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Agree w/ souljah1 re: consideration of RWJ programs. Penn sounds like it would be a great fit for you. Would also add that if you're truly interested in becoming an academic hospitalist, UofMichigan has Drs. Sanjay Saint and Scott Flanders who are leaders in the field. Flanders is currently the president of the Society of Hospital Medicine and both are very well published and highly respected.

You guys are right about UMich, I forgot about that one, but they're another one which is pretty consistently getting NEJM articles published.

I would still put MGH number one though...I seriously think you could do anything out of that program, the world renown.
 
Actually, those are the match stats.

Check NRMP website for 2009 Match Results. There is also a ppt that NRMP put together that describes the stats for unmatched applicants. I just wonder... 8-9 programs for individual applicants. what does that mean for couples?

link?
 
Couples matching...we both interviewed at entirely too many programs. Some of them aren't making the rank list due to lack of overlap, etc. (UWash, Ohio State and Pitt, among others)

Anyway, interested in academic general internal medicine/hospitalist. strong interest in health policy. small interest in critical care and h/o, but HIGHLY unlikely to do a fellowship b/c of aforementioned health policy interest.

(by geography, not by rank):

Stanford
U. Chicago
Michigan
Wash U
Mayo (Rochester)
Vanderbilt
Emory
Duke
UNC
UVA
VCU/MCV
Hopkins-Bayview
Maryland
Penn
Cornell
NYU
Mount Sinai
Montefiore
Yale
Dartmouth
MGH
BIDMC

🙄 😱 😕 (all at once.)

Agree with scaredshizzles and souljah. Gold&Black is a d-bag for cancelling UW 😎. My take:

1. MGH
2. Penn
3. Duke
4. BIDMC = Cornell = Yale = Mt Sinai = UChicago = Stanford = Wash U :laugh:

Aren't you glad I can help 😉
 
Agree with scaredshizzles and souljah. Gold&Black is a d-bag for cancelling UW 😎. My take:

1. MGH
2. Penn
3. Duke
4. BIDMC = Cornell = Yale = Mt Sinai = UChicago = Stanford = Wash U :laugh:

Aren't you glad I can help 😉


Wait, are you two just classmates or something, or are you the couple ITSELF? If the latter, I must say that if you two need to use SDN to communicate with each other, your relationship is probably doomed. :laugh:
 
wait, are you two just classmates or something, or are you the couple itself? If the latter, i must say that if you two need to use sdn to communicate with each other, your relationship is probably doomed. :laugh:

rotfl!
 
Wait, are you two just classmates or something, or are you the couple ITSELF? If the latter, I must say that if you two need to use SDN to communicate with each other, your relationship is probably doomed. :laugh:

hahah, no we're not the real couple...

although gold&black's real partner always thinks we should be (she's just jealous 😴)
 
bahahahahaha

these responses are effin hilarious

and no, sadly, mentalgymnast is too likely to cheat on me for us to pursue a NRMP match ;-)
 
bahahahahaha

these responses are effin hilarious

and no, sadly, mentalgymnast is too likely to cheat on me for us to pursue a NRMP match ;-)


I don't think the NRMP allows for threesome matches anyway, that would get complicated. 👍
 
I thought I'd give the thread a try. I'd like to stay in NYC but wouldn't rule out other good programs. Want: strong IM program for fellowships or generalist future. In order is my pre-ROL:

AECOM Montefiore
Brown
BU
JH-Bayview
Baylor
Yale (PC)
RWJ
Case
U Maryland
Cleveland Clinic
(Downstate, St Lukes, Lenox, St Vincent's; UMDMJ-NJM)
 
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ROL opens tomorrow (01/15/2010) at high noon 🙂.

Best wishes in your deliberations :luck:
 
I thought I'd give the thread a try. I'd like to stay in NYC but wouldn't rule out other good programs. Want: strong IM program for fellowships or generalist future. In order is my pre-ROL:

AECOM Montefiore
Brown
BU
JH-Bayview
Baylor
Yale (Waterbury)
RWJ
Case
U Maryland
Cleveland Clinic
(Downstate, St Lukes, Lenox, St Vincent's; UMDMJ-NJM)

1. Baylor=BU=JH Bayview
4. UMaryland=Cleveland Clinic
6. Brown=Montefiore=Case
9. RWJ
10. Downstate

Don't know about rest.
 
