ROLs 2010

[SLUser11]

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Hi,

I was curious if our group of MS4s was going to share ROLs this year. Usually on SDN, we have a nice long thread on this topic after the deadlines have passed, and I always find them very entertaining.

Feel free to post your ROLs below. I've included some links to some older threads on the same topic.



2009 ROL

2009 match list
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2008 ROL

2008 match list
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2007 ROL

2007 match list

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2006 ROL

2006 match list

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2005 ROL

2005 match list

 

[Shangal]

I can start this off

1- Columbia
2- SUNY-stony brook
3- UMDNJ-RWJ
4- UMDNJ-Newark
5- SUNY-downstate
6- UMDNJ-Cooper
7- Medical University of South Carolina
8- University of Michigan
9- SUNY-Syracuse
10- Beaumont
11- Wayne State University

I am hoping I match in one of my top 6 programs.

 

[thedrjojo]

1. UMDNJ-NJMS <---- MATCHED
2. NYU
3. Columbia
4. Einstein-Montefiore
5. UMDNJ-RWJ
6. Mt. Sinai
7. Cornell
8. Morristown Memorial
9. SUNY-Downstate

#1 or 2 or bust...

 

[BlondeDocteur]

OK I'll play... but there is a big caveat. I know that what I did on my rank list is going to be deemed clinically insane by most people. There was an overwhelming, last-minute personal reason that necessitated it, and I have to say I couldn't be happier with my choice. (All others are categorical).

1) University of Washington (Seattle): 2-yr preliminary program
2) Miami/Jackson Memorial
3) Columbia
4) NYU
5) Cornell
6) Mt Sinai
7) Yale
8) Duke
9) University of Chicago
10) Northwestern
11) Vanderbilt
12) Einstein-Montefiore
13) BWH
14) BID

Obviously geography played a big role, in many cases trumping my perceptions of "fit" and program quality.

 

[Dr.LeoSpaceman]

What have I got to lose, right?

28 applications, 23 offers, went on 15 interviews (and had to give up
a couple I was really interested in due to scheduling).

In general, I was looking to move out of NYC but to a city where I
knew at least a few people. I had no interest in starting all over
again. And to be honest, I'd be very happy at any of my top 10. I
felt very lucky in that regard.

1. MGH: Not my first choice geographically, but it just felt right
   while I was there. Caught me by surprise.
2. Northwestern: Deadlocked with Pittsburgh, ended up choosing it on
   a coinflip. Loved the residents, great hospital, great location.
3. Pittsburgh: Blew me away. Huge clinical volume, had very positive
   interactions with the faculty/PD. I was wary of the 2-day interview,
   but it ended up being a very good thing.
4. Cleveland Clinic: Hometown program. I was impressed, but
   ultimately was a bit concerned about it's recent expansion. Lots of
   opportunities, but it still seems like a "new kid" among the programs
   it might compete with. Definitely seemed like a program on the rise,
   and 10 years from now, it will be interesting to see.
5. University of Chicago: On paper, seemed like a great place. Just
   didn't click while I was there.
6. Penn: Would have ranked them much higher, but ultimately had no
   desire to move to Philadelphia.
7. Case Western: Great residents, program seemed to have a good
   breadth of experience with Metro and University Hospital.
8. BID
9. NYU School Of Medicine: Would have been happy here, but wanted out of NYC.
10. Cincinnati
11. Loyola Chicago
12. Ohio State
13. UMDNJ-Robert Wood
14. Boston Univ
15. Akron (Community program)

 

[thedrjojo]

OK I'll play... but there is a big caveat. I know that what I did on my rank list is going to be deemed clinically insane by most people. There was an overwhelming, last-minute personal reason that necessitated it, and I have to say I couldn't be happier with my choice. (All others are categorical).

1) University of Washington (Seattle): 2-yr preliminary program
2) Miami/Jackson Memorial
3) Columbia
4) NYU
5) Cornell
6) Mt Sinai
7) Yale
8) Duke
9) University of Chicago
10) Northwestern
11) Vanderbilt
12) Einstein-Montefiore
13) BWH
14) BID

Obviously geography played a big role, in many cases trumping my perceptions of "fit" and program quality.

yup... clinically insane... hope it all works out for you though...

