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Anyone interview at this program last year? Any current residents in the program? Really excited about the interview down there and would like more insight into the program.
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My tidbits I've been told and have seen from my interview experience last year:
1. Outsource alot of rotations. ALOT.
2. Relatively chill place.
3. Like other portions of Mayo-Jax, getting numbers may be an issue, thus, number one up top.
4. Great location, nice part of Jax, Mayo name.
5. Have had some recent shakeups in faculty. Unsure of cause or prognosis.
Please feel free to debate any of the above, they are merely heresay (except that they do outsource alot).
1. Outsource alot of rotations. ALOT.
2. Relatively chill place.
3. Like other portions of Mayo-Jax, getting numbers may be an issue, thus, number one up top.
4. Great location, nice part of Jax, Mayo name.
5. Have had some recent shakeups in faculty. Unsure of cause or prognosis.
Please feel free to debate any of the above, they are merely heresay (except that they do outsource alot).
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Mayo Jax is a good program, but when you interview, keep the following in mind:
1) New program director. I think his name is Brull if my memory serves me correctly. He's a neuro guy and is actually very personable, and will do good things for the program. But as the old saying goes, new program director...
2) Nurse Anesthesia students from Mayo Rochester do regional anesthesia rotations at this program because Rochester does not allow nurses to do regional anesthesia. Since they have a relatively small residency class and 18+ OR's there should be regional to go around. But ask yourself this: do you, living in Jax and going to that residency program, want to get bumped from a case so that a nurse anesthesia program from a different program can take your regional experience because their parent program doesn't believe they should be doing regional there? This is not a political commentary, simply an observation that might save you some frustration in the future.
3) Good TEE experience. As a senior resident you will be able to bounce around, get about 60 TEE's in a month, and get very familiar with the machine.
4) Bukkets on A1A. Cheap pitchers of beer and an $8 plate of crawfish. AND a view of the ocean.
I hope this review helps.
1) New program director. I think his name is Brull if my memory serves me correctly. He's a neuro guy and is actually very personable, and will do good things for the program. But as the old saying goes, new program director...
2) Nurse Anesthesia students from Mayo Rochester do regional anesthesia rotations at this program because Rochester does not allow nurses to do regional anesthesia. Since they have a relatively small residency class and 18+ OR's there should be regional to go around. But ask yourself this: do you, living in Jax and going to that residency program, want to get bumped from a case so that a nurse anesthesia program from a different program can take your regional experience because their parent program doesn't believe they should be doing regional there? This is not a political commentary, simply an observation that might save you some frustration in the future.
3) Good TEE experience. As a senior resident you will be able to bounce around, get about 60 TEE's in a month, and get very familiar with the machine.
4) Bukkets on A1A. Cheap pitchers of beer and an $8 plate of crawfish. AND a view of the ocean.
I hope this review helps.
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Greetings,
I was part of the first matched class at Mayo Jax and can tell you a bit more about the program.
1) New program director - Mayo has a cycle of 5 years for program directors. That goes for Mayo Rochester as well. Dr. Michael Murray was the PD while I was at Mayo Jax and Dr. Sorin Brull was to succeed him. For a variety of political reasons, I believe that Dr. Brull wasn't going to assume the PD role. I believe he will stay true to his first love, which is educating residents. He was a close mentor of mine and is exceptionally knowledgeable...and he is an ABA oral board examiner as well as section editor for an anesthesia publication. Mayo Jax is still a relatively new program, so there will be some flux.
2) Do not worry about the SRNA students from Rochester. They come down for a rotation in regional, which consists of epidurals and spinals. They occasionally fill in the blanks if there is need, but that is off-the-record. Officially, they are not allowed to perform PNBs. I had SRNAs there while I was a resident and did way more PNBs than most of my friends at other programs. I think I did 720 PNBs during residency, not including epidurals and spinals. Many of those 720 were catheters too, not just single shot. Our regional anesthesia experience is, arguably, one of the strongest in the country. We have Dr. Roy Greengrass as a senior faculty member and he is one of the original regionalists who, along with Hadzic and Vloka, wrote much of the original literature and designed Contiplex caths, etc. We also have Drs. Clendenen, Wang, and Robards, who are regional fellowship trained. Dr. Torp is interested in research and is a good clinical teacher. Regional is a serious strength at Mayo and it is the wave of the future. We started 3D ultrasound block research right before I left. I feel my regional training was exceptional and I am the regionalist for my new private practice group.
