Which of these gas progs will eventually get me back to SF/Bay Area

[GasO]

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Duke, UCLA, Columbia, Northwestern. I appreciate your thoughts and advice. Thanks!

 

[Pilot Doc]

A number of factors will influence your ability to work in that area

#1 - the overall anes job market. Places like SF will saturate first. I doubt they've ever been short.
#2 - your willingness to work for a long time or perhaps your entire career for wages at the low end of the spectrum
#3 - your attributes - both personality and prof qualifications (fellowship, etc)
#4 - last and definitely least whether you went to one highly respected program over another one.

There might be a SLIGHT exception to #4 if someone at one of those programs has a personal connection to an academic program in the bay where you are willing to work.

 

[jennyboo]

heheh -- when I was a medical student the Bay Area "rule of thumb" I got was, "Do residency locally if you can. If not, go to Harvard or Hopkins."

So I guess the answer is, "None of the above."

 

[error404]

Have met grads from Duke and UCLA working in the bay area. But both schools have very different training programs... so if this is to decide where you do your residency training, you should also consider what will make you happy.