 

[Musashi450]

I'll bite. Thanks for kicking this off SLUser, I was wondering when this would pop up. Questions and PMs welcome, especially from any MS3s reading.

1. WashU
2. Mayo Rochester, MN
3. Indiana Univ.
4. Univ. of Wisconsin
5. Rush Univ.
6. Loyola Univ.
7. Grand Rapids/MSU
8. Univ. of Illinois Chicago
9. Univ. of Chicago
10. Southern Illinois Univ. (Home program)
11. Univ. of Illinois/St. Francis Peoria, IL
12. Wayne State Univ.
13. Univ. of IL/Mt. Sinai Chicago, IL

 

[kirurg]

I'm not a current MS4, but just curious why it seems people are ranking Columbia and NYU above Sinai and Cornell this year. They're all great programs, probably equal in program quality and fellowship placement, but Columbia and NYU were traditionally thought to be more "malignant". Good luck to everyone awaiting their the match results!!

 

[VPDcurt]

My top 3 are Cornell, MGH and NYU. I interviewed at Mount Sinai but didn't even rank it - just didn't get a good vibe. I can't really comment on Columbia because I wasn't offered an interview.

 

[thedrjojo]

I'm not a current MS4, but just curious why it seems people are ranking Columbia and NYU above Sinai and Cornell this year. They're all great programs, probably equal in program quality and fellowship placement, but Columbia and NYU were traditionally thought to be more "malignant". Good luck to everyone awaiting their the match results!!

I did an away at NYU and from my month there, I felt no "malignant" feeling to it. I have had tirades on this board and such spouting how I prefer a public hospital and a more autonomous residency, and of the 4, NYU give the most of that considering you spend almost your entire chief year at Bellevue essentially as a junior faculty member, Compared to NYP or Mt. Sinai where your major operative facilities function as private hospitals with much more oversight... Columbia works sorta in the middle of the two extremes from what I gathered. The fellowship placement are skewed to different places, like Surg Onc best at NYU, then Cornell, then Columbia/Sinai are toss ups, CT surg best at Columbia, then probably Cornell, then Sinai/NYU... so on and so forth. Plus, from my second look experience at Cornell, it seemed more malignant/the residents were more uptight than NYU

 

[catgut]

columbia
nyu
jefferson
UVM
UMDNJ RWJ
Yale
Montefiore
SLR
Stonybrook

just didn't get a good vibe at cornell, and I didn't perceive malignancy at NYU... i know its contrary to popular opinion, but had to go with my gut.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

I'll try to inject a little more regional diversity into this list. I actually debated not ranking the NYC programs (Columbia and NYU - no inteview from Cornell) at all...

 

[Musashi450]

Perhaps it's just me but New York seems to be this years hot area! I've never seen so much talk of the region when browsing through the surgery forum as I have recently.

 

[Treg]

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[Shangal]

This is probably the most bizzare rank list!! I am pretty sure you will match at the pre-lim program, hopefully someone drops out this year and you take their spot

OK I'll play... but there is a big caveat. I know that what I did on my rank list is going to be deemed clinically insane by most people. There was an overwhelming, last-minute personal reason that necessitated it, and I have to say I couldn't be happier with my choice. (All others are categorical).

1) University of Washington (Seattle): 2-yr preliminary program
2) Miami/Jackson Memorial
3) Columbia
4) NYU
5) Cornell
6) Mt Sinai
7) Yale
8) Duke
9) University of Chicago
10) Northwestern
11) Vanderbilt
12) Einstein-Montefiore
13) BWH
14) BID

Obviously geography played a big role, in many cases trumping my perceptions of "fit" and program quality.

 

[chef]

why are people ranking BWH lower on their lists compared to MGH or BID? how does it compare? btw i'm not goin into surgery but curious..

 

[PointBreaker]

good thread! will be interesting to see how things play out.

looks like people weren't dissuaded by MGH's probation.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

Perhaps it's just me but New York seems to be this years hot area! I've never seen so much talk of the region when browsing through the surgery forum as I have recently.

