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[PhillyGrrl]

Hey,

Does anyone have any insider information on the residency program at VCU? I have some personal ties to Richmond so I'm thinking of applying there. I'm particularly concerned because in their pgy-3 class, 8 out of 12 residents were from their medical school however in their pgy-2 and pgy-1 classes combined, only ONE resident is from their medical school. Anyone know what happened? Did something go wrong with the program?

Thanks!

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[DarthNeurology]

Whatever it was about 4 out of 11 matched into their school's program this year, most likely one class didn't have a lot of people going into pediatric one year or many who simply choose different places to go based on family reasons, I hear the program is excellent though, match list posted below:

2008 Match

• Albany Medical Center Hosp., NY (Emergency Medicine)
• Baystate Medical Center, MA (Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics)
• Beth Israel Medical Center, NY (Surgery - Preliminary)
• Bon Secours St. Francis, VA (Family Medicine)
• Brooke Army Medical Center, TX (Transitional Year)
• Carilion Clinic, VA (Family Practice, Surgery - Preliminary)
• Caritas St. Elizabeths Medical Center, MA (Anesthesiology, Medicine - Preliminary)
• Carolinas Medical Center, NC (Emergency Medicine)
• Childrens Mercy Hospital, MO (Pediatrics)
• Chippenham Medical Center, VA (Family Medicine (3))
• Christus Santa Rosa, TX (Family Medicine)
• Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX (Emergency Medicine)
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH (Medicine, Surgery - Preliminary, Urology)
• Drexel University College of Medicine, PA (Anesthesiology)
• Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA (Medicine, Pediatrics (2))
• Emory University School of Medicine, GA (Pediatrics)
• Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, PA (Family Medicine)
• George Washington University, DC (Emergency Medicine, Medicine - Preliminary)
• Georgetown University Hospital, DC (Anesthesiology, Medicine - Preliminary, Pediatrics, Transitional)
• Good Samaritan Hospital, MD (Medicine - Preliminary)
• Harbor Hospital Center, MD (Transitional)
• Hartford Hospital, CT (Radiology - Diagnostic)
• Henry Ford Health Sciences Center, MI (Radiology - Diagnostic, Surgery)
• Hospital of the University of PA, PA (Anesthesiology)
• Indiana University School of Medicine, IN (Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics)
• John Peter Smith Hospital, TX (Family Medicine)
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, MD (Emergency Medicine)
• Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA (Medicine)
• Kaiser Permanente, South CA Region, CA (Medicine)
• Loma Linda University, CA (Anesthesiology, Medicine - Pediatrics)
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY (Psychiatry)
• LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (Pediatrics)
• Lynchburg Family Medicine Res, VA (Family Medicine)
• Massachusetts General Hospital, MA (Pediatrics)
• Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Fl (Anesthesiology, Transitional)
• Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (Transitional (2))
• Morristown Mem Hospital, NJ (Medicine - Preliminary, Surgery)
• Naval Hospital, Pensacola, FL (Family Medicine)
• New England Medical Center, MA (Neurology)
• New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, NY (Otolaryngology)
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, NJ (Emergency Medicine (2))
• Northwestern McGaw/CMH, IL (Pediatrics)
• Northwestern McGaw/ENH, IL (Transitional)
• Northwestern McGaw/NMH/VA, IL (Medicine (2))
• NY Hospital Medical Center, Queens, NY (Medicine - Preliminary)
• NYP Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY (Pathology, Pediatrics)
• Oregon Health & Science University, OR (Medicine - Preliminary, Neurology (2))
• Orlando Regional Healthcare, FL (Medicine)
• Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Brody School of Medicine, NC (Surgery)
• Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Univeristy, RI (Peds/Psych/Child Psych)
• Riverside Regional Medical Center, VA (Transitional)
• Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD (Phys Medicine & Rehab)
• St. Lukes, Bethlehem, PA (Emergency Medicine)
• St. Lukes, Roosevelt, NY (Surgery)
• St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA (Radiology - Diagnostic)
• Stanford University Progs, CA (Emergency Medicine, Medicine, Obstetrics - Gynecology, Phys Medicine & Rehab, Plastic Surgery)
