Neurosurgery 2006 Interview Thread

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The general surgery forum has a thread for everyone to post where they are interviewing. It might be helpful to do the same for neurosurgery. Applicants, what schools have you heard from?

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Interview invitations, date granted, and available interview dates

9/22 - University of Wisconsin (Oct 4/5, Oct 25/26, Nov 15/16)
9/29 - Oregon Health & Science University (Oct 14, Oct 28)
 
10/4 - U Cincinnati (Nov 2, 16, 30; Dec 7)
10/6 - U Utah (Nov 18, 19; Dec 10) - they pay one night hotel
10/6 - U Iowa (any Monday, Wednesday or Friday) - they pay two nights hotel
 
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10/19 - U Washington (Oct 4-6, Oct 26-8, Nov 8-10, Nov 29-Dec 1, Dec 6-8, Dec 13-15, Dec 20-22)
10/19 - Stanford (Nov 19, Dec 10)
 
Has anyone interviewed at Univ of VA, Medical college of VA, Duke or Wake Forest, UNC, Maryland, Hopkins??? Any opinions on these schools?
 
11/2 - Ohio State (Nov 17; Dec 1)
11/3 - U of Colorado (Nov 29, Dec 6; Dec 13; Dec 20)
11/7 - Columbia (Nov 19, Dec 3)
 
mpp said:
Matched at Oregon Health & Science....

Awesome man.........congrats. Hope you get to stick around here as the moderator. Let us know how things are going from time to time.
 
Great news mpp ! Congratulations :thumbup: :D :cool: :thumbup:

Hopefully you'll still be a moderator here. It would be great to hear your experiences as a NS resident now, for us wannabes.
 
Casino7 said:
Has anyone interviewed at Univ of VA, Medical college of VA, Duke or Wake Forest, UNC, Maryland, Hopkins??? Any opinions on these schools?

UVa - interesting program with weird cast of characters. Should definitely talk with recent grads and anyone who has dropped out.
MCV - not much of a national reputation
Wake - ???
Unc - solid program - seemed humane
Maryland - ditto what I mentioned about UVa - I did not go there, but am at the "other" Baltimore Medical School - so do hear that things are not so good there. (CAUTION!!)
Hopkins - having spent time - good program - you work hard - but you are well-trained and well-treated.

ANOTHER program to have "heads-up" about - UIOWA - used to have a decent rep, but they've had one resident per year quit in the last 4-5 YEARS!! When I interviewed there this year and asked about this year's fatality, was told by the Chair (who seems very chariasmatic on the surface - BUT BEWARE!) that he/she dropped out because of "MEDICAL PORBLEMS". When I got back to Hopkins, I reported this to my advisor because maybe the loss this year wasn't so bad if it was because of illness. However, my Advisor was horrified to hear this because he had advised the Spouse of this resident - former Hopkins med stud - who went to IOWA for Neurology. So he called the neurologist to find out how his wife was doing with her disease and guess what BBBBIIIIGGGG LLLLIIIIEEEE!! The resident was not ill, but rather railroaded from the program; suffered major abuse, long hours, discrimination - the WORKS!!! Apparently, she witnessed and was directly involved in numerous daily incidences of verbal and emotional abuse which compromised resident learning, staff morale, and patient care. The junior NS residents are repeatedly called “sh*thead” and “*****” in front of patients and other staff by the Chief residents. They are repeatedly told:"I can’t believe you are doctors”, “I would never want you as my doctor”, “I can’t believe you graduated from medical school”. These verbal assaults even occur at the bedside, in front of patients and their families. (Embarrassed nurses close the doors to adjacent patient rooms during these incidences.) If any resident acts to confront & correct the behavior, they are "punished" by being made to come into the hospital as early as 3:30 AM, to pre-round on patients. If a senior or chief resident feels that a junior resident has not followed directions exactly, the resident is made to carry the on-call pager as a ‘punishment’, even not scheduled to take a call. He or she can also be barred from the operating room. An Asian-American Resident - trained at a good US medical school - was told to “go back to China.” The junior residents are also referred to as “monkeys,” "donkeys",“terrible doctors,” “idiots,” and “liars” in front of patients and staff. They are also threatened with being fired - on an almost daily basis. Apparently the program and faculty propagate and tolerate extraordinarily abusive behavior in this program - which was a pretty reputable program until the current chair (who is only an Associate Professor, only "board eligible" according to their website, and hasn't been able to successfully recruit a single new faculty member in the 6 years he has been chair!!!)) was hired.

MY ADVICE - EXTREME CAUTION in the corn land!!
 
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