St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center program??

[Rliip]

Hey guys. Do any of you know anything about the SJRMC anesthesiology program in Paterson, NJ? How competitive are they? Is it a good program? What scores do they require? Do they tend to take out of region applicants? Thanks.

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[Doctor4Life1769]

Hey guys. Do any of you know anything about the SJRMC anesthesiology program in Paterson, NJ? How competitive are they? Is it a good program? What scores do they require? Do they tend to take out of region applicants? Thanks.

Didn't know it existed.

 

[RussianJoo]

the program isn't great, an average to bellow average community program, the only affiliation they have to a university program is in name only. Their previous classes were 90%+ caribbean or FMG students with a few DO's. you'll work hard, I had a CA-3 tell me that he should be at home studying for the boards instead doing an on pump heart in the OR, (if you don't know at a lot of private practices the anesthesiologist leaves the OR once the pt goes on pump because there's nothing for them to do.) It's also located in a poor spanish speaking neighborhood with many of your patients not speaking a word of english.

 

[turnupthevapor]

Nice program in Northern NJ just about 20 minutes out of New York City. 1000 bed regional trauma center with an attached 250 bed children's hospital as well as high risk OB.

Pros:
Excellent attending to resident ratio
Strong Peds/regional/OB training
Mount Sinai affiliation (use their simulation labs)
Brand new critical care building (New ER, New ICU, new OR)
Brand new state of the art operating rooms
Brand new helipad
Great working atmosphere
Everyone seeking a fellowship in past few years have obtained them (peds, pain, cardiac)
Oldest program in the state of NJ
20 minutes from Hoboken to the east and rural NJ to the west
Plenty of sick premature neonates to get great peds experiance
Lots of fun trauma (but not too much)
Plenty of orthopedic cases to get comfortable with ultrasound guided nerve blocks (supraclavicular, interscalene, femoral, sciatic, popliteal, TAP block on a daily basis)
15+ pain cases per day for those interested in pain mgt
Daily Lectures from 6:30-7:10
Afternoon written board preparation at selective times of the year



Cons:
No transplant
No in-house fellowships


Not sure what RussianJoo is speaking about above with the spanish patient comment. We do take care of an immigrant population and about 5% of our patients are spanish speaking only but we are happy and privileged to provde them with healthcare and improve their quality of life. I don't see this as a negative??

 

[anynoise]

I also dont believe there are crnas at this program are there?

 

[RussianJoo]

Nice program in Northern NJ just about 20 minutes out of New York City. 1000 bed regional trauma center with an attached 250 bed children's hospital as well as high risk OB.

Pros:
Excellent attending to resident ratio
Strong Peds/regional/OB training
Mount Sinai affiliation (use their simulation labs)
Brand new critical care building (New ER, New ICU, new OR)
Brand new state of the art operating rooms
Brand new helipad
Great working atmosphere
Everyone seeking a fellowship in past few years have obtained them (peds, pain, cardiac)
Oldest program in the state of NJ
20 minutes from Hoboken to the east and rural NJ to the west
Plenty of sick premature neonates to get great peds experiance
Lots of fun trauma (but not too much)
Plenty of orthopedic cases to get comfortable with ultrasound guided nerve blocks (supraclavicular, interscalene, femoral, sciatic, popliteal, TAP block on a daily basis)
15+ pain cases per day for those interested in pain mgt
Daily Lectures from 6:30-7:10
Afternoon written board preparation at selective times of the year



Cons:
No transplant
No in-house fellowships


Not sure what RussianJoo is speaking about above with the spanish patient comment. We do take care of an immigrant population and about 5% of our patients are spanish speaking only but we are happy and privileged to provde them with healthcare and improve their quality of life. I don't see this as a negative??

Didn't say it was bad, just meant knowing some spanish will help, Saca la espalda, right? 😉

 

[RussianJoo]

I also dont believe there are crnas at this program are there?

There were a few CRN's when I was there, but not in a malignant way, so nothing to worry about. The place was mostly resident run. (also not a bad thing).

Because of the new renovations it's probably one of the better places to do a residency in NJ but on a national level NJ isn't really known for their Anesthesia programs.

And unless something changed drastically they did feed the residents for free, although the caf. only stayed open till 3pm.