Well, since the rank list is opening, thought I'd try to get some more help with the ones I'm having the most trouble ordering =]

Going into hospital medicine, no fellowship for me! Otherwise, priorities would include 1) solid clinical training with a reasonable workload/minimal scutwork, 2) being able to live in a nice place, preferably in a big city-type environment, 3) being able to secure an eventual job in the same sort of setting

In alphabetical order...
Cedars Sinai
CPMC
Kaiser LA
UCLA-Harbor
UCLA-Olive View

Thanks guys =]
 
any more suggestions, want to do cards but be in a place with a decent singles scene or at least where all the residents aren't married/engaged..(in no particular order)

Stanford
Cornell
Duke
Northwestern
Yale
Washington-Barnes
NYU
Mayo Clinic
Mt Sinai
Michigan
Uchicago
Cleveland Clinic
 
any more suggestions, want to do cards but be in a place with a decent singles scene or at least where all the residents aren't married/engaged..(in no particular order)

Stanford
Cornell
Duke
Northwestern
Yale
Washington-Barnes
NYU
Mayo Clinic
Mt Sinai
Michigan
Uchicago
Cleveland Clinic

If you want an exciting social life in the small amount of time you'll have outside of the hospital, avoid Stanford, WashU, Yale, Mayo and maybe UMich (unless you've got a thing for sorority babes/frat guys). Stick to NYC and Chicago.
 
any more suggestions, want to do cards but be in a place with a decent singles scene or at least where all the residents aren't married/engaged..(in no particular order)

Stanford
Cornell
Duke
Northwestern
Yale
Washington-Barnes
NYU
Mayo Clinic
Mt Sinai
Michigan
Uchicago
Cleveland Clinic

Cornell, UChicago, Mt. Sinai and yes, NYU would all be good options. NYU has a very well reputed cards program, at least in NYC. It is not considered a big step down from Presbyterian. If fellowship is more important than social life, then add Duke and Wash U to the top of your list. Stanford, Michigan, and Yale can probably get you far in cards too. New Haven is pretty much a ghetto though, and surrounding areas are suburbs like. Stanford is in a pretty nice area, although not quite the singles scene. It is only about 40-50 miles from San Fran, but that isn't a routine drive from what I understand, because of traffic.
 
So if you want a decent singles scene, throw out the following:

Cleveland Clinic, Wash U, Stanford, Mayo

Possible single scenes (from single people I know there) but very med heavy:

Yale

Decent singles scenes despite not being in cities (due to ton of people there/ton of grad students):

Michigan, Duke (Duke especially - the triangle of Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill has a ton of singles of various cultures.)

Obvious winners, singles-wise:

Cornell, NW, Mt. Sinai, NYU, U Chicago

So...considering that, here's what I'd do, with respect to cards and everything else:

1. Cornell = Duke
2. U Chicago = Michigan
3. NW = Mt. Sinai = NYU (sinai better rep, but NYU better cards placement)
4. Yale = Stanford
5. Wash U. = Mayo = CC
 
So, I'm from the South and looking for an academic program that can put me in a decent shot for fellowship in cards. Currently have 1 first author pub, as well as 1 abstract about about 5 or 6 poster presentations. Would prefer a place that has a collegial environment and a chance to enjoy life outside of the hospital.

List:

Baylor-Houston
BIDMC
Duke
Penn
UT-Houston
UTSW
Vanderbilt
Wash U


Thanks!!!

Any thoughts???
 
What the hell, here's my list - interested in Heme/Onc

BU
Montefiore
Dartmouth
UMass
UConn
Yale (primary care)
Brown
Tufts
Lahey Clinic
Vermont

Obviously geography matters to me as I need to stay in New England.
 
What the hell, here's my list - interested in Heme/Onc

BU
Montefiore
Dartmouth
UMass
UConn
Yale (primary care)
Brown
Tufts
Lahey Clinic
Vermont

Obviously geography matters to me as I need to stay in New England.

1. BU
2. Yale-PC
3. Montefiore=Dartmouth
5. Brown=Tufts
7. Vermont
8. Umass=UConn?

Don't know a thing about Lahey.
 
