Tulane IM

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We hope this letter finds all in good spirits. And, despite all outside influences, we, the Internal Medicine Program at Tulane University, remain positive. By now, you all know about the effects of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating blow to the people of New Orleans. You are also thinking about, or in the process of, applying to residency programs. You may be completing your personal statement to send to all the program directors across the country. Your particular statement likely mentions self-sacrifice and dedication to improving the health of those around you. You want to separate yourself from the crowd by stating how much effort you are willing to put into your residency training. We also stated those things while applying to residency programs.

Well, if actions speak louder than words, then the Tulane Internal Medicine Residency Program shouted during the aftermath of Katrina. Despite having flooded homes we have not seen for a month, and being either scattered throughout the country or stranded in Charity, Tulane, or the VA hospitals, we have remained steadfast to the mission statement of our program. Even those of us with just two month’s exposure to New Orleans and its rich heritage have chosen to return after being given ample opportunity to finish our training elsewhere. We are extremely proud to say we have 100% of our residents and interns returning despite some of us losing everything. People are even asking to transfer in to the Tulane Medicine Residency program. That speaks volumes to the strength of our program and the wonderful people who run it. To see who we are up close and personal, please go to our website at www.tulanemedicine.com.

Immediately after the storm, our administration initiated a well-thought out plan to return to our beloved city. Currently, the population of the greater New Orleans area is significantly reduced, but is steadily retuning to its pre-storm volume. As people return, we want to be in place to provide continuous care. Tulane has opened Lakeside Hospital as a full-service facility and we are running the medicine wards there until downtown Tulane is back. We are also working on the USS Comfort, which is a fully functional hospital on a Naval ship. We are running several ambulatory clinics in the city that were set up independently by the residents and made official by the university. We will also work out of Lakeview Hospital in Covington until our main locations are up and running. We are hopeful that we will have a presence at Charity Hospital by December and also at the VA and Tulane before the end of the year.

Just as people are phasing into the city, our residents are also returning in waves. We have established this method to continue to provide our residents with the excellent learning opportunities of higher volumes of patients. Besides those previously mentioned, we have two other groups of residents in Louisiana and Texas. One group is working in the VA and Charity Hospitals of Pineville/Alexandria, Louisiana, while another is working at the VA of Houston through Baylor (though both sets of teams are fully Tulane run).

This catastrophe has tested our resolve, and we have proven ourselves to be stronger than ever. Katrina has proven that all residents in our program believe in a cause bigger than themselves. With that, we are excited about the prospect of having even more residents with the same courage to face uncertainty with unwavering devotion to the care of our city and its underserved population.

Despite the destruction that Hurricane Katrina brought to the city of New
Orleans and the many other areas of the Gulf Coast, we would like to say that we are STILL HERE. We are STILL STRONG. And we are STILL UNFALTERING in our dedication to the people of New Orleans. With that, we are excited about the possibilities of getting yet another intern class for 2006 that is willing to put all fears aside and rebuild this wonderful city. Tulane internal medicine is indeed open for business and we are looking forward to a having yet another stellar intern class come July 1.

This letter is directed to one type of medical student: a student who has
dedicated herself/himself to serving the underserved; that person who wants to make a great difference in the lives of those around them. This letter is
addressed to the student who could literally feel a hurt in his heart
watching the constant coverage of the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought to the people of the Gulf Coast. To come to Tulane is the perfect opportunity to live up to all you have said in every application relating to medical school and residency. This is your chance to prove to yourself that your dedication to medicine could not be stronger.

Sincerely,

The Residents
Internal Medicine Residency
Tulane University
www.tulanemedicine.com

 

[mosche]

We hope this letter finds all in good spirits. And, despite all outside influences, we, the Internal Medicine Program at Tulane University, remain positive. By now, you all know about the effects of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating blow to the people of New Orleans. You are also thinking about, or in the process of, applying to residency programs. You may be completing your personal statement to send to all the program directors across the country. Your particular statement likely mentions self-sacrifice and dedication to improving the health of those around you. You want to separate yourself from the crowd by stating how much effort you are willing to put into your residency training. We also stated those things while applying to residency programs.

Well, if actions speak louder than words, then the Tulane Internal Medicine Residency Program shouted during the aftermath of Katrina. Despite having flooded homes we have not seen for a month, and being either scattered throughout the country or stranded in Charity, Tulane, or the VA hospitals, we have remained steadfast to the mission statement of our program. Even those of us with just two month’s exposure to New Orleans and its rich heritage have chosen to return after being given ample opportunity to finish our training elsewhere. We are extremely proud to say we have 100% of our residents and interns returning despite some of us losing everything. People are even asking to transfer in to the Tulane Medicine Residency program. That speaks volumes to the strength of our program and the wonderful people who run it. To see who we are up close and personal, please go to our website at www.tulanemedicine.com.