• Temple University Hospital, PA (Medicine (2))
• Trident Medical Center, SC (Family Medicine)
• Tripler Army Medical Center, HI (Transitional Year)
• Tucson Hospitals Medical Ed, AZ (Transitional)
• Tulane University School of Medicine, LA (Peds/Psych/Child Psych)
• University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, AL (Medicine)
• University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Medicine - Primary, Surgery)
• University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL (Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery - Preliminary)
• University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL (Medicine, Obstetrics-Gynecology (2))
• University of Kentucky Medical Center, KY (Orthopaedic Surgery)
• University of Maryland Medical Center, MD (Medicine (2), Neurology, Pathology, Pediatrics (2), Psychiatry/Sheppard Pratt)
• University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA (Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics-Gynecology)
• University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI (Medicine)
• University of Minnesota Medical School, MI (Family Med/St. Josephs)
• University of North Carolina Hospitals, NC (Medicine (3), Surgery)
• University of Rochester/Strong Memorial, NY (Anesthesiology)
• University of Southern California, CA (Plastic Surgery)
• University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN (Surgery - Preliminary)
• University of Texas SW Medical School, Dallas, TX (Radiology - Diagnostic)
• University of Utah Affil Hospitals, UT (Radiology - Diagnostic)
• University of Washington Affil Hospitals, WA (Neurology)
• UC Davis Medical Center, CA (Anesthesiology, Medicine - Preliminary, Neurology, Pediatrics)
• UC San Francisco, CA (Emergency Medicine, Medicine - Preliminary)
• UC San Francisco, Fresno, CA (Emergency Medicine, Medicine - Preliminary)
• UCLA Medical Center, CA (Obstetrics-Gynecology, Surgery)
• University Hospitals Case Medical Center, OH (Anesthesiology, Pediatrics)
• University Hospitals, Columbia, MO (Otolaryngology)
• University of Chicago Medical Center, IL (Radiation-Oncology, Surgery)
• University of Buffalo, NY (Medicine - Preliminary, Radiation-Oncology)
• University of California, San Francisco, CA (Neurosurgery)
• University of Maryland, MD (Ophthalmology)
• University of Virginia, VA (Emergency Medicine (2), Medicine, Pediatrics)
• UPMC Medical Education Prog, PA (Emergency Medicine, Medicine (2), Obstetrics-Gynecology, Phys Medicine & Rehab, Psy-FamMed/St Margaret, Radiology-Diagnostic)
• UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, PA (Medicine)
• VA Greater LA Health System, CA (Phys Medicine & Rehab)
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN (Medicine (3), Obstetrics-Gynecology, Otolaryngology)
• VCU-Fairfax Family Medical Res, VA (Family Medicine (2))
• Ventura County Medical Center, CA (Family Medicine)
• Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, VA (Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine (3), Medicine (3), Medicine - Preliminary (10), Orthopaedic Surgery (2), Pediatrics (4), Psychiatry (2), Radiology-Diagnostic (3), Surgery, Surgery - Preliminary (3), Surgery - Preliminary/Urology, Urology)
• Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, NC (Anesthesiology, Medicine (2))
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center, DC (Anesthesiology)
• Washington Hospital Center, DC (Medicine - Preliminary)
• Western Pennsylvania Hospital, PA (Anesthesiology, Surgery - Preliminary, Radiology-Diagnostic (2))
• Wright Patterson Medical Center, OH (Internal Medicine)
• Yale University, CT (Neurosurgery)
• Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT (Pediatrics, Radiology-Diagnostic, Surgery)

Hey,

Does anyone have any insider information on the residency program at VCU? I have some personal ties to Richmond so I'm thinking of applying there. I'm particularly concerned because in their pgy-3 class, 8 out of 12 residents were from their medical school however in their pgy-2 and pgy-1 classes combined, only ONE resident is from their medical school. Anyone know what happened? Did something go wrong with the program?

Thanks!

 

[PhillyGrrl]

Thanks for the reply!!! Are there any VCU residents or students that want to comment on the program in general? I would really appreciate it!

 

[focus05]

I'm a third year student at VCU and I think the Peds program is great - I had a good experience on my rotation - residents were friendly and there was a good amount of teaching. Lots of pathology in Richmond.