I didn't get that impression at all on the interview trail; I was pretty surprised to see some of these rank lists actually (but they are from some of our NY/NJ-centric posters like thedrjojo) and that was partially why I threw my list out there.

Personally - I felt that you give up a lot just to be in NYC and it wasn't worth it. I also got the malignant vibe from Columbia, and I didn't believe the sunshine and roses talk from NYU.

 

[VPDcurt]

looks like people weren't dissuaded by MGH's probation.

MGH on probation didn't scare me at all primarily because any major program will get their act together after such a warning rather than actually lose their accreditation. I kind of tried to put a positive spin on it by thinking that it would force them to keep a closer eye on work hours (not sure if that is true in reality, but who the hell knows).

 

[BlondeDocteur]

I didn't apply. Them being on probation was icing on the cake.

 

[Dr.LeoSpaceman]

good thread! will be interesting to see how things play out.

looks like people weren't dissuaded by MGH's probation.

Obviously, it didn't bother me. It seems like they made an effort to change things, and even if it's only marginally better, I didn't care. In speaking with people there and seeing the presentation, the areas they weren't in compliance with were mostly the 10 hours between shifts and 1 day off a week...not 80 hrs. By switching to night float, and putting more effort in to the call schedule, they seemed to have solved a lot of the issues.

Plus, the only time probation would scare me is if it would threaten a program's accreditation. Are any of the monolithic programs ever going to lose that? Highly doubtful.

 

[thedrjojo]

I didn't get that impression at all on the interview trail; I was pretty surprised to see some of these rank lists actually (but they are from some of our NY/NJ-centric posters like thedrjojo) and that was partially why I threw my list out there.

Personally - I felt that you give up a lot just to be in NYC and it wasn't worth it. I also got the malignant vibe from Columbia, and I didn't believe the sunshine and roses talk from NYU.

Yeah, just cause you see 9 rank lists and all but 2 include atleast 1 NYC program, you can't take that as NYC is more popular... this is by no means a representative sample. As for my bias, it was more out of family obligation that I only applied to the region... while it does have the highest density of highly regarded programs, and the highest density of just programs in general, I don't necessarily think of it as the mecca of surgery, and would have liked the opportunity to explore what various parts of the country have to offer. In the end, I actually decided there was no place like home and ranked that #1, and when I was between 2 programs (RWJ v Mt. Sinai) the deciding factor was actually location NOT in NYC...

Did they not show the christmas video at your Columbia interview? Any place that allows the residents to film flat out making fun of the attendings (and the attendings making fun of other attendings, and making fun of themselves like that, and attendings pranking residents...) can't be that malignant to work at... my biggest problem with Columbia was that the Chairman is a CT surgeon, which is a service that the residents never even rotate on from what the CT I interviewed with told me, so that gives me concern that the chairman is not closely involved with the residents... we had a discussion on another thread of how CT and GS sorta but heads at times too, probably not the case at Columbia, but a concern nonetheless.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

I didn't apply. Them being on probation was icing on the cake.

looks like people weren't dissuaded by MGH's probation.

Though I would say actually that I met several people on the interview trail who were excited about MGH being on probation b/c they thought that would increase their chances of matching there...

Did they not show the christmas video at your Columbia interview? Any place that allows the residents to film flat out making fun of the attendings (and the attendings making fun of other attendings, and making fun of themselves like that, and attendings pranking residents...) can't be that malignant to work at... my biggest problem with Columbia was that the Chairman is a CT surgeon, which is a service that the residents never even rotate on from what the CT I interviewed with told me, so that gives me concern that the chairman is not closely involved with the residents... we had a discussion on another thread of how CT and GS sorta but heads at times too, probably not the case at Columbia, but a concern nonetheless.

The "red flags" for me at columbia -
1) Terrible turn-out at the night before social. There were only 1 or 2 interns; the chiefs didn't show up. The ones who did come didn't seem too interested in talking to the applicants
2) The chair being a CT surgeon - one resident told me that the prior chair had emphasized CT at the expense of GS. A faculty told me that they were hoping to have a non-CT chair this time around.
3) Residents were evasive answering some peoples' questions. A lot of applicants were trying to find out more about the Q2 call during PGY2 year and the residents kept dodging the subject.
4) OR experience - a former chief resident at columbia I met elsewhere talked about having to double scrub cases as a senior resident to get adequate numbers.
5) Columbia med students - the 4th years I met (both that day and at other interviews) seemed ready to leave.

