HELP!! Good IM Residency in St. Louis

[happydc]

I am looking to do an IM residency in St. Louis because my wife's family just moved there, and we need their support during residency (we'll have 3 kids by then...) The problem is, I've never been to St. Louis before, and have virtually no contacts there! I am going to do a rotation at Des Peres hospital (I am a DO student) soon to "scope out" the area and situation, but need some other input at possible hospitals to rotate through. Any help will be appreciated!

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[Pyelonephritis]

Hi!
I am currently a 4th year in STL and I grew up here, so maybe I can help some. There are 5 total IM Residencies in STL: Washington Unviersity, Saint Louis University, St. Luke's, St. John's and St. Mary's. I would list them as follows in order of reputation:
-> Wash U: University program, excellent clinical training, competitive, residents train at Barnes and the VA, takes about 40 residents/year.
-> SLU: University program, great clinical training, not nearly as competitive as Wash U, residents train at Saint Louis University Hospital and the VA (Wash U and SLU split the VA services/patients), takes about 25 residents/year.
-> St. Luke's: Community hospital/university affiliated, from what I hear is a pretty cush program, work with a lot of private attendings, residents train at St. Luke's, hospital/facilities are great, takes about 13 residents/year.
-> St. Mary's: Community hospital/university affiliated, residents train at St. Mary's (primarily known for it's OBGYN care), takes about 8 residents/year.
-> St. John's: Community hospital/university affiliated, hospital itself is great with excellent facilities (residents get $18/day for food - cafeteria is excellent), residents train at St. John's, takes about 7 residents/year.

As far as living in STL, the city/county is extremely patchy. There are some bad neighborhoods and literally if you go a few blocks in one direction you can go from nice neighborhoods to the ghetto. Be very careful about where exactly you decide to move. It is not exactly the most exciting city ever, but it does have some fun activities for families (zoo is great and free, science center, forest park, grant's farm, butterfly house).

I hope this helps, if you have any more specific questions feel free to PM me. Good Luck!

 

[happydc]

Hi!
I am currently a 4th year in STL and I grew up here, so maybe I can help some. There are 5 total IM Residencies in STL: Washington Unviersity, Saint Louis University, St. Luke's, St. John's and St. Mary's. I would list them as follows in order of reputation:
-> Wash U: University program, excellent clinical training, competitive, residents train at Barnes and the VA, takes about 40 residents/year.
-> SLU: University program, great clinical training, not nearly as competitive as Wash U, residents train at Saint Louis University Hospital and the VA (Wash U and SLU split the VA services/patients), takes about 25 residents/year.
-> St. Luke's: Community hospital/university affiliated, from what I hear is a pretty cush program, work with a lot of private attendings, residents train at St. Luke's, hospital/facilities are great, takes about 13 residents/year.
-> St. Mary's: Community hospital/university affiliated, residents train at St. Mary's (primarily known for it's OBGYN care), takes about 8 residents/year.
-> St. John's: Community hospital/university affiliated, hospital itself is great with excellent facilities (residents get $18/day for food - cafeteria is excellent), residents train at St. John's, takes about 7 residents/year.

As far as living in STL, the city/county is extremely patchy. There are some bad neighborhoods and literally if you go a few blocks in one direction you can go from nice neighborhoods to the ghetto. Be very careful about where exactly you decide to move. It is not exactly the most exciting city ever, but it does have some fun activities for families (zoo is great and free, science center, forest park, grant's farm, butterfly house).

I hope this helps, if you have any more specific questions feel free to PM me. Good Luck!

Excellent--thank you Pyelonephritis (nice screen name too)! Have you heard anything about Des Peres specifically?
Thanks! You've helped a lot!

 

[norhpen]

It's been a while since I rotated through Despair, but when I did it, it was a sleepy community hospital, and their medicine program was struggling. If I were you, I'd consider SLU for university based(pretty D.O. friendly, good chances for subspecialization if you do well), and St. Johns for community. Wash U won't look at D.O.'s for IM residency.