What the hell, here's my list - interested in Heme/Onc

BU
Montefiore
Dartmouth
UMass
UConn
Yale (primary care)
Brown
Tufts
Lahey Clinic
Vermont

Obviously geography matters to me as I need to stay in New England.

1. Brown - great program in a nice area, especially since you want to stay in New England
2. AECOM - though I hated the location, the program itself was respectable
3. Dartmouth - shame the NH setting keeps this great program from getting the attention it deserves. Unfortunately you won't see much HIV or TB
4. Tufts
....
...
...
9. Yale (primary care) - Yale internal medicine rides entirely, entirely on the reputation of its UNDERGRADUATE school, and when I say that I don't mean the med school but rather the college itself. Don't choose your residency program based on what's a respected place for 18 year olds to learn biology 101.
 
1. Brown - great program in a nice area, especially since you want to stay in New England
2. AECOM - though I hated the location, the program itself was respectable
3. Dartmouth - shame the NH setting keeps this great program from getting the attention it deserves. Unfortunately you won't see much HIV or TB
4. Tufts
....
...
...
9. Yale (primary care) - Yale internal medicine rides entirely, entirely on the reputation of its UNDERGRADUATE school, and when I say that I don't mean the med school but rather the college itself. Don't choose your residency program based on what's a respected place for 18 year olds to learn biology 101.

Well the Yale med school is very well respected...Which is why they for the most part all match to im programs that are better than Yale. The Yale im program also matches to fellowships pretty decently, and certainly a Yale=PC resident could still match to Yale for heme-onc. Brown for heme-onc matches to BIDMC and Brown for the most part...BIDMC is decent in heme-onc, but as you will note, the majority of BIDMC residents themselves go to Dana Farber (where they rotate through) or M Sloan Kettering.
 
AECOM Montefiore
Brown
BU
JH-Bayview
Baylor
Yale (PC)
RWJ
Case
U Maryland
Cleveland Clinic
(Downstate, St Lukes, Lenox, St Vincent's; UMDMJ-NJM)

Thanks ScaredShizzles. Anyone else would comment on the ROL as well? I'd feel guilty putting this on main page, but I need peer opinion badly.
 
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You have ABSOLUTELY no idea what you are talking about!!!
Yale IM rides on the reputation of Yale College??
:laugh:


1. Brown - great program in a nice area, especially since you want to stay in New England
2. AECOM - though I hated the location, the program itself was respectable
3. Dartmouth - shame the NH setting keeps this great program from getting the attention it deserves. Unfortunately you won't see much HIV or TB
4. Tufts
....
...
...
9. Yale (primary care) - Yale internal medicine rides entirely, entirely on the reputation of its UNDERGRADUATE school, and when I say that I don't mean the med school but rather the college itself. Don't choose your residency program based on what's a respected place for 18 year olds to learn biology 101.
 
You have ABSOLUTELY no idea what you are talking about!!!
Yale IM rides on the reputation of Yale College??
:laugh:

These are the times when I wonder if the poster who ranks Yale 9th and gives such an explanation actually wants to rank that particular program #1 himself/herself.
 
These are the times when I wonder if the poster who ranks Yale 9th and gives such an explanation actually wants to rank that particular program #1 himself/herself.

OK so maybe I exaggerated a bit, but knowing quite a bit about the program I feel pretty strongly that it's enormously overrated simply because it's "Yale." The location is absolute crap from an educational standpoint compared with the other places the poster is considering. The facilities aren't great, and the fellowship match list isn't what you'd expect out of *****YALE*****. I'm sure it's a decent program, but I think to put it above Brown and AECOM is nuts.
 
Those of you interested in Cards, don't overlook Stanford or Wash U. Stanford has one of the top cardiology programs in the USA, arguably the top program west of the Mississippi..... The residents going into cards do extremely well. The research opps available at Stanford University are incredible. The med school really benefits from being right on the campus. Everything at Stanford including the med school and all the residency and fellowship programs are smaller sized but highly selective. Wash U is also a powerhouse. Barnes Jewish is amazing ....it's both quarternary care and sees the indigent of St. You def get the County population too. The program seems built around helping housestaff to get into competitive subspecialties. Residents have prolific clinical research opps. Lots of flexibility to schedule in cards electives and research time after intern year. They also match extremely well.
 
