Heard Columbia neurology is getting an NS resident that just quit - didn’t even wait it out ‘til the end of the year.  Not sure where he’s coming from.

what pgy is he?

Believe PGY2 or 3.  There were 2 PGY2 spots open in Neurology @ Columbia due to expansion and he got one.  Should be an open spot for NS somewhere soon.

Columbia’s falling apart.  First their PGY-5 left for penn, now this:(

Wow didn’t hear about that.  Which PGY5 was this? Did he (assuming he) left for Penn NS or another field?  Was he able to enter Penn as a PGY5?

columbia had a resident that left for a variety of reasons and is now a resident at penn after serving as a pre-residency fellow there.  this resident would be a pgy5 at columbia if still there.  this is pretty old news.

Guest - 16 March 2007 12:16 PM

columbia had a resident that left for a variety of reasons and is now a resident at penn after serving as a pre-residency fellow there.  this resident would be a pgy5 at columbia if still there.  this is pretty old news.

  moving from Manhattan to Philthacrapia must have been quite devastating--I would sooner push a hotdog cart down 7th ave…

Guest - 16 March 2007 10:02 AM

Columbia’s falling apart.  First their PGY-5 left for penn, now this:(

learn to read, the resident is going to columbia not from columbia...damn I hope you can operate better than you can read

No it’s not old news.  An NS resident from I don’t know where is quitting/quit and is GOING TO Columbia Neurology.  Yikes dudes - reading comprehension anyone?

There might a clue or two in the vacancy listing that was just posted on SF Match.

Hmm so Columbia neurology took someone from UIC- Peoria?  Maybe it’s the girl from Michigan State or could be the guy from Greece:

http://www.uicomp.uic.edu/NeuroSurgRes/residents.htm

Are you referring to this chick that transferred? She was not a PGY-5 though:

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/neurosurgery/residency/brown.html

Guest - 16 March 2007 07:02 PM

Are you referring to this chick that transferred? She was not a PGY-5 though:

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/neurosurgery/residency/brown.html

why’d she transfer??

She was made an offer she couldn’t refuse for lack of a better phrase

Guest - 21 March 2007 06:04 PM

Guest - 16 March 2007 07:02 PM

Are you referring to this chick that transferred? She was not a PGY-5 though:

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/neurosurgery/residency/brown.html

why’d she transfer??

Hmm, Columbia is a challenging place if you don’t ‘fit well’.

I’m surprised she even took the spot in the first place. She was a Columbia student, knew the culture and still stayed.
That said, however, I think some mistakes were made and there was genuine contrition all around.

I am not surprised about the Columbia program. When I was there, the residents were miserable, and the program all around seemed toxic. Little training, mostly scut, and residents hardly do any operating. Add to that the fact that trauma is diverted away from Columbia and the attendings are too busy/high profile to devote much effort to teaching and you get poorly trained, overworked, miserable residents. Those who left had good reason to do so - it is just a shame that the experience had to sour them on the field in general, of which the program at Columbia is not representative.

Columbia would be well-served to take a critical look at the true quality of their program instead of relying on its prestige to attract applicants.