Monte GS resident here.
Overall, program is in transition. We just absorbed the Montefiore North (NYMC) GS program and were approved for an additional resident beyond that, so we now have 10 (ten!) categorical positions per year. We are now all affiliated with AECoM.
Since we were recently on probation (no longer!), there is a lot of attention paid to work hours, and the current administration is very receptive to ways to keep our hours down to less than 80/wk. This year, I've only gone over 80 hours/wk when covering trauma (huzzah for 4 am mass casualty incidents). We're hired some PAs with the goal of keeping down hours. We'll see how it goes.
There have recently been many new faculty hires just out of fellowship- some strong, some less strong. Fortunately, there are several old school general surgeons around to teach us how to operate. The malignant dinosaurs are gone, but, as with most other programs, there are still 2-3 insane attendings (in our case with limited political power)
We cover both private, Montefiore-affiliated hospitals (Moses, Weiler, North), as well as a few NYCHHC (city) hospitals (Jacobi, NCB, and now Lincoln). We get the bulk of our transplant, surg onc, peds surg, endo, ct, etc. experience at the Montefiore-affiliated hospitals; trauma experience comes from Jacobi/Lincoln.
Jacobi is actually in a pretty decent neighborhood, Morris Park, with some good restaurants around. Weiler is right around the corner in the same area, with a newly-constructed ambulatory surgery center nearby. Despite the recent bad rap Jacobi has gotten in Consumer Reports, our SICU experience there is excellent, and the attendings (at least in surgery) really do care.
As far as malignant2010's comments are concerned, yes, there is a single "dangerously insane" attending who works both Jacobi/NCB, but he is pretty easy to handle once you've worked with him a few times. The rest of the Jacobi/NCB attendings are fantastically easy to work with.
Moses/NCB are actually on the same block in the Norwood neighborhood (not as nice a neighborhood, but you can still walk on the main road late at night). Moses is our flagship hospital with our children's hospital (CHaM) attached. NCB is essentially a 3rd world country, but worth the torture for the opportunity to operate with Dr. Anil Narula, who embodies a shocking mix of collegiality, interest in resident education, and operative excellence.
As for North/Lincoln, I can't really say much. According to our North colleagues, they see a lot of lower acuity/ambulatory stuff at North. Lincoln probably gets some of our worst trauma, being in a terrible part of the Bronx. However, I hear also that the ED there is very difficult to work with and the attendings, for the most part, are less than fantastic. Again, we'll see how it goes.
Please post any other questions as they come up.