Immediately after the storm, our administration initiated a well-thought out plan to return to our beloved city. Currently, the population of the greater New Orleans area is significantly reduced, but is steadily retuning to its pre-storm volume. As people return, we want to be in place to provide continuous care. Tulane has opened Lakeside Hospital as a full-service facility and we are running the medicine wards there until downtown Tulane is back. We are also working on the USS Comfort, which is a fully functional hospital on a Naval ship. We are running several ambulatory clinics in the city that were set up independently by the residents and made official by the university. We will also work out of Lakeview Hospital in Covington until our main locations are up and running. We are hopeful that we will have a presence at Charity Hospital by December and also at the VA and Tulane before the end of the year.

Just as people are phasing into the city, our residents are also returning in waves. We have established this method to continue to provide our residents with the excellent learning opportunities of higher volumes of patients. Besides those previously mentioned, we have two other groups of residents in Louisiana and Texas. One group is working in the VA and Charity Hospitals of Pineville/Alexandria, Louisiana, while another is working at the VA of Houston through Baylor (though both sets of teams are fully Tulane run).

This catastrophe has tested our resolve, and we have proven ourselves to be stronger than ever. Katrina has proven that all residents in our program believe in a cause bigger than themselves. With that, we are excited about the prospect of having even more residents with the same courage to face uncertainty with unwavering devotion to the care of our city and its underserved population.

Despite the destruction that Hurricane Katrina brought to the city of New
Orleans and the many other areas of the Gulf Coast, we would like to say that we are STILL HERE. We are STILL STRONG. And we are STILL UNFALTERING in our dedication to the people of New Orleans. With that, we are excited about the possibilities of getting yet another intern class for 2006 that is willing to put all fears aside and rebuild this wonderful city. Tulane internal medicine is indeed open for business and we are looking forward to a having yet another stellar intern class come July 1.

This letter is directed to one type of medical student: a student who has
dedicated herself/himself to serving the underserved; that person who wants to make a great difference in the lives of those around them. This letter is
addressed to the student who could literally feel a hurt in his heart
watching the constant coverage of the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought to the people of the Gulf Coast. To come to Tulane is the perfect opportunity to live up to all you have said in every application relating to medical school and residency. This is your chance to prove to yourself that your dedication to medicine could not be stronger.

Sincerely,

The Residents
Internal Medicine Residency
Tulane University
www.tulanemedicine.com

Pepti,

It is encouraging to hear that the Tulane IM program is still active and, with your recent struggles, as strong as ever! I am not wanting to ignore your posts intent, but I do want to know if Tulane will be accepting applicants in all PGY-I programs? There have been several inquiries; yet, there have been few answers. I realize that you may not have the answer; however, if you do, it will be much appreciated!

Best wishes,
mosche

 

[peptidoglycan]

As far as I know, we will be accepting applicants in all fields. I do not have the definitive answer, and since we have all been somewhat separated over the last couple of months I don't have immediate access to the definitive answer, I know that no programs have dissolved and I believe that ERAS is still accepting applications to everything. If I find out any new information, I'll be sure to post it on here for everyone to see.

Thanks for the interest,

Pepti

Pepti,

It is encouraging to hear that the Tulane IM program is still active and, with your recent struggles, as strong as ever! I am not wanting to ignore your posts intent, but I do want to know if Tulane will be accepting applicants in all PGY-I programs? There have been several inquiries; yet, there have been few answers. I realize that you may not have the answer; however, if you do, it will be much appreciated!

Best wishes,
mosche

 

[bigeyedfish]

Is Tulane looking for other facilities, or will it be returning to the same place?

How are you going to have a presence at Charity when the chief of Louisiana health services says that Charity's a dangerous, dangerous place, adding that the storm issued it a "death warrant?"

 

[peptidoglycan]

Is Tulane looking for other facilities, or will it be returning to the same place?

How are you going to have a presence at Charity when the chief of Louisiana health services says that Charity's a dangerous, dangerous place, adding that the storm issued it a "death warrant?"

1. Don't believe everything you see on TV. There is a lot of political jockeying going on right now, and every statement put out there is there for a reason. The head of Charity is trying to get FEMA to pay for a new hospital because the state was having a hard time coming up with money on its own. This seems like the perfect situation in which to convince the feds that Charity is ruined and its the fault of this storm. In reality, Charity wasn't in very good shape to begin with and a new building was in the works already. We'll see who wins the tug-of-war, but I promise you haven't heard or seen the last of it yet.

2. To quote my program director from a letter he posted to us yesterday, "Charity Hospital has never been 'a building.' It is an institution, and like all great institutions, it is comprised of people, not bricks and mortar. Indeed, Charity has been housed in six buildings over the years, and now we are about to get number 7. But through it all, it has always been the people who have comprised Charity Hospital, and right now WE are the
Charity Hospital." (note: at this point, there are no definite plans for a new building just yet). The army is setting up a modular hospital in the parking lot of University Hospital (part of Charity) that will serve the Charity patients for the time being, and we will be the ones caring for those patients. We have also already created a set of clinics for the Charity population. These clinics were started a month ago and have progressed to the state of a continuity clinic. They are fully staffed by Tulane from interns up to attendings. Between the clinics, they are currently seeing over 100 patients per day, and sometimes many more. Also, Tulane's administration along with the admin of LSUHSC are looking for a facility in which to house "Charity" during the construction of a new building. They are attempting to buy or lease another hospital in the city and shift operations over there in the interim.

