drv said:
Hi PEDS ppl
As I am getting busy in making my ROL, I find my self looking at notes i made and getting more confused. I hope I am not the only one like that. I would be happy if someone, who interviewed there or did their rotation, can shed some light on Cardinal glennon (st Louis university peds program).
I think Cardinal Glennon is an excellent place that is underrated by applicants because it is largely overshadowed by St Louis Children's down the street. It is a very comfortable and friendly place to work since it is a small to mid-sized program. 14 residents per year and fellows are only in the NICU, ER, and A/I. Because of the lack of fellows, residents run the program and have complete control of patients. Attendings are wonderful and focus on teaching.
The hospital in is a period of growth with the recent addition of a new oupatient facility, ER, and 40 inpatient beds. Every other floor was remodeled at the time these parts were opened (2 years ago) so the hospital looks brand new. They are currently building a new facility for a new NICU, PICU, and operating suites. They have several faculty members in every specialty (with the exception of psych which is limited in the entire city, including Wash U) including surgical subspecialties and derm, and are expanding the cardiology and heme-once divisions currently. They just hired a new chair for cards with 2 other faculty added within the last year and plans to hire a few more over the next few years. Just hired 1 new heme-onc guy and are in the process of hiring a new stem cell transplant doc. The ER is one of the best in the midwest and they see tons of patients. The St Louis poison control center is run out of their ER.
They see a good mix of urban (poor urban population is probably the most common patient) but they have a ton of patients from surrounding suburbs and rural areas. Large Eastern European, African (eg, Somalian), and Vietnamese populations in St Louis, which will be the majority of the non-English speaking patients seen.
The residents are treated very well and their is a balance of call-heavy and call-free months. The NICU experience is both at Glennon (tertiary care center) where call is Q7 as an intern and call-free as senior and also at St Mary's (large perinatal center about 2 miles away from Glennon) where call is Q4 both as intern and senior.
Overall it is a great place to be. A ton of SLU students go into Peds each year because of the wonderful experience at Glennon. The main reason students leave for residency is to be at a more desireable part of the country often because of family ties elsewhere, but students consistently say when applying to other peds programs that they look for a place like Glennon in the cities they are seeking residency. I think it is a great place to train regardless of your career goals; general peds, subspecialty, academics, etc.
