2007 Match List
Parvez Shaikh (Wayne State) --> Albany
Farhad Bahrassa (Boston University (BU)) --> Albany
Merritt Kinon (Indiana) --> Albert Einstein
Alex K Yu (Saint Louis University (SLU)) --> Allegheny General Hospital (AGH)
John Barr (U of Arkansas) --> University of Arkansas
Akash Patel (Baylor) --> Baylor
Deshdeepak Sahni (Columbia) --> Baylor
George Al Shamy (AUB) --> Baylor
Justin Clark (University of Michigan) --> Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)
David Fusco (Columbia) --> Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)
Mark Mahan (Columbia) --> Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)
Kate Cronk (Columbia) --> Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)
Judith Wong (UCSF) --> Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Stephen Nalbach (Temple) --> Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Heather Spader (South Dakota) --> Brown
Chuck Munyon (Penn) --> Case Western Reserve
David Smith (NY Med) --> Case Western Reserve
Sunil Jeswani (Wayne State) --> Cedar Sinai
Joseph Serrone (UMKC) --> Cincinnati
Kelly Shaffer (Vanderbilt) --> Cincinnati
Amer Khalil --> The Cleveland Clinic
Sumeet Vadera (Jefferson) --> The Cleveland Clinic
Bjorn Mark Lobo (Northeastern Ohio U.) --> The Cleveland Clinic
Arianne Boylan (Yale) --> Colorado
Nils Hecht (Heidelberg) --> Colorado
Zachary Hickman (Columbia) --> Columbia
Brad Zacharia (Columbia) --> Columbia
Simon Hanft (Stanford) --> Columbia
Caitlin Hoffman (Cornell) --> Cornell
David Rubin (USC) --> Cornell
George Kakoulides(Tufts) --> Dartmouth
Betsy Hughes (Medical College of Georgia) --> Duke
Isaac Karikari (Duke) --> Duke
Eric Sribnick (Medical University of South Carolina) --> Emory
Nasrin Aldawoodi (University of Florida) --> Emory
Bridger Cox (Oklahoma) --> Florida
Justin Sporrer (Florida) --> Florida
Hugh Gill (Tulane) --> Georgetown
David Weingarten (OHSU) --> George Washington
Paul Mazaris (Wayne State) --> Henry Ford
Jonathan Pindrik (Johns Hopkins) --> Johns Hopkins
Li-Mei Lin (Johns Hopkins) --> Johns Hopkins
Mari Groves (Vanderbilt) --> Johns Hopkins
Brad Bohnstedt (Indiana) --> Indiana
Dave Lewis (U. of Toledo) --> Indiana
Brian Dlouhy (NYU) --> Iowa
Kelly Mahaney (SLU) --> Iowa
Brian Kelley (Oklahoma State) --University of Kansas
Lindsey Hughes (E. Carolina) --> Kentucky
Thomas Johnston (LSU) --> Louisville
John Braca (NY Med)--> Loyola
David Daniels (U. of Minnesota) --> Mayo Clinic
Jeff Jacob (Mayo) --> Mayo Clinic
T.K. Schiefer (Mayo) --> Mayo Clinic
David Wang --> Medical College of Georgia
Deborah Romeo (University of Maryland) --> Medical College of Virginia (MCV)
Tom Ridder (Medical College of Virginia (MCV)) --> Medical College of Virginia (MCV)
Joseph Cochran (Chicago Medical School) --> Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)
Andrew Livingston (Nebraska) --> Houston Methodist
Kristopher Kahle (Yale) --> Massachusetts General Hospial (MGH)
Anna Terry (Washington University) --> Massachusetts General Hospial (MGH)
Peter Fecci (Duke) --> Massachusetts General Hospial (MGH)
Alex Ropper (Tufts) --> Miami
Ramsey Ashour (UTMB) --> Miami
Khoi Than (Hopkins) --> Michigan
Anthony Wang (Duke) --> Michigan
Jake Gologorsky (Pitt) --> Mount Sinai
Ted Panov (Jefferson) --> Mount Sinai
Libby Kosnik (NE Ohio) --> Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Shaun Rodgers (Georgetown) --> New York University (NYU)
Craig Shannon (U. of Toledo) --> New York Med. (Valhalla)
Albert Wong (Michigan St) --> Northwestern
Timothy Smith (Drew/UCLA) --> Northwestern
Jamal McClendon (Wayne State) --> Northwestern
Pier Paolo Peruzzi (University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy) --> The Ohio State University Medical Center
Paul Porensky (Northwestern) --> The Ohio State University Medical Center
Neil Roundy (University of Arizona) --> Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Hai Sun (Dartmouth) --> Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Casey Halpern (University of Pennsylvania) --> University of Pennsylvania
Isaac Chen (University of Pennsylvania) --> University of Pennsylvania
Akshal S. Patel (Boston University) --> Pennsylvania State, Hershey
Chris Bonfield (Pittsburgh) --> Pittsburgh
Kristen Jones (Tulane) --> Pittsburgh