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I'm curious to get people's thoughts about Brown. It never seems to get mentioned among the better programs in the Northeast. Is it the fellowship list that prevents it from being higher on people's lists? At least for me, when I was there I was very impressed by the program - good people, great PDs, good city to be in, etc.
 
OK so maybe I exaggerated a bit, but knowing quite a bit about the program I feel pretty strongly that it's enormously overrated simply because it's "Yale." The location is absolute crap from an educational standpoint compared with the other places the poster is considering. The facilities aren't great, and the fellowship match list isn't what you'd expect out of *****YALE*****. I'm sure it's a decent program, but I think to put it above Brown and AECOM is nuts.

- You proved again that you have no idea what you are talking about.
Have you seen the residency match list for Yale and the fellowship match list for the Yale IM residency?? Definitely much better than Brown & AECOM
As for location, everyone has their preference. Why exactly is Providence or the Bronx a better location than New Haven?
 
I have no direct experience. Certainly not with the reputation of MGH or the Brigham just up the highway in Boston. But my perception is Brown has happy and well trained residents. I've been told there is excellent teaching and good support for trainees. Brown Medical School itself is young. It was started only in the 1970s. But there has been lots of momentum over the past 10 years. They're doing lots of construction and growing. Over the past 10 years Brown has gone from a top 50 to top 25 medical school. You could also benefit from being close to the research resources at Brown University. It's a nice Ivy-League campus but smaller, mostly undergrads like Dartmouth and Princeton. I would research the fellowship match list. Also see whether you'd like to live in a small or big city.
 
ok, I'll play. I'm in the South, and want to stay there, preferably for fellowship as well - I'm interested in Cards.

In no particular order:
Wake Forest
UAB
UVA
UNC
MUSC

I'm especially interested in anyone who might be able to compare and contrast UVA and UNC.

Thanks!
 
Those of you interested in Cards, don't overlook Stanford or Wash U. Stanford has one of the top cardiology programs in the USA, arguably the top program west of the Mississippi..... The residents going into cards do extremely well. The research opps available at Stanford University are incredible. The med school really benefits from being right on the campus. Everything at Stanford including the med school and all the residency and fellowship programs are smaller sized but highly selective. Wash U is also a powerhouse. Barnes Jewish is amazing ....it's both quarternary care and sees the indigent of St. You def get the County population too. The program seems built around helping housestaff to get into competitive subspecialties. Residents have prolific clinical research opps. Lots of flexibility to schedule in cards electives and research time after intern year. They also match extremely well.


I think both programs hurt to some extent because geography doesn't allow for them to send out too many of their residents for fellowship matches. Stanford sends some people over the years to MGH for cards, but as has been noted here, before they are usually either graduates of Harvard med school or they are the MD-PhD types. Wash U seems to recruit some midwest-lifers, and so whetehr it is because the program itself or the people in it, most people do their fellowships in the midwest. But I would agree that both are probably top 10-12 type programs if you're interested in cards. It would be good just to stay at either place for a cards fellowship, and I think NYU falls into that same group. And UW is a really underrated program too out west obviously. They too have a tendency of having people stay for fellowships, but they get some really nice outside matches too. UW has a tremendous amount of funding. And Hutch for onc I think has the second or third most NIH dollars for research behind Dana Farber and MD Anderson. When you add UW internal medicine program to Hutch, you're blown away by the amount of research dollars they get.
 
ok, I'll play. I'm in the South, and want to stay there, preferably for fellowship as well - I'm interested in Cards.

In no particular order:
Wake Forest
UAB
UVA
UNC
MUSC

I'm especially interested in anyone who might be able to compare and contrast UVA and UNC.

Thanks!

UNC=UAB ~ UVA and then others..

Look at their fellowship match lists for cardiology, and see what city you wd like and which program you wd fit best in...
 
