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Buffalo OMFS program closing.
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There was some good debate in that OU thread that was removed. It’s unfortunate future classes won’t be able to reference it. That was brave of the resident to speak out about the racist/sexist comments..but what was he trying to do with the deer antler?
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Rush_motion
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I’m still not fully grasping the problem with the program.
Is it the attendings or the malignant senior residents ?
BestInHere
New Member
Residents come and go. It's the faculty that set the culture.
From my brief experience, LSU’s faculty are malignant besides Dr. Zaid. Dr. James/Park/Ehland create the hostile environment, and the residents are afraid to speak up. Dr. James sent the infamous middle finger e-mail, and Dr. Ehland prefers pimping residents over cutting cases with them. I feel bad for the residents.
You'll be alright fam, I just avoided all these programs either by not applying, declining the invite, unranking them, depending on how soon I found out about theirs culture. I matched with my number 1 but I was absolutely ready to reapply as I shortlisted my ranks.
Better to not match than match at a hell program that might kick you out /force you to resign with all the student loans that we have. Best of luck! You got this.
Definitely follow this guy's advice, future applicants! It's always reassuring to get OMFS career guidance from someone whose backup plan was quitting the backup plan. Nothing says OMFS expert quite like quitting a non-cat early lmao (per his own previous posts)
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Oh no. The attending pimps the residents?!
No it's better to follow the dummie who didn't even match🤣🤣 and comments on every single malignant program to suck their D****
I can tell your coresidents are really gonna appreciate your dedication and work ethic, and I’m a rising 4th year you lobotomite. Stay in your lane quitter lol
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Oh no ,your a$$ got dragged because you're a senior in one of these programs? There's has to be a reason you keep crying like a little b on every post from Buffalo,LSU , Oklahoma.
Go practice your ****ty attitude in your program,over here you'll get your a$$ dragged and cry like Jeffrey and maybe even run and delete your profile like he did🤣🤣
I mentioned you quitting your non-cat and somehow got a paragraph about Buffalo, LSU, Oklahoma, Jeffrey, crying, and getting dragged lmao. The deflection is impressive! And sorry, should have been more clear. 4th year dental student.
Shouldn’t you be doing fillings or studying for the CBSE?
So I was right?? You're dumba$$ who hasn't set a foot in residency life and just keeps sucking malignant programs d****?
Are you hoping they'll take you instead of unmatching? At least I'm in a program not being an attention w**** like you 🤣🤣🤣
Are you hoping they'll take you instead of unmatching? At least I'm in a program not being an attention w**** like you 🤣🤣🤣
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Dentstudent10
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You’re right, haven’t set foot in residency. That’s why it’s funny that the guy trying to lecturing and counsel everyone here about residency is the same guy who couldn’t make it through a non-cat year lmao.
But if I ever need advice on quitting before reaching the finish line, you’ll be the first person I ask! Peace!
Dentstudent10
New Member
Alright little bro, thanks for proving the point.
Out of all the residents, attendings, and applicants discussing Buffalo, LSU, OU, and other programs, the only contribution you've made to this thread is obsessing over one resident's old post history.
You haven't refuted a single claim. You haven't added any insight. You just keep repeating "he quit a non-cat" like it's the only line in your script.
Anyway, some of us are actually interested in discussing programs. Feel free to get back to your class II composites whenever you're done playing residency expert.
Out of all the residents, attendings, and applicants discussing Buffalo, LSU, OU, and other programs, the only contribution you've made to this thread is obsessing over one resident's old post history.
You haven't refuted a single claim. You haven't added any insight. You just keep repeating "he quit a non-cat" like it's the only line in your script.
Anyway, some of us are actually interested in discussing programs. Feel free to get back to your class II composites whenever you're done playing residency expert.
Rush_motion
Full Member
This resident your speaking of is here spending his limited time, that he could be used to sleep etc, give good advice to future residents.
Thats a pretty selfless act.
As far as quitting his non cat. I have absolutely no problem with that if the program he was at was malignant and unappreciative of his hard work. Non cats are not punching bags. They are there to make the lives of residents and attendings better and to also learn, not to be abused
Why don’t we get the conversation back on track before the moderators lock this thread.
Dentstudent10
New Member
Agreed !!
What’s the real story in Buffalo? There was some flimsy newspaper article written about it.
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One of the residents made a post last year,back when they had like a couple of residents left. I have met quite a few of them during externships and interviews and they only had horrible experiences to share.
Extern and apply broadly, you can use this thread to guide where you don't want to apply but in general it will be important to get a good feel for the places you visit. Some programs can put on a very different face at interviews than their reality. When residents are kind enough to tell you "seriously, this is a busy program" don't assume that's their opinion that somehow you'll be different and just be able to handle it. OMFS is hard, and that resident is telling you the truth.
In my opinion, the beauty of OMFS residency in the United States is that you will have what you need to become a strong surgeon pretty much anywhere you go - a toxic, demeaning, arbitrarily hard residency is not a strict necessity to becoming good. You need to be intentional about the opportunities you're given - that's more important than going to a program that markets limitless opportunity behind a veil of abusive practices. No point in being scared, take action to secure the best result for yourself.
PocketAtlas
New Member
It was a combination of both. The malignant senior residents graduated already. The attendings have a history of malignancy but have made changes to improve that especially after they went unmatched. The resident culture is better than most from what I have seen. All of the residents are friends regardless of their position in the program. Even that chick in the chief class hangs out with everyone. This is what everyone is not seeing: The first resident to leave left because of medical/mental health issues and did so early in the year after realizing the schedule was not sustainable for him. The second resident to leave was the only resident out of any of them to leave because of a very malignant chief class years ago coupled with some attending malignancy and it sets off a down stream effect. The resident they accepted to replace that guy leaving was a Minnesota resident on probation for at least a year who then went to OU and they learned quickly why he was on probation at another program. He ultimately left on his own. The next three people to leave were this year - a non cat, and two interns. The noncat is a pathological liar. The second resident to leave should have never been accepted to begin with. His active sexual assault investigation in another state should have been the programs first warning that he was going to be trouble. That news made it’s way around OKC before he even arrived on July 1. Not to mention he tried to come back after quitting. The third resident to leave never should have been accepted because it was clear they didn’t know why they wanted to be a surgeon. They left because they ultimately figured it out. One resident truly is all this comes down to. The rest is a snowball effect and poor resident selection on the programs part. If anything OU needs to choose better residents.
