Since there hasn't been anything about U of W, this is what I can contribute about my home program, and from my externship here.
4 year certificate program.
Hospitals Covered: 6
UWMC, Harborview (where Grey's Anatomy was based on
), Seattle Children's, VAMC, Swedish, and Emmanuel in Portland Oregon.
Scope of Practice:
At UWMC, the residents do their own cases, including 3rds, prepros sx, implants, TMJ and teaching the undergraduates.
At Harborview, trauma neck-up (I've seen anywhere from Le fort fx to mandible fx, and lacs), and I believe we get cases from Alaska, to Montana. This is where Dr. Dillon, who was Dr. Schmit's fellow, trained at UCSF, have been doing quiet a bit of ablative and free-flap reconstructive surgeries. They also have clinic here, where they do a lot of biopsies, 3rds under iv sed, and etc.
Children's is where Dr. Egbert does a lot of craniofacial cases, and syndromic orthognathic cases. Palate repairs with hip grafts and double jaws are what I saw the most. They have a strong craniofacial team here w/ the other departments.
At VA, I believe they do implants, pros sx, and benign path. I've never been there, but that's the kind of cases I saw at Grand Rounds.
Swedish is where Dr. Feldman/ Dr. Bloomquist's practice is, and this is where you get strong training in orthog. I've only seen Dr. B operate, but he is amazing at what he does, and very efficient too. Very nice facilities, as it is private hospital.
Emmanuel is where you spend 6 months of your residency, and the hospital where Dr. Dierks and Potter spends time at. Again, I did not spend time there personally, but from what I heard from the residents, this is where you get experience in Trauma and whatever else Dr. Dierks and Potter needs to do, which is really full scope of things.
Faculty: A lot of full time faculties that have strong clinical as well as research practices. Dr. Beirne, the past chair, is world renown for his research, Dr. Bloomquist is our current chair with a strong private practice in orthognathics, Dr. Dillon is our up & coming new director, and many other notable faculties that have strong niches.
City: Great city to live in. Mostly things are driving distances, and it is a very mild city in terms of weather. UWMC, Harborview, Swedish, and Childrens is all around 10-20 mins drive. I believe you're in house for Harborview call, but other places are not. A lot of things to do outdoors, great amount of bars/ lounges, moderately priced housing, and about 5-10 mins away from suburbs/ nice areas such as Medina where Bill Gates lives.
Okay, I'm not sure if I did justice to our program, but that's about all I got tonight. If there are some mistakes/ things that you'd like to add, feel free to do so. I just hope that this is good info for guys applying in the years to come.