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Hey everyone,
I have just registered and this is my first posting in this forum. I am writing this in respond to the posting titled IMG friendly PM&R program on 8/1/06 and signed by somebody who has chosen the user name ZZZVED.
My name is Zvezdomir Zamfirov and my friends and colleagues call me Zed. I am PGY-4 and one of the chief residents in NRH. I started my residency in AECOM, NY and transferred to NRH after PGY-2. With the above mentioned posting somebody has obviously impersonated me and I feel that its my obligation to respond to it. I apologize if it sounds too personal for this forum, but I am sure that anyone in my place would do the same.
I would like to make some comments regarding this posting and hopefully these comments will be seen by as many people as possible.
First, AECOM, NY is a great program, dedicated faculty staff and diverse curriculum and I highly recommend it to everybody. I was very happy there but I had to switch due to family reasons. My wife had a job in Maryland and she was not able to move to NY with me, so when position became available in NRH, I took the chance.
My current program NRH underwent some administrative changes recently, all with very positive impact on the program. The program is well balanced, with good research opportunities and sufficient clinical training. You will meet happy residents here and it is not true that every year residents try to leave. Again, my high recommendations for all candidates for PM&R residency.
And finally, I would like to comment on the pain fellowship program which is run by NRH. I did a month of elective with them last year and I intend to do another month this year. It is a great fellowship with a significant amount of spinal injections combined with inpatient pain training. Highly recommend to everyone who considers pain fellowship. Personally, I am going to practice next year and I am not interested in fellowship but this program would be my first choice if I am a fellowship applicant. I am not familiar with the selection process, but knowing the people in charge for that, I can tell for sure that spots are not distributed in a corrupted non professional way. I happened to know the current fellow and I can clearly say that he deserves the position more than anybody else.
I believe that forums like this one are very helpful for exchanging important information between the students and residents, but everyone has to be aware of possibility to be misled with false information and inappropriate postings by people who misuse the Internet.
Please, feel free to e-mail me with any questions and comments.
My e-mail is: [email protected]
Zed Zamfirov
I have just registered and this is my first posting in this forum. I am writing this in respond to the posting titled IMG friendly PM&R program on 8/1/06 and signed by somebody who has chosen the user name ZZZVED.
My name is Zvezdomir Zamfirov and my friends and colleagues call me Zed. I am PGY-4 and one of the chief residents in NRH. I started my residency in AECOM, NY and transferred to NRH after PGY-2. With the above mentioned posting somebody has obviously impersonated me and I feel that its my obligation to respond to it. I apologize if it sounds too personal for this forum, but I am sure that anyone in my place would do the same.
I would like to make some comments regarding this posting and hopefully these comments will be seen by as many people as possible.
First, AECOM, NY is a great program, dedicated faculty staff and diverse curriculum and I highly recommend it to everybody. I was very happy there but I had to switch due to family reasons. My wife had a job in Maryland and she was not able to move to NY with me, so when position became available in NRH, I took the chance.
My current program NRH underwent some administrative changes recently, all with very positive impact on the program. The program is well balanced, with good research opportunities and sufficient clinical training. You will meet happy residents here and it is not true that every year residents try to leave. Again, my high recommendations for all candidates for PM&R residency.
And finally, I would like to comment on the pain fellowship program which is run by NRH. I did a month of elective with them last year and I intend to do another month this year. It is a great fellowship with a significant amount of spinal injections combined with inpatient pain training. Highly recommend to everyone who considers pain fellowship. Personally, I am going to practice next year and I am not interested in fellowship but this program would be my first choice if I am a fellowship applicant. I am not familiar with the selection process, but knowing the people in charge for that, I can tell for sure that spots are not distributed in a corrupted non professional way. I happened to know the current fellow and I can clearly say that he deserves the position more than anybody else.
I believe that forums like this one are very helpful for exchanging important information between the students and residents, but everyone has to be aware of possibility to be misled with false information and inappropriate postings by people who misuse the Internet.
Please, feel free to e-mail me with any questions and comments.
My e-mail is: [email protected]
Zed Zamfirov