my home country, and had invested some time in GI research. My focus is on clinical research, and I don't...

Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship Program in Central Valley, CA: Two positions, one starting from Jan 2018 and another one from July 2018 under the supervision of anesthesiologist/Interventional Pain Specialist are available to join. Eligible Candidates should have unrestricted CA State Medical...

Anyone have any new information on the following places as sports and spine fellowships? HSS Spine & Sports Medicine Penn Spine & Sports Medicine Desert Spine & Sports - Phoenix, AZ Cleveland Clinic MSK fellowship Johns Hopkins Spine & MSK The Spine and Sports Center (Houston, TX with Dr...

Congratulations to everyone who matched today! I have some concerns that I know will appear foolish to most, but I'm hoping for some advice to help me sift through everything going through my head right now. I'm just applied and matched into a GI fellowship program. Within the past 3 weeks...

Hey guys. I am a foreign surgeon. Applied for non accredited fellowship in USA and got accepted. But the problem is they have limited funded seat and invited me for the self funded position. How can I request for alternative funding sources for my fellowship stay of 1 year? Please help me with...

The 2018-19 Pain Fellowship cycle has officially kicked off. Good luck guys/gals!

Hello everyone. Trying SDN for the first time, would like to get some inputs with whole residency-fellowship match fiasco. I'm a first year IM Resident at one of university affiliated community programs and gung-ho on going into cardiology post residency. The university itself has fellowship...

I'm a Ph.D./MPH student studying advice residents/fellows receive about personal health, practice, etc. What is the best way/channel to disseminate surveys to residents/fellows?

Hello, as a prospective Hem/Onc applicant, I was wondering what fellowships are available in case I don't match into Hem/Onc in my first attempt. Since I'm an IMG on a J1, I'll only have the luxury of doing 1 extra year before doing Hem/Onc. I'm aware of some programs offering a 1-year...

Is it true that compensation in Hem/Onc is declining? Do you see the compensation for Hem/Onc physicians going down in the future? As an IM resident planning on going into Hem/Onc, just wondering if the pay would be competitive. I see lots of figures thrown around in websites, but I am not sure...

Hello! I am an european trained doctor. I am currently applying for a fellowship. I want to do gyn onco which in Europe includes breast, so I'd have to do 2 fellowships. I would prefer to start with breast because I did my last year or resident training exclusively in the breast department so I...

I been a retail pharmacist for 5 year now and thinking about fellowship. How do I prepare or compete with new students ?

Hello All, As we may or may not know. Most fellowships and residencies are apart of the "PPS" Personnel Placement Services of ASHP Midyear.. I wanted to create this thread to hopefully get some fellowship programs which are "non-PPS" (which do exist...) meaning we do not need to participate in...

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Hey guys, So I'm in my R2 year now and will have to apply for fellowship next year (which I know is still like 8 months away, but will be here before I know it). My problem is I really don't have a clue which fellowship to apply to. I mostly care about lifestyle and don't want to have to deal...