Advocate-Christ vs Northshore-Evanston?

[jonsir]

For those who have been on interviews in the Chicago area--for someone thinking of doing a fellowship in cards or heme/onc, which is the better place to choose to interview at:

UIC-Advocate Christ
or
Northshore-Evanston (U of C)
?

Since I'm not from around Chicago, I'm not sure which is known to be a better program. Anyone from around Chicago care to help? Both fellowship lists look comparable (if anything, perhaps the Northshore residents go on to institutions that are a bit more prestigious? But then again, isn't Northshore out in the middle of nowhere (I yahoo-mapped it))? Thanks.

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[ringerslactate]

From the little information I have of both programs, fellowship placement would be comparable

Locationwise- Northshore's definitely not in the middle of nowhere. It's just north of the Chicago border, literally the northshore. It's in Evanston where Northwestern is located. Basically (and this is a GROSS generalization, just being from / knowing the Chicagoland area) at Northshore you will treat rich people and at Christ you will treat wider variety, but mostly poor people. Also, more action in general at Christ.

 

[chitown82]

For those who have been on interviews in the Chicago area--for someone thinking of doing a fellowship in cards or heme/onc, which is the better place to choose to interview at:

UIC-Advocate Christ
or
Northshore-Evanston (U of C)
?

Since I'm not from around Chicago, I'm not sure which is known to be a better program. Anyone from around Chicago care to help? Both fellowship lists look comparable (if anything, perhaps the Northshore residents go on to institutions that are a bit more prestigious? But then again, isn't Northshore out in the middle of nowhere (I yahoo-mapped it))? Thanks.

Christ has a cards fellowship but I think that Northshore is a slightly better program overall (just from what I've heard). If you are interested in cards (and even heme/onc), you would best be served by going to a university program if you can.

 

[ResidentMD]

Christ has a cards fellowship but I think that Northshore is a slightly better program overall (just from what I've heard). If you are interested in cards (and even heme/onc), you would best be served by going to a university program if you can.

The PD of Northshore is a heme-onc person. Also I have heard only good things about that program.

 

[jonsir]

Thanks guys, that really helped a lot.

 

[Wrigleyville]

The northshore program is good. It used to be Northwestern-affiliated, but this switched to U of C a few years ago. Most of the patients are well-heeled, so be prepared for that. The downside is that you end up doing a bunch of months at Glenbrook Hospital, which is a hospital situated between a bunch of nursing homes. Consequently, it's a ton of geriatric type admits.

 

[PGY3]

For those who have been on interviews in the Chicago area--for someone thinking of doing a fellowship in cards or heme/onc, which is the better place to choose to interview at:

UIC-Advocate Christ
or
Northshore-Evanston (U of C)
?

Since I'm not from around Chicago, I'm not sure which is known to be a better program. Anyone from around Chicago care to help? Both fellowship lists look comparable (if anything, perhaps the Northshore residents go on to institutions that are a bit more prestigious? But then again, isn't Northshore out in the middle of nowhere (I yahoo-mapped it))? Thanks.

 

[SpartanStrong]

I don't know much about Northshore, but Advocate Christ is a pretty great IM residency. I think it's technically a community program, but Christ is a level 1 trauma center, and gets lots of action, from rich and poor alike. Also, the residents there get along with the subspecialty attendings very well. In fact, I recall meeting a few interns who were already plugged into research with a cards attending.

Overall - very friendly, residents and attendings get along very well (there's even an attending who organizes basketball games weekly with the residents), and the teaching there is fairly strong in my opinion