I think both programs hurt to some extent because geography doesn't allow for them to send out too many of their residents for fellowship matches. Stanford sends some people over the years to MGH for cards, but as has been noted here, before they are usually either graduates of Harvard med school or they are the MD-PhD types. Wash U seems to recruit some midwest-lifers, and so whetehr it is because the program itself or the people in it, most people do their fellowships in the midwest. But I would agree that both are probably top 10-12 type programs if you're interested in cards. It would be good just to stay at either place for a cards fellowship, and I think NYU falls into that same group. And UW is a really underrated program too out west obviously. They too have a tendency of having people stay for fellowships, but they get some really nice outside matches too. UW has a tremendous amount of funding. And Hutch for onc I think has the second or third most NIH dollars for research behind Dana Farber and MD Anderson. When you add UW internal medicine program to Hutch, you're blown away by the amount of research dollars they get.

Anyone know how good NYU's cards match is? I was under the impression that in NYC, it was Columbia/Cornell for 1/2 and then everything else when it came to cards...
 
Anyone know how good NYU's cards match is? I was under the impression that in NYC, it was Columbia/Cornell for 1/2 and then everything else when it came to cards...

Columbia will give you the best chance to go to an MGH or a Hopkins for cards (or a Cleveland Clinic or a Mayo.) However, the remaining three programs all give you a good chance of matching into NY Presbyterian centers for cards or to NYU...Cornell would give you a better chance for an outside match in cards, but they're not going to get too many people into MGH or Hopkins...so their best options usually wind up being Presbyterian or NYU. Which are really awesome options to have imo. The only significant edge that Cornell has is in heme-onc, but it should be noted both NYU and Cornell residents rotate through Sloan...so strong candidates from NYU have a good chance at MSK fellowships too. The other good part about the NY programs is that they all have a great reputation for producing non-coddled graduates, people who can function autonomously quite well. As a result, people who don't even have a lot of research on their CV, can do a residency at Cornell or NYU and wind up in a really great cards/or other fellowship.

NYU has 2006-08 cards match on their web site.18 matches over 3 years, 6 at NYU, 2 at Mt. Sinai, and 1 at Pitt and 1 at Northwestern. .Looking at it, Mt. Sinai's cards match is actually considerably stronger. In fact it has been stronger than Cornell's too in recent years. I think the PDs there are just really well connected.
 
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Ok...what about these? Interested in ID or Hem/Onc. geography not an issue:

Mayo
Vanderbilt
UNC
UVA

Based on reputation it would be something like this: Mayo = Vanderbilt > UNC > UVA. But based on fellowship placements, there does not seem to be a big difference...in fact, UVA seems to do better (this may be because the other three take a lot of their own).
 
Ok...what about these? Interested in ID or Hem/Onc. geography not an issue:

Mayo
Vanderbilt
UNC
UVA

Based on reputation it would be something like this: Mayo = Vanderbilt > UNC > UVA. But based on fellowship placements, there does not seem to be a big difference...in fact, UVA seems to do better (this may be because the other three take a lot of their own).

The more I think of Mayo and how fellowship driven the place is . . . I don't know . . . don't get me wrong, you're not really doing yourself a disservice by going to Mayo if you're thinking fellowship, quite the contrary, BUT I think at the end of the day the experience at Vandy easily edges out Mayo for the clinical acumen and skillz you'll leave a program like Vandy having . . . I'm in the middle of my second year and I'm really starting to appreciate the autonomy and busy schedule as I'm very comfortable with just about any patient coming in through the door (which doesn't mean I know everything, please don't hear me say that)
 
The more I think of Mayo and how fellowship driven the place is . . . I don't know . . . don't get me wrong, you're not really doing yourself a disservice by going to Mayo if you're thinking fellowship, quite the contrary, BUT I think at the end of the day the experience at Vandy easily edges out Mayo for the clinical acumen and skillz you'll leave a program like Vandy having . . . I'm in the middle of my second year and I'm really starting to appreciate the autonomy and busy schedule as I'm very comfortable with just about any patient coming in through the door (which doesn't mean I know everything, please don't hear me say that)

I would agree on the Mayo and Vandy comparison. The issue is, Vandy, like Mayo, is often restricted to in-house matches. I dont know if that, again, like most matches, are out of choice or not.
 
I agree.. But I was factoring in reputation as well. UTSW might be clinically more rigorours than mayo, but I wonder if Mayo scores higher on the reputation scale because of the US news hospitals rankings..

