NYC programs
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Columbia has a more academic feel than NYEE and better support from faculty when applying for fellowships (which = an awesome fellowship match). Last year, the three residents matched at MEEI for oculoplastics, Columbia for retina, and BPEI for glaucoma. The year before, the residents matched at Colorado and Columbia for retina and Children's Boston for peds. The 2012 class matched at BPEI for retina, UCLA for glaucoma, and Cleveland Clinic for cornea. Dr. Cioffi, the chair who replaced Dr. Chang, is an extremely supportive and well-liked chair and is making very big and positive changes for the program.
NYEE has the bigger edge for clinical volume, but the residents are miserable and overworked. The fellowship match is good but many of the residents are burned out and end up doing private practice.
Agreed that those are the two top programs in the area, but only if you must do residency in NYC. Quality of life and surgical volume are much higher outside of Manhattan.
NYEE has the bigger edge for clinical volume, but the residents are miserable and overworked. The fellowship match is good but many of the residents are burned out and end up doing private practice.
Agreed that those are the two top programs in the area, but only if you must do residency in NYC. Quality of life and surgical volume are much higher outside of Manhattan.
Cornell is a small program with great faculty and fellowship match (Wills oculoplastics, UCLA cornea, MEEI glaucoma, etc) but no resident clinic and poor operative experience - you have to do a fellowship to be marketable. The facilities, including the market-price housing, are beautiful and you are busy and autonomous on call.
NYU profits from its relationship with VRM, a world-class retina private practice in midtown east with amazing Tuesday morning rounds and research opportunities. You also have the advantage of training at a county hospital, VA, and private hospital, so the clinical experience is excellent. However, with NSLIJ aquiring MEETH (Manhattan Eye and Ear), the future of that affiliation is questionable (at least as of last year). The fellowship match is hit or miss.
NYU profits from its relationship with VRM, a world-class retina private practice in midtown east with amazing Tuesday morning rounds and research opportunities. You also have the advantage of training at a county hospital, VA, and private hospital, so the clinical experience is excellent. However, with NSLIJ aquiring MEETH (Manhattan Eye and Ear), the future of that affiliation is questionable (at least as of last year). The fellowship match is hit or miss.
NYEE match last year:
Bascom - retina
UIC - retina
Bascom - glaucoma
Wills - cornea
MD Anderson - oculoplastics
Clinical training and surgical volume easily the best in New York. Its only one of the few places that has an eye-only urgent care which brings in the all the clinical pathology (others that come to mind are MEEI and Bascom)
Bascom - retina
UIC - retina
Bascom - glaucoma
Wills - cornea
MD Anderson - oculoplastics
Clinical training and surgical volume easily the best in New York. Its only one of the few places that has an eye-only urgent care which brings in the all the clinical pathology (others that come to mind are MEEI and Bascom)
Is NYEEI still known as malignant? I thought they removed Saturday clinic. Any other changes, or are the residents still unhappy there?
1st year is tough because of primary call covering the ER though thats where youre going to get your clinical management skills. 2nd and 3 year are is more relaxed with normal ophtho hours and everyone's pretty happy. Attendings are great and none are mean. Not sure how it got its malignant reputation, maybe from its Saturday clinics?
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Any recent thoughts on NYC programs before rank lists are due? Especially interested in hearing thoughts about Columbia vs. NYEE
I fee like this has been discussed a bit already, try and search. NYEE >> Columbia in terms of academia, prestige and all that.
Columbia>Cornell. I'd also throw my hat in for Mt. Sinai. I loved that program. Elmhurst is a gem, Bronx VA is a huge plus, and Sinai itself sees plenty of path and is a massive medical center (with a great location). Some of the best surgical numbers in NYC, nice faculty/residents, and good fellowship matches (not as good as Columbia/NYEEI, but still solid). I think it is underrated in NYC, especially compared to NYU and Cornell.