Ramesh Grandhi (Medical College of Virginia (MCV)) --> Pittsburgh
Anthony Petraglia (University of Rochester) --> University of Rochester
Zeguang Ren (University of Washington) --> University of Rochester
Jennifer Orning (USC)—> Universtiy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
Erwin Mangubat (UIC) --> Rush
Paul Kalanithi (Yale) --> Stanford
Melanie Hayden (University of California, San Diego (UCSD)) --> Stanford
C.J. Berg (Ohio State) --> State University of New York (SUNY)- Buffalo
Justin Thomas (NYU) --> State University of New York (SUNY)- Buffalo
Walter Jacobsen (Midwestern University CCOM)----> State University of New York (SUNY) Syracuse
Richard Kim (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson) --> Temple
Sussan Salas (UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School) --> Thomas Jefferson
Bill Miele (Tufts) --> Tufts
Matt Fusco (Wake Forest) --> UAB
Tom Whisenhunt (UAB) --> UAB
Patrick Pezeshkian (USC)--> UCLA
Colin Buchanan (Wayne State) --> UCLA
Justin Dye (Loma Linda)--> UCLA
David Gonda (Ohio State) --> UC- San Diego
Chiazo Amene (University of Arizona) --> UC- San Diego
Michael Oh (OHSU) --> University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Matt Potts (UCSF)-> University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Phiroz Tarapore (UCSF)-> University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Obinna Emechebe (UIC) -> University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (UIC)
David Neils (SLU)--- > University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria (UICOMP)
Gary Schwartzbauer (University of Maryland) --> University of Maryland
Adam Polifka (Vermont) --> University of Maryland
Pinakin Jethwa (UMDNJ) --> UMDNJ
James Barrese (University of South Florida) ---> UMDNJ
Farhan Siddiq (Pakistan.RMC) --> University of Minnesota
Ludwig Orozco (Guatemala) --> University of Mississippi
Daryl Johnson(LSU) --> University of Mississippi
Patricia Gando (UG-Ecuador) --> University of New Mexico (UNM)
Jesse Winer (UMass) --> University of Southern California (USC)
Aaron Robison (WashU) --> University of Southern California (USC)
Armen Deukmedjian (GWU) --> USF
Rohit “Ro” Vasan (Texas A&M) --> USF
Michael Mumert (University of Kansas) --> University of Utah
Tina Sayama (University of Utah) --> University of Utah
Brent Kimball (Columbia) --> University of Tennessee, Memphis
Gabe Philips (UT-Memphis) --> University of Tennessee, Memphiss
Pedro Ramirez (UNMSM-Peru)--> University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Davis Reames (MUSC)--> Univeristy of Virginia (UVA)
Sean McKisic (University of Nevada) --> Univeristy of Virginia (UVA)
Ricky Medel (U. of Toledo) --> Univeristy of Virginia (UVA)
Robert Louis (American University of the Caribbean) --> University of Virginia (UVA)
Michael Levitt (Loyola) --> University of Washington
Josh Osbun (UTSW) --> University of Washington
Mahan Ghiassi (Vanderbilt) --> Vanderbilt
Mayshan Ghiassi (Vanderbilt) --> Vanderbilt
Emily Gorman (UAB) --> Vermont
Amritraj (Raj) Loganathan (Ohio State) --> Wake Forest
Jonathan Wilson (WVU) --Wake Forest
Devon Haydon (Florida) --> Washington University
James Sagar (WashU) --> Washington University
Chad Washington (Univ of Mississippi) --> Washington University
Okafor Obanga Odonguowalou (Africa) --> Wayne State
Brian McHugh (Georgetown) --> Yale
Juan Torres (Baylor) --> Yale
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INTRODUCTION
UIC is a 7 year program accepting 1-2 applicant per year. The program is fully accredited.
There are three fellowships: Vascular 1 year, Endovascular 2 years, (combined vascular/endovascular 3 yr), functional/pain fellowship 1 year.
Rotations are at the University of Illinois, at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Christ Medical Center, Alexian Brothers Medical Center.
There are approximately 120 OR cases per month with 1 chief resident and 1-2 OR residents assigned to the operating rooms, with two dedicated neurosurgery ORs daily and a third assigned OR on Wed and Fridays. There are 1000 endovascular procedures annually with two dedicated biplanar angio suites. There is a dedicated Neurosurgery intensive care unit with 22 beds. There is a dedicated 26 bed neurosurgery stepdown.
