I am a resident at Albert Einstein and overall I think it is a strong program. Like most places, what you get out of it is what you put in, but there are plenty of teaching sessions and lectures. I like that there is a large faculty with experts in all areas, so whatever interest I have I can discuss with the attendings who are very friendly and accessible.
I do remember that there was some pimping on the interviews basically to see how you think, but from what I remember it was general stuff that most people should know.
The Chairman, Dr. Fast is a world renowned expert in noninterventional spine and recently published a book titled, Navigating the Adult Spine. Dr. Thomas runs the injection clinic and an outpatient clinic while Dr. Therattil the SCI director does the spasticity clinic. The inpatient rotations are mostly during your PGY2 year, with one or two months done during your PGY3 and 4 years. Overall, I like the program, but some of the other AFFILIATED hospitals I had to rotate through (Jacobi and Jamaica) could use more teaching attendings. The residency director is proactive and aware of this so he visits these hospitals to teach select topics to the rotating residents. Another thing is that Dr. Fast and Dr. Thomas do not discriminate when it comes to FMG's. Even though most of them are good and have advanced training before coming here, there are one or two FMG's that. . .take away from the cohesiveness of the program. I know that if they wanted they could fill the residency with only American grads, but this is their choice for better or worse.
The hospital housing is a very good deal if you don't mind living in the north Bronx (it is not the bad part of the Bronx) and there is easy access to Manhattan by train. Otherwise, like about half the residents, you can live in the surrounding areas (New Jersey, Manhattan, Westchester, etc.)
