Official 2014-2015 Pulm/CCM Fellowship Application Cycle

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jdh71 said:
I don't think it cuts into your chances. Not really. From my sense looming into the process at the academic level I think a lot of times the first wave is the "agenda wave" - these are the particular folks that the division chief wants for their own reasons, often political, often related to hoping to snag someone who they think will be a superstar researcher. But in any given cycle this probably represents about 50 of the applicants and they all kind of fight over this cream group and then the next wave is the "realistic wave" the folks that the PDs and assistant PDs have gone through the apps and invited.

There is a chance in most divisions that the chief will be hand picking the top of the rank list for their own reasons but those people can only go to one place and on match day once that settles out the rest of you get matched up.

Does that make sense? Basically it doesn't hurt your chances outside of only the tip top spots where it will be a knife fight.
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Thanks jdh, that's helpful to know. Much appreciated!
 
INTERVIEWS:
Albany
Albert Einstein Montefiore 8/1
Arizona 8/12
Baylor houston 8/6
Boston University 7/31
Brigham 8/8
Brown 8/15
Carilion Clinic (Virginia) 8/7
Case Western/Univ Hospital 7/30
Cleveland Clinic 8/8
Colorado 8/7
Cook County 8/14
Duke 8/8
East Carolina 8/6
East Tennessee State University 8/8
Einstein phily 8/13
Emory 7/21
EVMS 7/30
Georgetown 7/30
Henry Ford 8/13
Hopkins 7/24
Indiana 8/6
Lankenau 8/1
LSU Shreveport 8/15
Loyola 7/31
Maryland 7/24
Mayo 8/5
MCW 8/12
MGH/BI 8/13
Michigan 8/13
MUSC 8/12
NYP-Columbia 8/4
NYU - 8/10
Ohio State 7/24
OHSU 7/30
Penn State 8/6
Pittsburgh 8/1
Rochester 8/12
SLU 8/7
South Alabama 8/12
SUNY Upstate 8/14
Texas A&M 8/7
Tufts 08/06
UCLA 7/29
UCSD 8/5
UCSF 7/28
U of Chicago 8/1
Univ Minnesota 7/29
UCinn 7/30
UKentucky 8/5
UMASS 8/15
UNC 8/5
UPenn 8/5
Utah 8/13
UTSW 7/28
UVM 7/28
Vanderbilt 7/23
VCU 8/15
Virginia 8/12
Wake Forrest 8/8
West Virginia 8/13
Winthrop
Yale 7/25

REJECTIONS
Emory 8/5
MUSC (South Carolina) 8/5
Montefiore 8/1
Saint Louis University 8/4
U Cincinati 8/11
UPenn 7/27
Wash U St Louis
Yale 7/28
 
Out of the following places, what is the best place to go for pulmonary hypertension?
BU, Tufts, UVa, VCU, Brown, CCF, Loyola, MUSC, Maryland, Wake Forrest

People keep saying that one should pick programs based on their career interests, well this might be mine. I think?
 
DBiii said:
Out of the following places, what is the best place to go for pulmonary hypertension?
BU, Tufts, UVa, VCU, Brown, CCF, Loyola, MUSC, Maryland, Wake Forrest

People keep saying that one should pick programs based on their career interests, well this might be mine. I think?
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Cleveland Clinic.
 
Anyone know how many fellows Albert Einstein Monte takes each year? I can't find it on their website.
 
+Washington

INTERVIEWS:
Albany
Albert Einstein Montefiore 8/1
Arizona 8/12
Baylor houston 8/6
Boston University 7/31
Brigham 8/8
Brown 8/15
Carilion Clinic (Virginia) 8/7
Case Western/Univ Hospital 7/30
Cleveland Clinic 8/8
Colorado 8/7
Cook County 8/14
Duke 8/8
East Carolina 8/6
East Tennessee State University 8/8
Einstein phily 8/13
Emory 7/21
EVMS 7/30
Georgetown 7/30
Henry Ford 8/13
Hopkins 7/24
Indiana 8/6
Lankenau 8/1
LSU Shreveport 8/15
Loyola 7/31
Maryland 7/24
Mayo 8/5
MCW 8/12
MGH/BI 8/13
Michigan 8/13
MUSC 8/12
NYP-Columbia 8/4
NYU - 8/10
Ohio State 7/24
OHSU 7/30
Penn State 8/6
Pittsburgh 8/1
Rochester 8/12
SLU 8/7
South Alabama 8/12
SUNY Upstate 8/14
Texas A&M 8/7
Tufts 08/06
UCLA 7/29
UCSD 8/5
UCSF 7/28
U of Chicago 8/1
Univ Minnesota 7/29
UCinn 7/30
UKentucky 8/5
UMASS 8/15
UNC 8/5
UPenn 8/5
Utah 8/13
UTSW 7/28
UVM 7/28
Vanderbilt 7/23
VCU 8/15
Virginia 8/12
Wake Forrest 8/8
Washington (UW) 8/14
West Virginia 8/13
Winthrop
Yale 7/25