Im really confused about what cardiology program directors value most. More so now that I'm almost done interviewing. It seems to me that research and the name of the program trumps clinical training at least from where I have been interviewing. I would really want to go to a place with excellent clinical training but if its a race to publish the most papers should one just to a program that will offer the lightest call schedule and the most research?
 
I would agree on the Mayo and Vandy comparison. The issue is, Vandy, like Mayo, is often restricted to in-house matches. I dont know if that, again, like most matches, are out of choice or not.


With Vandy, most residents self-select to stay at Vandy or somewhere in the South East. Partly a testament to the strength of Vandy's fellowship programs and partly b/c most are married and Nashville is a great place to live (whether you be single or attached) and to raise a family.

Not that "Nashvegas" isn't also a great place for singles as well.
 
I would agree on the Mayo and Vandy comparison. The issue is, Vandy, like Mayo, is often restricted to in-house matches. I dont know if that, again, like most matches, are out of choice or not.

I don't know . . . I was speaking more the hands on clinical experience. And I don't see "in-house" fellowship placement as being a big issue when we are talking Vandy and Mayo. Who wouldn't want to be a fellow at either institution? (especially for pulmc/cc? Huh?)

It's not like wer're talking about lower middle tier uni state school, University of Missouri - Columbia for instance (not to pick on them), but if their fellowship match is completely in-house, I would much more strongly suspect they were unable to match outside.

Would we give Hopkins a ton of **** if a lot of in-house applicants decided to stay for fellowship?
 
I don't know . . . I was speaking more the hands on clinical experience. And I don't see "in-house" fellowship placement as being a big issue when we are talking Vandy and Mayo. Who wouldn't want to be a fellow at either institution? (especially for pulmc/cc? Huh?)

It's not like wer're talking about lower middle tier uni state school, University of Missouri - Columbia for instance (not to pick on them), but if their fellowship match is completely in-house, I would much more strongly suspect they were unable to match outside.

Would we give Hopkins a ton of **** if a lot of in-house applicants decided to stay for fellowship?

I apologize my statement was misunderstood. I meant, I agree on the Vandy and Mayo comparison for clinical training. The clinical training at Vandy is far more rigorous than Mayo, which is great in the long run. The only issue is say, when you apply for fellowship, a driven resident at Mayo may have upto 5-6 abstracts, whereas at Vandy - I hear its hard to get anything done in intern year...again, not an issue - but its what you want out of your residency. I definitely adore Vandy's clinical training to the core.

I was just wondering could this become an issue for those who want to move out of either Mayo or Vandy for fellowship at other programs.

P.S. Both Vandy and Mayo's PCCM programs are to die for 👍
 
I apologize my statement was misunderstood. I meant, I agree on the Vandy and Mayo comparison for clinical training. The clinical training at Vandy is far more rigorous than Mayo, which is great in the long run. The only issue is say, when you apply for fellowship, a driven resident at Mayo may have upto 5-6 abstracts, whereas at Vandy - I hear its hard to get anything done in intern year...again, not an issue - but its what you want out of your residency. I definitely adore Vandy's clinical training to the core.

I was just wondering could this become an issue for those who want to move out of either Mayo or Vandy for fellowship at other programs.

P.S. Both Vandy and Mayo's PCCM programs are to die for 👍

I think you raise a very pertinent point..
I wd say that reputations in medicine linger for some time. Mayo would really have to change things big time for its reputation as a fellow-driven place to dissipate. I had interviewed there for cards last year, and was quite amazed to note that even fellows did not have adequate autonomy ( esp in the CCU). I think both programs, ie Mayo and Vanderbilt, shd have almost same matches for cardiology. Also in terms of 'academic merit/reputation' I would place both departments of medicine at the same level, and I would think that it would be pretty tough for applicants to move to a higher tier program for cardiology/GI, say like UCSF, Brigham or even Stanford..

I would also say that if you are interested in cards, focus on peer-reviewed papers- almost every one is able to get abstracts published...
 
