Hey everyone,
So here's my spiel, which may not be that different for some of the readers out here. I've wanted to do immunology/allergy/rheumatology ever since I was an undergrad, I did my research in it, got my masters in cell biology, worked at a top pharma company for a year doing immunology research for phase I trials, and now I'm in med school (just started my 3rd year not too long ago), and I'm actually really liking ophthalmology. We had a clinical session in one of our courses, and I just fell in love with it.
The problem: my school has a horrible reputation for ophthalmology. We don't have a residency program, and we haven't sent anyone into it for at least 4 years. I don't know what tier school it would be considered, but it's a state-school in the northeast. I got a 230 on my boards, and I have a 2-week ophthalmology rotation coming up in September.
For the summer between MSI and MSII, I went to Morocco and ran a huge smoking study, did a presentation and several more poster presentations on it because I thought I would be going into IM at the time. Now that I'm here, I'm at a loss as to what to do in order to show my interest in ophthalmology. There are no residents to work with since we don't have a program, and I think the last paper any of the ophthalmologists at the school published was with regards to compliance in contact-lens wearers, and that was several years ago. As of right now, my only idea would be to be very proactive with them and do some kind of chart-reviewing report that can get me published before application season starts next year. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
So here's my spiel, which may not be that different for some of the readers out here. I've wanted to do immunology/allergy/rheumatology ever since I was an undergrad, I did my research in it, got my masters in cell biology, worked at a top pharma company for a year doing immunology research for phase I trials, and now I'm in med school (just started my 3rd year not too long ago), and I'm actually really liking ophthalmology. We had a clinical session in one of our courses, and I just fell in love with it.
The problem: my school has a horrible reputation for ophthalmology. We don't have a residency program, and we haven't sent anyone into it for at least 4 years. I don't know what tier school it would be considered, but it's a state-school in the northeast. I got a 230 on my boards, and I have a 2-week ophthalmology rotation coming up in September.
For the summer between MSI and MSII, I went to Morocco and ran a huge smoking study, did a presentation and several more poster presentations on it because I thought I would be going into IM at the time. Now that I'm here, I'm at a loss as to what to do in order to show my interest in ophthalmology. There are no residents to work with since we don't have a program, and I think the last paper any of the ophthalmologists at the school published was with regards to compliance in contact-lens wearers, and that was several years ago. As of right now, my only idea would be to be very proactive with them and do some kind of chart-reviewing report that can get me published before application season starts next year. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
