Transferring to another hospital

[ANH]

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Hi everyone, I am a PGY-3 resident at Harbor-UCLA and would like to transfer to Dallas, TX because my fiance is attending the law school in Dallas. My question is whether it is easy for me to transfer to one of the hospitals in Dallas and complete my residency. I am really disperate because we are getting married in April 2006 and if I don't get transferred we have to have a long distance marriage. There is no way that she could leave law school for me. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[carminosa]

I don't get it...If you are PGY3 won't you you be graduating 2 months later in June? Shouldn't you be actively seeking employment for July?

 

[carminosa]

Oops sorry, I just realized that you did not say what type of program you are in, I guess you would have a few more years to go depending on the field. Just woke up, thought I was still in the IM thread... 😴

 

[ANH]

I am in the General Surgery prgram, so the residency in UCLA is for 6 years (1 year of research.)

 

[BKN]

I am in the General Surgery prgram, so the residency in UCLA is for 6 years (1 year of research.)

This is not the place to get advice on this one.

There is only one thing to do: call the PDs in the DFW area. Failing that, call the PD at Scott and White. Failing that, the PDs in Houston, SA, OK city and Galveston. If no joy, you're probably as close by plane from LA as any other city.

Good luck.

 

[beyond all hope]

Yes, you have to transfer if you want to keep your marriage. Three years through a general surgery residency long distance is not the good life.

Agree with prev poster: call PDs in the area that you want to go. Let them know that you love your program but you are transferring for family reasons: that sounds better than transferring because you are having problems at your program.

If you are not in a malignant program, let your PD know. If s/he is a good person and you can make that person understand you're doing it for family reasons, s/he might even help you out. Also gives the PD lots of advance warning to get another person to fill your spot.

DO NOT tell your PD until you are 100% certain you are going to transfer. This is a sensitive subject for a lot of people, so be careful who you tell and how you tell them. When you transfer out, that means more work for everyone else.

I transferred residency two years ago. PM me if you need more info.

Luck.