Cedars Sinai Anesthesiology Program

[Brocsonic]

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Does anyone have any info on the new Cedars-Sinai program that is starting up this year? The information on FREIDA lists Roya Yumul, MD, PhD from MLK/Drew Med Center as the program director. With all the news about MLK/Drew's financial status, how does this all affect the new Anesthesiology program, even though it is at Cedars-Sinai?

 

[Painter1]

i know one of the guys who's at the anesth cedars program. He is very socially awkward , rarely looks you in the eyes and has this obnoxious way of moving his head from side to side and pausing for like three minutes before he replies. he's a real slime ball as well--he backstabbed residents in his previous emergency medicine program to get the cedar's spot. but aside from this guy with poor integrity, i'm sure cedar's program will be a nice one.

 

[anestheticman]

hey bumping this thread any residents on here?
any idea how competitive this program is?

 

[eklope2000]

Cedars program began when the MLK-Drew program closed and the current Drew residents transferred to Cedars for their training. This is now the second (or third?) year that Cedars has been accepting their own applicants through the match. Strengths of the program include heavy emphasis on didactics (2 hours 3:00-5:00 every day for all levels of residents) and faculty are assigned to only one OR and work all day with one resident. Additionally, they have a closed cardic surgery ICU run by anesthesiology which residents rotate through for 2 months as CA-2's. This rotation is pretty benign and the only required ICU rotation. Work hours and call seem reasonable. Cedars has a great location and has an attractive work environment. Disadvantages include a private practice atmosphere (depending on what you want) and the fact that it is a new program without a reputation.

I'm a fourth year medical student who did a rotation in their department, not a current resident.

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

i know one of the guys who's at the anesth cedars program. He is very socially awkward , rarely looks you in the eyes and has this obnoxious way of moving his head from side to side and pausing for like three minutes before he replies. he's a real slime ball as well--he backstabbed residents in his previous emergency medicine program to get the cedar's spot. but aside from this guy with poor integrity, i'm sure cedar's program will be a nice one.

Is he a former mlk/drew EM intern/resident? If so, I met that guy, didn't appear too awkward at all...all I kept thinking about was how lucky this guy was to pull off C-S gas considering most of his colleagues are now in Texas or Louisiana doing EM.

 

[MedicinePowder]

Is he a former mlk/drew EM intern/resident? If so, I met that guy, didn't appear too awkward at all...all I kept thinking about was how lucky this guy was to pull off C-S gas considering most of his colleagues are now in Texas or Louisiana doing EM.

I'm familar with this guy and I'm with painter on this one: the dude is a total ****** and DOES have werid facial mannerisms and from what I heard from one of the ex chief residents from King, he took the idea of transferring to the cedar's anesth program from another of his co-residents and quickly went behind his back and took the spot. I think he's from wisconsin originally. I know some of the former king drew EM guys, and no one ended up in lousiana. so don't know here that came from.

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

I'm familar with this guy and I'm with painter on this one: the dude is a total ****** and DOES have werid facial mannerisms and from what I heard from one of the ex chief residents from King, he took the idea of transferring to the cedar's anesth program from another of his co-residents and quickly went behind his back and took the spot. I think he's from wisconsin originally. I know some of the former king drew EM guys, and no one ended up in lousiana. so don't know here that came from.

Yep, I'm pretty sure he is from Wisconsin...I thought one of their classmates went to LA, but maybe I'm confused...think a few wound up in TX from what I understand.

Too funny, all I kept thinking when I was talking to him was how damn 'lucky' he was to land that spot...little did I know!

 

[Dawkter]

Any updates on the Cedars Sinai anesthesiology department? From my understanding they are switching from a solo physician private practice model to an academic model with residents/CRNAs. What exactly occurred?

 

[GaseousClay]

Any updates on the Cedars Sinai anesthesiology department? From my understanding they are switching from a solo physician private practice model to an academic model with residents/CRNAs. What exactly occurred?

Can save tons of money paying crnas and residents and cover more ORs. Sounds as simple as that.