3) TEE is a strength as well as you work 1-on-1 with our cardiac anesthesiologists. Drs. Leone, Feinglass, and Vu are the main cardiac anesthesiologists, but Drs. Mordecai and Harrison are also excellent clinical teachers and are all boarded in TEE. You will get as much TEE as you want with a dedicated TEE rotation.
4) A1A is nice and that is where all of the action in Jax is, the Beaches area. I sometimes miss Jax, although metro Atlanta is tough to beat. 😀
Overall, I would say that I had a great experience at Mayo Jax. Our grads have done well...2 of the 3 who graduated the year ahead of me are back on faculty as a liver attending and a regionalist, another did a pain fellowship and is in private practice in Montana, and the last did a Peds fellowship and is in private practice in Hawaii. Of my classmates, I am in private practice (doing lots of regional) in metro Atlanta, another joined a private practice group in Jax, one is finishing a pain fellowship at Mayo Jax, and the last is doing a peds fellowship in Seattle.
I am happy to answer any other questions.
Regards,
PMMD
I was part of the first matched class at Mayo Jax and can tell you a bit more about the program.
1) New program director - Mayo has a cycle of 5 years for program directors. That goes for Mayo Rochester as well. Dr. Michael Murray was the PD while I was at Mayo Jax and Dr. Sorin Brull was to succeed him. For a variety of political reasons, I believe that Dr. Brull wasn't going to assume the PD role. I believe he will stay true to his first love, which is educating residents. He was a close mentor of mine and is exceptionally knowledgeable...and he is an ABA oral board examiner as well as section editor for an anesthesia publication. Mayo Jax is still a relatively new program, so there will be some flux.
2) Do not worry about the SRNA students from Rochester. They come down for a rotation in regional, which consists of epidurals and spinals. They occasionally fill in the blanks if there is need, but that is off-the-record. Officially, they are not allowed to perform PNBs. I had SRNAs there while I was a resident and did way more PNBs than most of my friends at other programs. I think I did 720 PNBs during residency, not including epidurals and spinals. Many of those 720 were catheters too, not just single shot. Our regional anesthesia experience is, arguably, one of the strongest in the country. We have Dr. Roy Greengrass as a senior faculty member and he is one of the original regionalists who, along with Hadzic and Vloka, wrote much of the original literature and designed Contiplex caths, etc. We also have Drs. Clendenen, Wang, and Robards, who are regional fellowship trained. Dr. Torp is interested in research and is a good clinical teacher. Regional is a serious strength at Mayo and it is the wave of the future. We started 3D ultrasound block research right before I left. I feel my regional training was exceptional and I am the regionalist for my new private practice group.
3) TEE is a strength as well as you work 1-on-1 with our cardiac anesthesiologists. Drs. Leone, Feinglass, and Vu are the main cardiac anesthesiologists, but Drs. Mordecai and Harrison are also excellent clinical teachers and are all boarded in TEE. You will get as much TEE as you want with a dedicated TEE rotation.
4) A1A is nice and that is where all of the action in Jax is, the Beaches area. I sometimes miss Jax, although metro Atlanta is tough to beat. 😀
Overall, I would say that I had a great experience at Mayo Jax. Our grads have done well...2 of the 3 who graduated the year ahead of me are back on faculty as a liver attending and a regionalist, another did a pain fellowship and is in private practice in Montana, and the last did a Peds fellowship and is in private practice in Hawaii. Of my classmates, I am in private practice (doing lots of regional) in metro Atlanta, another joined a private practice group in Jax, one is finishing a pain fellowship at Mayo Jax, and the last is doing a peds fellowship in Seattle.
I am happy to answer any other questions.
Regards,
PMMD