The more I think of Mayo and how fellowship driven the place is . . . I don't know . . . don't get me wrong, you're not really doing yourself a disservice by going to Mayo if you're thinking fellowship, quite the contrary, BUT I think at the end of the day the experience at Vandy easily edges out Mayo for the clinical acumen and skillz you'll leave a program like Vandy having . . . I'm in the middle of my second year and I'm really starting to appreciate the autonomy and busy schedule as I'm very comfortable with just about any patient coming in through the door (which doesn't mean I know everything, please don't hear me say that)

I actually did an away rotation at Mayo and found this whole "fellow driven" thing a bit overblown. It is true that residents carry less patients and have more limited access to procedures but, at least during my time there, residents were running the show. It is not that I fully disagree but I do find the reputation at odds with what I observed first hand.

With regards to my list: UVA, UNC, Vanderbilt, Mayo...I find myself wondering about UVA, which, although not as prestigious in official lists, seems to have a more varied and, at times, more impressive fellowship match...as it has already been discussed above, this may be because the other programs have a lot of in-house matches...Nonetheless, UVA just seemed to afford more mobility...any thoughts?
 
I actually did an away rotation at Mayo and found this whole "fellow driven" thing a bit overblown. It is true that residents carry less patients and have more limited access to procedures but, at least during my time there, residents were running the show. It is not that I fully disagree but I do find the reputation at odds with what I observed first hand.
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I got a similar impression when I interviewed at Mayo. The fellow-driven thing is blown out of proportion. And yes, its a cush program, but you still become a competent internist at the end of it (you have to be driven to get procedures though- they are available, but its probably not like at a county hospital).
 
Let me preface this post with this: I'm not a resident at either of these 4 programs, but I did interview at all of them.

For EVERYONE, careful judging NYC programs based solely off their fellowship match list. The reason people tend to match in NYC for fellowship is because most residents don't ever want to leave NYC.

If you never want to leave NYC then I would rank the programs like this:
Columbia = Cornell = Sinai > NYU

Columbia tends to get recognized as the top IM program in NYC, but Cornell has much better housing and a much better location. Plus Cornell residents rotate through hospital for special surgery and memorial sloan kettering.

If you have any plans to leave NYC then I would rank the programs like this:
Columbia = Cornell >> Sinai > NYU

Fact is, Sinai doesn't have the national name recognition when compared to Columbia and Cornell.

Cornell's cards fellowship match list last year (9/9):
- Duke
- Northwestern
- Northwestern
- Cornell
- Cornell
- Beth Israel
- Beth Israel
- UMass
- Georgetown

Cornell's GI fellowship match last year (6/6):
- Columbia
- Cornell
- Penn
- Cornell
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein

Cornell's Heme/onc fellowship match last year (10/10):
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- UCSF
- UCSD
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Penn
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Fred Hutchinson, Seattle, WA

Cornell's pulm/crit care match last year (2/2):
- MGH
- NYU

Cornell's rheumatology match last year (3/3):
- HSS
- HSS
- NYU

More impressive than Sinai and NYU. Haven't seen Columbia's list.

Cornell is a TOP TEN residency program... an amazing residency program and where everyone wants to live ! Right after the obvious "Big Dog" places 1. MGH 2. Hopkins 3. Brighams 4. UCSF 5. Stanford 6. Columbia 7. U. Penn 8. Duke 9. Wash U. 10. CORNELL (lots of others like UCLA, Yale, U. Mich, U. Washington, BIDMC, U. Chicago), but cornell's location and synergy with Columbia Presybyterian and ability to attract top talent based on its location, places this place above the others...
 
Cornell is a TOP TEN residency program... an amazing residency program and where everyone wants to live ! Right after the obvious "Big Dog" places 1. MGH 2. Hopkins 3. Brighams 4. UCSF 5. Stanford 6. Columbia 7. U. Penn 8. Duke 9. Wash U. 10. CORNELL (lots of others like UCLA, Yale, U. Mich, U. Washington, BIDMC, U. Chicago), but cornell's location and synergy with Columbia Presybyterian and ability to attract top talent based on its location, places this place above the others...

That was an uncharacteristically strong fellowship match year for Cornell, imo. They might be borderline top 10, but the match doesn't always look so good. Also curious why you would put Stanford 5th, their fellowship match generally is no where near as impressive as Columbia, UPenn, Duke or even some of the other programs you mentioned. They seem to get an undeserved boost from the university name, just like Yale does. Both are great residency programs obviously, but certainly not in the top 7-8.
 
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