 

[freshoffboat]

looks like people weren't dissuaded by MGH's probation.

I thought that their probation actually helped them. Residents were ecstatic about changes that had been made, and some faculty also told me that residents were happier and performing "better" (don't know what that means). Not that they had a choice, but I was pleasantly surprised by how transparent they were re: their probation, and exactly what steps they had taken to rectify the problem.

The program, as some of you have already hinted, is still an incredible powerhouse. Add to that resident happiness (post-probation), and you get a near-perfect combination

 

[RugbyFlanker6MD]

I've lurked for YEARS, thought I would finally post. Nothing else better to do until Match Day, besides drinking and cavorting.

1. Mount Sinai-Miami Beach
2. University of Hawaii
3. Orlando Regional Medical Center
4. University of Tennessee Chattanooga
5. East Tennessee State University
6. University of Tennessee Memphis
7. University of Oklahoma Tulsa

Location, location, location.

 

[thedrjojo]

I've lurked for YEARS, thought I would finally post. Nothing else better to do until Match Day, besides drinking and cavorting.

1. Mount Sinai-Miami Beach
2. University of Hawaii
3. Orlando Regional Medical Center
4. University of Tennessee Chattanooga
5. East Tennessee State University
6. University of Tennessee Memphis
7. University of Oklahoma Tulsa

Location, location, location.

Is it bad that was what I was thinking as i read your first 2-3... you lost me at Tennessee though 😛 Good luck and hope you enjoy treating all those golden tan beauties while you go deficient of Vitamin D... atleast you can surf one outa ever 7 days 😉

 

[LucidSplash]

Thought I'd throw mine out there - for those of us not picking among all those bright shiny elite programs. 😉 16 invites, 15 interviews (could not schedule one due to conflicts), ranking 14.

University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Washington Hospital Center Program
VCU
University of Maryland
Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White
EVMS
INOVA Fairfax
Carilion Virginia Tech
UMDNJ-RWJ Camden
SUNY Upstate
Mercy Pittsburgh
St Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD
WVU Morgantown
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

 

[AKSurg]

ROL is geographically restricted. I made my ROL with an interest in going to a program that has research opportunities, solid training in general surgery, while being close to significant other. Programs at the top of my list have been successful at placing residents in my fellowship of interest. And this is the product:
1.. .BWH
2.. .Brown
3.. .UMass
4.. .BU
5.. .Columbia
6.. .UConn
7.. .Dartmouth
8.. .UVM
9.. .Einstein-Montefiore
10.. .Tufts
Looking forward to enjoying New England!

 

[BlondeDocteur]

The "red flags" for me at columbia -
1) Terrible turn-out at the night before social. There were only 1 or 2 interns; the chiefs didn't show up. The ones who did come didn't seem too interested in talking to the applicants
2) The chair being a CT surgeon - one resident told me that the prior chair had emphasized CT at the expense of GS. A faculty told me that they were hoping to have a non-CT chair this time around.
3) Residents were evasive answering some peoples' questions. A lot of applicants were trying to find out more about the Q2 call during PGY2 year and the residents kept dodging the subject.
4) OR experience - a former chief resident at columbia I met elsewhere talked about having to double scrub cases as a senior resident to get adequate numbers.
5) Columbia med students - the 4th years I met (both that day and at other interviews) seemed ready to leave.

The last thing is funny... most outsiders think it's too inbred. Most people want to stay, actually.

http://www.columbiasurgery.org/residency/residents.html

I ranked it tops of the NY programs because I know it well (and I feel I have very good insider info on Cornell and NYU too, both from rotating there and working side-by-side with their residents during my year off at Memorial) and can still love it. It's amazing in pediatric surgery, transplant, HBP and CT. It's bad in bread & butter surg onc and abysmal in trauma. Residents are bright and accomplished, which is true throughout the hospital (I think you need good, reliable anesthesia/IM/peds/rads colleagues to be happy as a surgery resident). Research opportunities abound and it's a well-resourced place.