REJECTIONS
Emory 8/5
MUSC (South Carolina) 8/5
Montefiore 8/1
Saint Louis University 8/4
U Cincinati 8/11
UPenn 7/27
Wash U St Louis
Yale 7/28
 
DBiii said:
Out of the following places, what is the best place to go for pulmonary hypertension?
BU, Tufts, UVa, VCU, Brown, CCF, Loyola, MUSC, Maryland, Wake Forrest

People keep saying that one should pick programs based on their career interests, well this might be mine. I think?
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Nick Hill is at Tufts and has published quite a bit. A fair amount of research in sickle cell and PH comes out of BU (Elizabeth Klings). BU is also a strong clinical program.

CCF has the added advantage of a lung transplant service, which neither BU nor Tufts has. While not many patients with PH get a transplant these days because of infusion therapies, there is some merit to seeing how that works out when they do.
 
I second that

ResidentMD said:
Nick Hill is at Tufts and has published quite a bit. A fair amount of research in sickle cell and PH comes out of BU (Elizabeth Klings). BU is also a strong clinical program.

CCF has the added advantage of a lung transplant service, which neither BU nor Tufts has. While not many patients with PH get a transplant these days because of infusion therapies, there is some merit to seeing how that works out when they do.
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Just out of interest. .do any of the programs literally call you on the phone to invite you to interview ?
 
ResidentMD said:
Nick Hill is at Tufts and has published quite a bit. A fair amount of research in sickle cell and PH comes out of BU (Elizabeth Klings). BU is also a strong clinical program.

CCF has the added advantage of a lung transplant service, which neither BU nor Tufts has. While not many patients with PH get a transplant these days because of infusion therapies, there is some merit to seeing how that works out when they do.
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I'd say a couple of researchers, one at each place is probably not so important to learning the practice of phtn management. CCF is going to have numbers that tufts or BU combined can't match.

I mean IF you want to work directly with one of those two, like their area of research, are interested in their mentorship great. But if you want to see a lot of phtn, especially bad end stage primary and/or chronic thrombotic then on that list you can't beat CCF.
 
Jdh71 and residentMD, thanks for the info.

Cleveland Clinic is a pretty week known and generally respected name, but their Pulm fellows do not come from other big name places and several are foreign grads, I'm sure they are all wonderful doctors, but why can't CCF land some bigger fish so to speak? What am I missing? What's the catch?

ResidentMD said:
Nick Hill is at Tufts and has published quite a bit. A fair amount of research in sickle cell and PH comes out of BU (Elizabeth Klings). BU is also a strong clinical program.

CCF has the added advantage of a lung transplant service, which neither BU nor Tufts has. While not many patients with PH get a transplant these days because of infusion therapies, there is some merit to seeing how that works out when they do.
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maverickdoc said:
I second that
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jdh71 said:
I'd say a couple of researchers, one at each place is probably not so important to learning the practice of phtn management. CCF is going to have numbers that tufts or BU combined can't match.

I mean IF you want to work directly with one of those two, like their area of research, are interested in their mentorship great. But if you want to see a lot of phtn, especially bad end stage primary and/or chronic thrombotic then on that list you can't beat CCF.
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Well known, not week known. Typing on my phone here.
 
DBiii said:
Jdh71 and residentMD, thanks for the info.

Cleveland Clinic is a pretty week known and generally respected name, but their Pulm fellows do not come from other big name places and several are foreign grads, I'm sure they are all wonderful doctors, but why can't CCF land some bigger fish so to speak? What am I missing? What's the catch?
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My guess. Several factors including Cleveland (the city). CCF has a "malignant" reputation they have been trying to shake for years. They are not strictly a university program.
 
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Malignant in what way? Having to work hard, or people just being mean to each other.
 
Is this a violation ??