3. In addition to wherever Charity may end up, Tulane has always worked out of the VA and Tulane Hospital. This gives us the nice balance of seeing patients in a state run free care system, a federally-run VA, and a private university-based hospital. Tulane Hospital (HCA) is using this time to expand its practice as well, by incorporating Lakeside Hospital and Lakeview Regional Hospital into its fray. Lakeside was just purchased on July 1, but is now a fully-functioning hospital, accepting everything from cardiology to ObGyn. We are expecting the downtown campuses of Tulane and the VA to have some functionality by mid-November to early-December, and the modular Charity hospital (ie, the "presence at Charity Hospital") by early to mid-November.

I hope I've answered your questions and addressed all your concerns. Even with all these plans in place, and the "death warrant" issued by Katrina, we may still see patients again in the same buildings we have all grown to know as Charity. Keep an eye out for new info, but don't believe everything you see on TV.

 

[wook]

We hope this letter finds all in good spirits. And, despite all outside influences, we, the Internal Medicine Program at Tulane University, remain positive. By now, you all know about the effects of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating blow to the people of New Orleans. You are also thinking about, or in the process of, applying to residency programs. You may be completing your personal statement to send to all the program directors across the country. Your particular statement likely mentions self-sacrifice and dedication to improving the health of those around you. You want to separate yourself from the crowd by stating how much effort you are willing to put into your residency training. We also stated those things while applying to residency programs.

Well, if actions speak louder than words, then the Tulane Internal Medicine Residency Program shouted during the aftermath of Katrina. Despite having flooded homes we have not seen for a month, and being either scattered throughout the country or stranded in Charity, Tulane, or the VA hospitals, we have remained steadfast to the mission statement of our program. Even those of us with just two month’s exposure to New Orleans and its rich heritage have chosen to return after being given ample opportunity to finish our training elsewhere. We are extremely proud to say we have 100% of our residents and interns returning despite some of us losing everything. People are even asking to transfer in to the Tulane Medicine Residency program. That speaks volumes to the strength of our program and the wonderful people who run it. To see who we are up close and personal, please go to our website at www.tulanemedicine.com.

Immediately after the storm, our administration initiated a well-thought out plan to return to our beloved city. Currently, the population of the greater New Orleans area is significantly reduced, but is steadily retuning to its pre-storm volume. As people return, we want to be in place to provide continuous care. Tulane has opened Lakeside Hospital as a full-service facility and we are running the medicine wards there until downtown Tulane is back. We are also working on the USS Comfort, which is a fully functional hospital on a Naval ship. We are running several ambulatory clinics in the city that were set up independently by the residents and made official by the university. We will also work out of Lakeview Hospital in Covington until our main locations are up and running. We are hopeful that we will have a presence at Charity Hospital by December and also at the VA and Tulane before the end of the year.

Just as people are phasing into the city, our residents are also returning in waves. We have established this method to continue to provide our residents with the excellent learning opportunities of higher volumes of patients. Besides those previously mentioned, we have two other groups of residents in Louisiana and Texas. One group is working in the VA and Charity Hospitals of Pineville/Alexandria, Louisiana, while another is working at the VA of Houston through Baylor (though both sets of teams are fully Tulane run).

This catastrophe has tested our resolve, and we have proven ourselves to be stronger than ever. Katrina has proven that all residents in our program believe in a cause bigger than themselves. With that, we are excited about the prospect of having even more residents with the same courage to face uncertainty with unwavering devotion to the care of our city and its underserved population.

Despite the destruction that Hurricane Katrina brought to the city of New
Orleans and the many other areas of the Gulf Coast, we would like to say that we are STILL HERE. We are STILL STRONG. And we are STILL UNFALTERING in our dedication to the people of New Orleans. With that, we are excited about the possibilities of getting yet another intern class for 2006 that is willing to put all fears aside and rebuild this wonderful city. Tulane internal medicine is indeed open for business and we are looking forward to a having yet another stellar intern class come July 1.

This letter is directed to one type of medical student: a student who has
dedicated herself/himself to serving the underserved; that person who wants to make a great difference in the lives of those around them. This letter is
addressed to the student who could literally feel a hurt in his heart
watching the constant coverage of the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought to the people of the Gulf Coast. To come to Tulane is the perfect opportunity to live up to all you have said in every application relating to medical school and residency. This is your chance to prove to yourself that your dedication to medicine could not be stronger.

Sincerely,

The Residents
Internal Medicine Residency
Tulane University
www.tulanemedicine.com

Power to you dudes and dudettes!!

Wook

 

[peptidoglycan]

bump

 

[peptidoglycan]

Check out our updated webpage at www.tulanemedicine.com

Thanks for everybody's support over the last few months! Things have been tough but they are heading in the direction of normal.