I think the resident video is hilarious. It really skewers all the benign little foibles about the place. But maybe what I think is "New York sarcasm" other people interpreted as mean?

I worked at other hospitals and witnessed two places which were TRULY malignant. Places where people were afraid to come to work, to speak up, for fear of getting attacked and shouted down. Places where co-residents backstabbed and took each other out rather than covered for each other and shouldered each other's burdens when necessary. Places where attendings took genuine, palpable delight in making residents look stupid and incompetent. Columbia is NOT malignant.

It's tough, though, and if you come from a completely different working environment from NYC, and have never taken care of a largely underserved minority population then you will have a very difficult time adjusting to residency there.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

The last thing is funny... most outsiders think it's too inbred. Most people want to stay, actually.

http://www.columbiasurgery.org/residency/residents.html

Oh I know it's inbred. And I did meet a couple columbia students who wanted to stay - but the others I met (and clicked with) were ready to move on. Actually, one of the ones who wants to stay was a pretty big turn off b/c I don't think I would like having them as my co-resident.

I liked the Christmas video a lot, BTW. Columbia just was not the right fit for me.

 

[RugbyFlanker6MD]

Is it bad that was what I was thinking as i read your first 2-3... you lost me at Tennessee though 😛 Good luck and hope you enjoy treating all those golden tan beauties while you go deficient of Vitamin D... atleast you can surf one outa ever 7 days 😉

One out of seven days at the beach is a HELL of a lot better than snowy, cold, miserable weather elsewhere. Five years is a long time, might as well enjoy the location. And don't worry, I can always supplement Vitamin D, Hahaha.

 

[Treg]

My singular impression from the interview trail:

MGH did a stellar job selling themselves this year. They were very transparent re: probation, hours, etc. Tons of residents turned out for the dinner and the interview day. They tried to make the interview 'nicer' this year as well, although it was still two panels and involved some pimping.

Columbia also did a good job selling the program. The atmosphere seemed collegial, especially given the content of that video. The residents work hard and seem happy. I have a friend that is a happy senior resident there, so that might color my view.

Hopkins, on the other hand, did the 'you are lucky to be here' routine. They also did not mention the lawsuit at all, and the PD made some off hand remarks about whether Freishlag would leave (no) and how people had said she (the PD) was a 'witch' etc.

UVA, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Emory all had very well organized, informative interview days. Lots of residents were around at their events.

Pitt did a good sell as well, although I don't understand why they need to take up two interview days (especially with one of them being a Saturday).

Brigham had a really unimpressive appetizer spread (few residents) in a drafty lobby. Not much effort went into the interview day, and during the interview day few residents were around.

 

[ap4uga]

Why not......

1. Medical College of Wisconsin
2. University of Minnesota
3. MSU - Grand Rapids
4. University of Iowa
5. Brown
6. UIC - Peoria
7. Cincinnati
8. Vermont
9. Univ. of St. Louis
10. Loyola
11. University of Missouri - Kansas City
12. UPMC - Mercy
13. MSU - Kalamazoo
14. Creighton
15. Mercer

If I make my top 10, I'll be pumped, but I think I'll be happy no matter where on my list I end up.....just so long as it's not in the lobby of my school's Student Affairs office on the Tuesday before match day. The only community program to make my top 10 was Grand Rapids, because I felt like they pulled off the community/research hybrid model quite well. Anyway, good luck to all!

 

[vert310]

1. Harbor
2. Cedars
3. Kaiser LA
4. Huntington Memorial
5. UC Davis
6. Temple
7. University of Maryland
8. Drexel
9. SUNY Down State
10. LIJ
11. NYHQ
12. NY Methodist
13. Brooklyn Hospital
14. NYMC Monte North

Hopefully I can get back to Cali.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

Residents are bright and accomplished, which is true throughout the hospital (I think you need good, reliable anesthesia/IM/peds/rads colleagues to be happy as a surgery resident).

