Stroke Interviews, 2011

[RAD345]

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Please share your interview offers, so we know which programs has started offering interviews or they have finished their interview season . It helps to feel more confident about where to go and what to expect. Thanks!

For me:
Columbia, UCLA, NIH, UT Houston.
Not heard from Miami, MGH, UCSF, UPenn, CCF and Stanford yet.

Did not apply to BU and BIDMC, but was told they offered their interviews in early Feb.

 

[RAD345]

Received interview from NIH today.

 

[RAD345]

Boston University, done with the interviews and filled their spots.
Cancelled the rest of interviews.

 

[Park]

I have not heard from them yet. Do they usually interview late or there is re organization?

Thanks
Park

 

[RAD345]

Awaiting on Univ of Minn after March 16th.

 

[twitter]

Does anyone know about UCSD? Hows the program and if anyone has heard from them?

 

[RAD345]

No response by email. but I did not call them either.

 

[twitter]

Thanks Rad345. Any ideas about how the program at UCSD is.

 

[RAD345]

Got rejection from UCSF today.

 

[RAD345]

Stanford and UCLA have sent all the interview offers. Going to finish all the interviews by the end of March.

Have not heard from UPenn and MGH yet? ...Any body??

 

[PhakeDoc]

It's too bad that more residents aren't on this board, unlike in the other sub-forum areas, i.e., ophtho, anesthesia, medicine, etc.

 

[twitter]

reject from UCSF.. Any one got any info regarding University of Mass.?

 

[RAD345]

Got interview from Miami.
MGH is going to inform applicants this week.
U Minn will let us know today or tomorrow.

 

[Park]

a few days back

 

[RAD345]

JHU filled internally.
CCF filled internally.
😱

No words from other places yet.

 

[PhakeDoc]

Sounds like a pretty stiff season this year. Anyone know if Movement Disorders is as arduous?

 

[twitter]

Anyone heard from minnesota yet?
Bidmc and stanford filled their spots last week i guess.

 

[RAD345]

Not heard from U Minn. and MGH yet.

 

[twitter]

Hello Friends,

Has any one of you interviewed at any of the programs or you guys still waiting to get the dates scheduled and stuff.

 

[RAD345]

I am almost done with my interviews.

 

[twitter]

Rejection from MGH. Season over for them I hear.

 

[PhakeDoc]

What are the important things programs are looking for as far as fellowships in stroke go? Letters from faculty that they know? Lots of research experience/publications? Commitment to academics?

 

[danielmd06]

What are the important things programs are looking for as far as fellowships in stroke go? Letters from faculty that they know? Lots of research experience/publications? Commitment to academics?

I believe the characteristics stroke fellowship directors would search for are similar to those that fellowship directors would search for in any of the neurological subspecialty areas.

The quality of your letters of recommendation (and whether the individuals writing them are known to the receivers) would probably be most important, followed by the reputation of your institution. A demonstration of research activity/attempts to advance the field as a resident would be very important also, particularly if you are trying to "upgrade" to a more prestigious institution (relative to your home one) or are pursuing a spot at a high-power academic facility.

They will certainly be interested in your personal reasons for entering stroke neurology, and a commitment to academics would usually be a plus.

As a junior junior cannon-fodder PGY-1 and 2, I would simply focus on being the best resident I could be and try to establish rapport with select faculty members who could potentially write you LOR's. You should also pay careful attention to your stroke rotations' good and bad traits...you might be surprised at how many residents change their minds about fellowship selection during the first two years of training. I fell under this category.

As a more senior resident, I would focus on elective time in your chosen area, attempts to publish or present posters, and continue to buff your faculty relationships.

Good luck!

 

[PhakeDoc]

Daniel - thank you very much for taking the time to write such a detailed response! Guess, the "process" starts all over again in residency 😀 I believe a lot will hinge on whether I want to do inpatient work and clinical research vs. outpatient work and basic science research. But, time to "rest" for a year and think about medicine medicine and ... medicine!

Thanks!

 

[Park]

to email you the final decision?

curious. I just wait.

 

[RAD345]

I'd say, asking PD is better that waiting for PC.

 

[twitter]

To the ppl here who have already interviewed, please share your experiences and also the type of questions you've been asked during the interviews.Would be really helpful. Thanks in advance.

 

[burs0028]

OHSU filled their single spot for 2011-2012.

 

[burs0028]

Update:

OHSU is seeking funding for a 2nd spot starting 2011. They may still be interviewing for this spot.

I have accepted a position with Houston; not sure how many spots they have left.

 

[RAD345]

UPenn filled the spots.
Houston filled.

 

[twitter]

Guess everyone's really busy with their interviews. Just trying to get some interview tips from the senior residents and fellows/attendings here on the forum.

 

[RAD345]

Columbia is filled now.

Some programs like Jefferson and UCLA are still interviewing.

And some have not yet started interviewing like UMDNJ and Univ. of Minnesota. 😴

 

[twitter]

Yea, I heard about Columbia today too.
I thought UCLA was done with their season, but I guess I was wrong.
Anyone heard from Case?

 

[twitter]

Miami filled the spots today

 

[RAD345]

Ohio:

None for me from Case? May have been filled internally. I know that EEG/epilepsy position got filled internally.

At CCF, they might open a spot in Fall 10, so the number of spots would be three.😀

DC:
NIH is interviewing till this Friday.

Minnesota:
No news!

Experience:

Miami is a great place to live and work. Huge load of stroke patients: 1500 pts, last year. Lots of Spanish speaking pt. A lot of hand-on experience on stroke service, fellows runs the stroke service, calls one months on/one month off. Great NICU with fellows. Very nice and humble attendings. Cool atmosphere, good neurovascular lab, fellows perform a lot of ultrasound, and at the end you get a letter from Dr. Sacco!😎
Cons: NIR is favored NS.

 

[interventional]

NS is favoured even with one of the codirectors of IN being a neurologist at Miami?

 

[twitter]

UCLA has a spot open still I hear. Has any one interviewed there?

 

[twitter]

Minnesota filled.

 

[RAD345]

You can check www.priceline.com and click vacation package. The website offers very good prices for combos like flight and hotel. or car renting is a little bit cheaper. for example for a round trip from Columbus, OH to Miami and 3 night stay it costs between $290-330 for each person.

You can "name your own price" for just hotel stay. It gives you the map of area that you are interested with other close areas. It is very good deal. for example I got a Holiday Inn stay for one night in east coast for $40 a night plus $11 tax.

It has some rules. If your offer price does not get accepted by the website, you need to add another location to your previous area of interest, or if you do not want to change the location, you need to wait another 24h before making another offer(this is just for IP address you used) 😎

The other websites are out there like travelocity, expedia, orbitz and hotwire but priceline was the best for me.

None of the above websites offer prices on southwest airlines, but I rather pay an extra 25 bucks than waiting for delays on southwest.

There are also other cheap airlines that are not these search engine like jetblue, virginamerica, spirit airlines. Spirit airlines has a good deal for Atlantic City, but there is no Fellowship there, this is good just for fun!

Close aiport to the big cities are also good deals. like Fort lauderdale, FL instead of Miami. On hotwire website, you can check the prices for close airport to your final destination very easy. This is very good for cities in Northeast like Boston, Manchester and Providence.

The other good website is bing.com travel site. This is search engine from Microsoft. It gives a grid of prices on different days and different cities and it also can be set to email you reminders on flight prices and give you suggestion to buy or wait for a ticket 🙄

I try to post my interview stories later. It was lot of fun and I had the great pleasure and honor to meet the influential people in the filed of stroke.
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Note: I do not have any financial interests in any of the above websites.