I guess is just you and I buddy, lol. I heard from Colorado too
If I recall correctly they have a habit of filling internally/locally and pulling out.
Their loss
Are you staff at Duke?
Curious when the CHLA invite went out. Also has anyone heard from UCLA?
Me too, I haven't heard from CHLA or UCLA (otherwise I heard back form all programs I applied . I Heard back from TCH awhile back. I applied mostly towards west.
I heard from CHLA towards the end of February. I sent my ITE/Basic reports to UCLA back when I applied and the coordinator said they would be reviewing applications in the spring
I just received an interview from each of them last week.
It is tempting. The compensation is really nice these days, and I am tired of being a trainee. However, I also believe that it is cyclical and things will change. Places will want fellowship-trained attendings and pediatrics is a fun niche to be in. I am struggling more with where I want to train given the amazing opportunity our class has. There are so many good options out there!
I interviewed at TCH. The attendings who interviewed me were cool and appeared nice. Didn’t really vibe with the PD as the interview with her were a series of behavioral questions, felt very impersonal and robotic. I don’t think she even read my app. The call seemed a little rougher compared to other places that I interviewed.Is anyone interviewing with programs in the South? Emory? Texas Children's? Mississippi? Arkansas Children's? Any thoughts would be much appreciated
Some people/places like to ask the same questions of every applicant (often behavioral ones) to ensure a fair and consistent assessment of the interviewees.
That’s completely fine. But there are ways to ask and phrase these questions in my opinion. I was asked behavioral questions in other interviews as well, but the conversation and interview were much more fluid and productive. Like I said , I doubt she even read my app, started the conversation with a bunch of canned behavioral questions. From all interviews that I had, it was by far the worst. It was big turn off for me. Maybe it was just a weird interaction , but it made “less” excited about the program. Personally the way I see it , I am “giving away”one year of attending salary, and I don’t want to be treated as a resident or have the call schedule of a resident.
I would only do peds if you really enjoy the cases and want it to be part of your practice as the financial benefit is unlikely to be large. A lot of peds volume is consolidating at big academic centers so if you want to do the big cases you are limiting your job options, with a few good private practice options around the country still available. Personally I don’t see the point of the fellowship if you’re going to take a job with little or no neonate volume.
I have interviewed at several southern programs and they all have been great! Of the specific ones you asked about, I only have interviewed at Emory so far. Emory has excellent clinical volume, less call than other programs while maintaining high case numbers, and solid cardiac/regional experience.Is anyone interviewing with programs in the South? Emory? Texas Children's? Mississippi? Arkansas Children's? Any thoughts would be much appreciated
Thanks. Interviewed with Arkansas this week. Seemed pretty great. No nights and extra pay for staying past 5pm. Plus I really liked the PD and chief. They are now one I am really considering.
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If the academic brass is looking to blame someone for a lack of fellows they need only look in the mirror. The big centers have kowtowed to CRNAs for years, sometimes even to the detriment of their trainees, haven’t protected incomes or kept up with market trends, and monopolized peds care so as to make the skill set less marketable in the community. I do think care is safer at the big specialized centers but not everybody lives by one and it’s hard to pursue a fellowship that ties you to children’s hospitals if you really want to fully practice it. Don’t even get me started on peds cardiac and other super fellowships.
Pediatric anesthesiology fellows: an endangered species?
Myron Yaster MD, Justin L. Lockman MD, MSEd, Aditee Ambardekar MD, M. Concetta Lupa, MD and Anisha Nadkarni MD
Two of my co-residents ended up not ranking any places. The private practice pull is strong.
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Looks like a good time to do peds fellowship. Pediatric anesthesiologists will be in great demand.
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship (mis)MATCH
M. Concetta Lupa, MD and Marco Corridore MD
Agreed - the demand is there nationally but salaries are lagging greatly behind generalist pay. Also while national demand is high, local demand can vary - with some areas still being over saturated. On the upside the work environment at most peds hospitals tends to be way above average in terms of quality and wellbeing.
A hack in this market is to find a job with a good peds volume (>50% possible) in a mixed practice. Hours are worse than the free standing children’s hospitals but the salaries are on the higher adult scales.