I was looking back at this thread and thought this was worth highlighting. This was something I tried to ask residents about at every place I interviewed. I agree completely that you need good/reliable colleagues in other departments.

Also, asking about residents in other departments in some cases unleashed some hidden mean-spiritedness (i.e. at one place I asked and the resident went on a 5 minute tirade about how all the other departments were so awful, blah, blah) that is good to know about.

 

[deleted89854]

1. Harbor
2. Cedars
3. Kaiser LA
4. Huntington Memorial
5. UC Davis
6. Temple
7. University of Maryland
8. Drexel
9. SUNY Down State
10. LIJ
11. NYHQ
12. NY Methodist
13. Brooklyn Hospital
14. NYMC Monte North

Hopefully I can get back to Cali.

Is Huntington Hospital still a residency choice? I thought USC was going to eat them way back when I was interviewing.

 

[kirurg]

I was looking back at this thread and thought this was worth highlighting. This was something I tried to ask residents about at every place I interviewed. I agree completely that you need good/reliable colleagues in other departments.

Also, asking about residents in other departments in some cases unleashed some hidden mean-spiritedness (i.e. at one place I asked and the resident went on a 5 minute tirade about how all the other departments were so awful, blah, blah) that is good to know about.

Medicine/the other departments will probably all be fine at any of the university hospitals. From my experience, when you're out on the away rotations in the community, you'l find that the other departments are universally annoying. One problem is that the community (i.e. private) attendings call a lot of social consults, so you'll be stuck with BS on the list and never be allowed to sign off on it. Another problem is that the caliber of resident is just much lower, and they depend on the surgical team for everything.

 

[thedrjojo]

Medicine/the other departments will probably all be fine at any of the university hospitals. From my experience, when you're out on the away rotations in the community, you'l find that the other departments are universally annoying. One problem is that the community (i.e. private) attendings call a lot of social consults, so you'll be stuck with BS on the list and never be allowed to sign off on it. Another problem is that the caliber of resident is just much lower, and they depend on the surgical team for everything.

I don't know if I totally agree with that. In general, our students at my school (which is my #1) thinks medicine here is fairly weak and generally feel that surgery runs the hospital, which I know is not true everywhere. I mean, I guess I can use this as a forum to see if the grass really is greener or if medicine just doesn't do as much as I think they do... part of why I am drawn to it is because the opportunities the surgical residents get compared to some of the other places... like the SICU, where other places its Gas/IM run and most the lines and bedside procedures go to the Gas residents or fellows but here everything done in the SICU is surgery residents with the Trauma/CC fellow or attending "supervising"

Will medicine, at your place, put in their own Chest Tubes? I mean, like in the MICU, will the Critical Care attendings do chest tubes? What about other lines? I mean, gas and EM do their own lines, but medicine for the most part won't do them.

Is any place like in scrubs where medicine actually identifies patients that need surgery and even what surgery they need, and then will consult/call surgery with a definitive surgical diagnosis/need and then surgery will just show up, consent, and go? I don't believe it to be true, cause usually medicine here will call surgery when its a bs consult with no need for intervention, and then sit on the urgent surgical cases 48hrs or so before calling in surgery and be relatively clueless on what are surgical indications. Now, I am probably being a bit naive, and probably every place people complain about it, just like medicine complains about consults for diabetes/htn management and bemoans when we try to manage something else and then when all else fails then get medicine in.

 

[filter07]

Having a bad medicine or EM service is painful, but it is a great way to hone your diagnostic skills. I can't even count the number of times I had consults from medicine or emergency for vague complaints that I had to work up on my own. Or the "this patients needs to go to the OR now!" consults where you practice your clinical judgment. Sometimes the patient with neutropenic enterocolitis is best dealt without a knife on their belly. And don't forget the all important lessons in what not to do, served up daily by your friends in the MICU. These are all valuable lessons. Painful, but valuable.

 

[SocialistMD]

I don't believe it to be true, cause usually medicine here will call surgery when its a bs consult with no need for intervention, and then sit on the urgent surgical cases 48hrs or so before calling in surgery and be relatively clueless on what are surgical indications.