 

[silentwater]

It's funny how Russianjoo is always first to shoot a person or a program down on these forums. I've met you before, and you are very condescending and cocky, and some of your fellow schoolmates agree.

 

[anynoise]

It's funny how Russianjoo is always first to shoot a person or a program down on these forums. I've met you before, and you are very condescending and cocky, and some of your fellow schoolmates agree.

hey take it easy.

he/she is allowed to say anything he she wants. This is a forum where there is a exchange of ideas and expression of thoughts. If everyone thought the same way.. we wouldnt need this forum.

You joined just to say that. you are equally bad then

 

[rsgillmd]

It's funny how Russianjoo is always first to shoot a person or a program down on these forums. I've met you before, and you are very condescending and cocky, and some of your fellow schoolmates agree.

Dude, relax and try to leave the personal comments out of this. This thread is about the program, not russianjoo. So lets not derail it.

I am no longer in NJ/NY area, but I still like to read these threads so I can give some informed feedback to any medical students that ask for my opinion.

In the end the original poster will make up their own mind.

 

[RussianJoo]

It's funny how Russianjoo is always first to shoot a person or a program down on these forums. I've met you before, and you are very condescending and cocky, and some of your fellow schoolmates agree.

those people i guess don't know me very well. Jealousy is an ugly thing.

 

[jeesapeesa]

those people i guess don't know me very well. Jealousy is an ugly thing.

actually russianjoo has been pretty helpful in this residency application process (especially to fellow IMGs like myself). thanks for your input.

 

[Consigliere]

It's funny how Russianjoo is always first to shoot a person or a program down on these forums. I've met you before, and you are very condescending and cocky, and some of your fellow schoolmates agree.

Sounds like my kind of guy! Keep doing what you're doing pal 👍

 

[southbound10]

I have recently graduated from the SJRMC anesthesia residency and felt i should chime in regarding the program. The program produces well-trained caring physicians who pass the ITE, pass the writtens, pass the orals and get good paying jobs or fellowships following graduation. I wonder what else people are expecting from an anesthesia residency? I personally had my choice of job offers and feel completely confident working in my large tertiary care trauma center doing a wide variety of cases including peds, neuro, liver transplant, high risk OB, regional blocks/continuous catheters, etc. I must also say that the attending anesthesiologists/ teaching staff at the program are caring, compassionate physicians with tons of clinical experience who are committed to teaching and are sensitive to the challenges that a resident faces during his/her training. There is a formal teaching/ lecture schedule based off Miller and Barash, as well as journal club/ grand rounds/ visiting lecturers. The program requires the resident to be disciplined in reading and self directed study. Workload is reasonable. I would agree with the above post regarding the pros and cons of the program.

 

[soorg]

I've heard many things through the grapevine about St. Joe's. My impressions are that it's a very solid program, giving lots of experience in everything except transplant, which, to me, isn't really a negative, as transplant cases are a royal pain in the #$@. They've just finished construction on a huge addition, making one of the largest hospitals in the state even bigger with new ORs and ICUs, always a plus for folks like us.

While it is true that a fair amount of patients are Spanish speaking, anyone who watches Telemundo should be able to get by. If you can do an awake FOB intubation while shouting "¡¿Por que, Maria!?" you're good to go after graduation.

The surrounding neighborhood is a tough one, but that gives you good trauma experience, right? There is also a large number of US guided PNBs, a pediatric hospital, NICU, hearts (adult and peds), orthopedics, general, neuro, ENT, thoracic, and enough OB to make one want to get a vasectomy. With all this variety and experience, I think doubting the worthiness of a program in such a major hospital is sort of like questioning if the sushi in Tokyo is authentic.

 

[6at5canada]

Hi I was interested in St. Joe's Anesthesia program and was wondering if they took any Canadian IMGs within the past couple of years, it seems like a good program in terms of experience, I'm from SGU and I've noticed that non US IMGs are finding it really difficult to match into Anesthesia, while I realize it's becoming more competitive over the past few years. I applied to 95+ programs anesthesia and 55 prelim programs and am really not sure what this year's interview season is going to look like as I know it was pretty competitive last year. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thank you and good luck to everyone!