I heard that Rosalind Franklin Pulm program (no CCM) in Waukegan, IL (north north Chicago), is not interviewing this year for 2015, but will be looking for candidates next year for 2016

So I called.... Turns out they had some fellows off cycle, rearranged some things prior to starting the 2014/15 year this past July and decided not to take any new fellows for starting July 2015. So I asked, why is this program still active on Eras, why have they not made any effort to disclose that they are not participating (Thier website has no info at all).. I got no real answer and was refered to speak to PD.

I just wasted 25 bucks!!!! That I coulda used to apply elsewhere!!!

So is this a violation.?.
 
DBiii said:
Malignant in what way? Having to work hard, or people just being mean to each other.
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It's probably NOT "malignant". I mean the place is VERY busy. You're going to work hard. And maybe there was a time when it was actually "malignant", but it's the reputation that it has been trying to shake for some time. It would be nice to get a current (or past) CCF fellow in here at some point to set the record straight. I think for anyone wanting a fairly strictly clinical career it would be a fantastic place to train, especially if you are interested in IP. They have some of the world's best folks in various areas there, but I don't know if you're actually given a lot of time to do research with them. And that also may be why some folks decide to go to a university program where research time may be better protected.
 
ams81 said:
Is this a violation ??

I heard that Rosalind Franklin Pulm program (no CCM) in Waukegan, IL (north north Chicago), is not interviewing this year for 2015, but will be looking for candidates next year for 2016

So I called.... Turns out they had some fellows off cycle, rearranged some things prior to starting the 2014/15 year this past July and decided not to take any new fellows for starting July 2015. So I asked, why is this program still active on Eras, why have they not made any effort to disclose that they are not participating (Thier website has no info at all).. I got no real answer and was refered to speak to PD.

I just wasted 25 bucks!!!! That I coulda used to apply elsewhere!!!

So is this a violation.?.
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Yeah. Programs can change their minds.
 
jdh71 said:
It's probably NOT "malignant". I mean the place is VERY busy. You're going to work hard. And maybe there was a time when it was actually "malignant", but it's the reputation that it has been trying to shake for some time. It would be nice to get a current (or past) CCF fellow in here at some point to set the record straight. I think for anyone wanting a fairly strictly clinical career it would be a fantastic place to train, especially if you are interested in IP. They have some of the world's best folks in various areas there, but I don't know if you're actually given a lot of time to do research with them. And that also may be why some folks decide to go to a university program where research time may be better protected.
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That sounds perfect!

Anyone know any CCF fellows to weigh in?
 
Does anyone have an opinion on the following programs, 1. Indiana University 2. Virginia Commonwealth 3. University of Virginia 4. Wake Forest 5. LSU New Orleans? Thanks
 
Es5065 said:
Does anyone have an opinion on the following programs, 1. Indiana University 2. Virginia Commonwealth 3. University of Virginia 4. Wake Forest 5. LSU New Orleans? Thanks
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They all have solid reputations. Nothing particular "stand out". All good programs.

I personally interviewed at Wake and thought it was fantastic and ended up ranking it 2nd.
 
Finally, friends, around Sunday (weird) Midnight...

+Stanford

INTERVIEWS:
Albany
Albert Einstein Montefiore 8/1
Arizona 8/12
Baylor houston 8/6
Boston University 7/31
Brigham 8/8
Brown 8/15
Carilion Clinic (Virginia) 8/7
Case Western/Univ Hospital 7/30
Cleveland Clinic 8/8
Colorado 8/7
Cook County 8/14
Duke 8/8
East Carolina 8/6
East Tennessee State University 8/8
Einstein phily 8/13
Emory 7/21
EVMS 7/30
Georgetown 7/30
Henry Ford 8/13
Hopkins 7/24
Indiana 8/6
Lankenau 8/1
LSU Shreveport 8/15
Loyola 7/31
Maryland 7/24
Mayo 8/5
MCW 8/12
MGH/BI 8/13
Michigan 8/13
MUSC 8/12
NYP-Columbia 8/4
NYU - 8/10
Ohio State 7/24
OHSU 7/30
Penn State 8/6
Pittsburgh 8/1
Rochester 8/12
SLU 8/7
South Alabama 8/12
Stanford 8/18
SUNY Upstate 8/14
Texas A&M 8/7
Tufts 08/06
UCLA 7/29
UCSD 8/5
UCSF 7/28
U of Chicago 8/1
Univ Minnesota 7/29
UCinn 7/30
UKentucky 8/5
UMASS 8/15
UNC 8/5
UPenn 8/5
Utah 8/13
UTSW 7/28
UVM 7/28
Vanderbilt 7/23
VCU 8/15
Virginia 8/12
Wake Forrest 8/8
Washington (UW) 8/14
West Virginia 8/13
Winthrop
Yale 7/25
REJECTIONS
Emory 8/5
MUSC (South Carolina) 8/5
Montefiore 8/1
Saint Louis University 8/4
U Cincinati 8/11
UPenn 7/27
Wash U St Louis
Yale 7/28
 
jdh71 said:
They all have solid reputations. Nothing particular "stand out". All good programs.