It is that 48 hours that makes a seemingly bs consult become an urgent surgical case. It isn't their fault; they aren't trained to recognize surgical patients with the same acuity we are, just as I'd be terrible trying to decide which steroid/leukotriene inhibitor should be used to better manage a patient with asthma.

To get at the rest of your post, I think it is institution specific. At most academic hospitals, the SICU is going to be managed by surgeons/anesthesiologists who have gone through the same critical care training and who are more comfortable managing the post-operative patient. The procedural comfort of MICU attendings will vary, but they typically will do their own lines at most places, though performing their own chest tubes and tracheostomies may not be as universal.

Most medical and surgical departments grow together, so it isn't all that common to have a strong surgical program with a weak medicine program and vice versa. Yes, they do exist, but I believe they are the exception rather than the rule. Some hospitals may tend to be "run" by the surgeons more so than others, but that is typically a result of administrative personalities more than faculty clinical skill and resident quality.

 

[Treg]

Hi everyone,

Good luck with the match this week!!

Treg

 

[SLUser11]

Hi everyone,

Good luck with the match this week!!

Treg

Indeed, a very stressful and exciting time. I remember my Black Monday email title was "Did I match?"


With questions and fear, I then had to click on the email to see "Congratulations, you have matched." Those MF'ers.....

 

[MediCane2006]

Good luck everybody! I think I started drinking on Black Monday pretty much straight through til Match Day. Hang in there....

 

[Musashi450]

My copy and paste for the day.

Subject - Did I Match?

Congratulations! You have matched.

Check the Match Site at https://services.nrmp.org/r3/ on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 1:00 PM eastern time to find out where you matched. Because you are matched, you will not have access to any information about unfilled programs.

That means today is a good day🙂

 

[MojoRisin]

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[tenpower]

Here is my ROL: Looking for a program in the PA/DE/VA area. WAY over applied (70 programs, 32 interview invites, 16 interviews, 15 ranks)! Had to consider fiancee's PhD amibitions in the ranking. The list probably seems very random! It will be interesting to see where I end up! I matched though!

1. Christiana Care - DE
2. EVMS
3. Lankenau Hospital - PA
4. Carilion Clinic - VA
5. Abington Memorial Hospital - PA - MATCHED HERE!!!
6. Allegheny General Hospital - PA (Hometown fave!)
7. UMass
8. PSU/Hershey Medical Center
9. Inova/Fairfax Hospital - VA
10. University of Minnesota
11. Baystate Medical Center - MA
12. Geisinger Medical Center - PA
13. Riverside Methodist Hospital - PA
14. UPMC Mercy
15. Drexel Univesity/Hahnemann University Hospital

Good Luck Everyone!

 

[Guile]

Just a quick bump to see if others wouldn't mind sharing their ROLs and where they matched.

 

[Frenchie10]

1. Cornell
2. Brigham
3. Hopkins
4. Maryland <-- matched
5. Yale
6. Albert Einstein
7. Penn
8. SUNY Downstate
9. SUNY Stony Brook
10. Brown
11. Home

 

[bitter9881]

1. Univ. of Minn.
2. Cleveland Clinic
3. Medical College of Wisconsin
4. Gundersen Lutheran Foundation (damn you)
5. Univ. of Iowa
6. Hennepin County
7. Southern Illinois Univ. - MATCHED!
8. Wayne St. Univ
9. Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas
10. Georgetown Univ.
11. KU-Wichita
12. Marshfield
13. UIC-Mt Sinai
14. UIC prelim
15. U of nebraska
16. UIC metro group

I really wish I had the foresight to rank UIC prelim (or any other prelim for that matter), but I took some bad advice back in november from a PD who I thought had my back. If you want any more details you can see my recent thread titled "WTF!"

Congrats on your match. Remember, the surgery resident's mantra is "I can do anything for 5 years." Springfield won't be that bad.

 

[bitter9881]

wonder if we met on the interview trail, seems like I interviewed with every med student in the state of Illinois at one point.

There's probably a good chance we met. I was at UIC nov 18, metro dec 19, nevada in late jan. Forget when i interviewed at mcow.

Congrats again on your match. good luck next year.