I personally interviewed at Wake and thought it was fantastic and ended up ranking it 2nd.
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Thanks! I'm looking for a good clinical program. I want to do a little research, but I don't want it to be the main focus
 
university of arizona keeps sending me emails explaining the application and interview selection process for like 3rd or 4th time. Either given me an interview or reject me.
 
Starting out on the interview trail! Anyone else starting interviews?
 
In Time said:
Starting out on the interview trail! Anyone else starting interviews?
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First interview tomorrow, currently in transit at laguardia. Suit is dry-cleaned, shoes polished, research on my interviewers is done. My the force be with me tomorrow.. Wonder if I should bring up the recent article in Chest by the program director or if I'll come off as a stalker.
 
hey guys, so are interview calls almost ending now? seems like lotsa places are still missing on the list. I have gotten 5 interviews so far and all of them are on the list.
 
If one is interested in a program close to current residency program but did not get an interview from there and they have already given out first round invites, is it a good idea to e-mail PD/PC and let them know that you are interested? All PDs in town know each other very well and will this decrease chances at my home program?
 
Anyone got a confirmed date with penn state hershey? They gave me 5 dates to rank and haven't heard anything since my reply a week ago. They did mention they'll get back when the schedule is set so I don't want to harass them unnecessarily, but it's been a while now..
 
Well, Temple and TJ not on the list yet, UC Davis, Loma Linda. Cedars Sinai ate our money. Programs are still probably sending out invites in waves I guess, at least some. Anyone receive an invite yet from WUSTL?
 
Are fellowship interviews very different from residency interviews? Other than the obvious things like being able to discuss your research and potential research interests/career goals.....how would one prepare differently for a fellowship interview? Also, is it okay to ask a program coordinator which faculty you will be meeting with?
 
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pulmfemale said:
If one is interested in a program close to current residency program but did not get an interview from there and they have already given out first round invites, is it a good idea to e-mail PD/PC and let them know that you are interested? All PDs in town know each other very well and will this decrease chances at my home program?
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Hey, I don't think your email would help. Someone who wrote you a letter - a phone call/email from them is better. And I don't think this should do anything to hurt your chances. You gotta look out for yourself...no one is gauranteed to land at their home program. You can always express love for your home program on your interview day and when ranking...
 
What is a cool way of responding to the casual question by an interviewer:

"So where else are you interviewing?"
 
Ok finally heard from geisenger after responding to the additional inquiry. - - -polite Rejection
 
Cedar sinai finally retrieved my application. No more checking ERAS ADTS haha.
 
+ Henry Ford Hospital: already on the list
+ Wayne State University/ Detroit Medical Center
 
What is the reputation of Rutgers NJMS program? and New Jersey programs in general?

thanks
 
firsttima said:
What is a cool way of responding to the casual question by an interviewer:

"So where else are you interviewing?"
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I haven't been on ant Pulm/CC interviews yet, but I got that question a lot while on my internal medicine interviews. I usually answered in vague geographic terms, "most of the Midwest programs, a few on the east coast." Something like that. They rarely pried further.
 
I like our group. Let's be better than last few years threads and post reviews after our interviews.
The fear - I think - is that somehow someone from the program you were at will figure out that you, John Smith, were at their place interviewing from your anonymous user name and then wrote the review.

Listen, I get it. I have that fear too, deep down. But I'm pretty f*cking sure that no one is going to know who firsttima is...😏

So here's my suggestion. Help us all out, write up a couple of your reviews on Word after your interviews and save them. Then unleash them after a few days/weeks whatever makes you comfortable. Increasing anonymity to the max. And confusing those detective program directors.

If not to help us (maybe we aren't interviewing at those places) but to help next year's crop. Because, I mean, that's what this forum is all about...

Specific things that will help are things not found on that program's website.

Also...what questions are we all being asked? Just to get some practice in, you know?

K, that's my psa...
 
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