ATTENDINGS
Dr Fady Charbel (Chair): Vascular/Pituitary
Dr Sepideh Amin-Hanjani (Program Director): Vascular
Dr Victor Aletich: Endovascular Neurosurgery
Dr Konstantin Slavin: Functional/Stereotactic Neurosurgery/Stereotactic Radiosurgery/General Neurosurgery
Dr Herbert Engelhard: Neuro-Oncology/General Neurosurgery
Dr Yoon Hahn: Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr Dimitrios Nikas: Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr Soma Sinha-Roy: Endovascular Neurosurgery
Dr Rajeev Deveshwar: Endovascular Neurosurgery
Dr Ali Alaraj: Endovascular Neurosurgery/Vascular
Dr Sergey Neckrysh: Complex Spine/Skull base
Dr Yogesh Gandhi: Complex Spine/General Neurosurgery
Dr Tamir Hersonskey: Epilepsy (St Joseph, Joliet)
Dr Sean Ruland: Stroke/Critical Care
Dr Venkatesh Aiyagari: Stroke/Critical Care
Dr Aslam Khaja: Stroke/Critical Care
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
PGY1: intern year.
6 months with the Gen Surgery dept with rotations in Vascular Surgery, ENT, Trauma Surgery, Anesthesiology, General Surgery and Surgical Oncology.
3 months with the Neurology Dept with 2 months of General Neurology and one month of EMG/EEG. During this rotation, the intern takes night call with a designated junior Neurosurgery resident for the entire 3 months.
3 months in the NSICU. 1-3 month shadowing the ICU resident. If the intern is doing well, subject to the chief resident’s approval, the intern may “run” the ICU under close supervision. The intern may also take ICU night call independently.
Goals: Basic clinical skills, presenting patients, learning to interpret labs, know when to call superiors, identify emergencies, basic procedures such as arterial line, central lines, PA catheters, EVD placement, Lumbar punctures. Passes USMLE Step 3.
PGY2: ICU year/Endovascular Rotation/Introduction to OR
The PGY 2 resident essentially runs the 22-bed NSICU, sees all consults, accepts and tucks in all transfers from referral hospitals, sees ER consults. We do not preround on patients. Arrive at 630am on weekdays and 8am on weekends. Rounds with neurosurgery team on ICU and floor patients. Returns to ICU and rounds with the intensivists. Independently able to place lines and EVDs. Takes in-house calls independently. Goal of PGY2 is to learn critical care.
Introduction to the operating room. Learn to position, drape etc. Second assistance to simple spine or craniotomies. Learn to do a simple craniotomy/SDH or EDH evac/VP Shunt etc. The PGY2 OR resident arrives at 7am and preops the morning cases, does the consents, marks the patients, gathers the films and readies the ORs for the patients. The senior OR resident teaches the PGY2 how to prepare the ORs for the surgeries.
A 3 month Endovascular rotation has been instituted as of 2007. The PGY 2 resident takes Neurosurgery Call but shows up at 7am to preop the Angio patient and remains under the supervision of Dr Victor Aletich and the Division of Endovascular Neurosurgery during the days. Learning goals includes diagnostic cerebral angiogram and cerebrovascular anatomy during the 3 month block. Observation of interventions are readily available. Approx 1000 endovascular procedures are performed annually with two full angiogram suites and three endovascular attendings and two fellows inhouse.
PGY3: OR year Spine/Simple Craniotomy
Assists the chief resident on positioning and opening on craniotomies. First assistant on simple spines (ACDF, Laminectomies/Discetomies), independent on VP shunts. Introduction to spinal instrumentations. Introduction to simple craniotomies. Introduction to Pain and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. By the end of the PGY 3 year, should be able to do simple spine almost independently, should be able to do simple craniotomies almost independently. Take the Neurosurgery boards for practice. Applies for permanent medical license.
PGY 4: OR year Craniotomy/Spine/Peds
Rotation out to Christ Hospital, a nearby affiliated hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Primary Peds experience is during this rotation with our Pediatric Neurosurgeon. Weekly rotations to Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove Village Illinois for Gamma Knife every Thursday with Dr Slavin. Takes the Neurosurgery boards for credit.
There has been a change as of 2008 where the Christ/Alexian Rotation is done on a limited basis. The addition of a Children’s Memorial Hospital Rotation for 3 months has been reinstituted to the PGY 5 year. The rotation is a full rotation with no clinical duties at UIC during the 3 months. There is inhouse q4-5 at CMH with Northwestern and Temple University Neurosurgery residents as well as Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellows. Academic days at CMH and Northwestern Medical Center.
PGY 5: Research year and Pediatric Rotation at Children’s Memorial Hospital
Residents can use this year to do bench research. This is a protected year with minimal call duties (approximately 1-2 call per month if at all). Current research resident is doing stem cell research in mice models. They can also take an infolded fellowship in Endovascular, Vascular, or functional/stereotactic. Or use this as another OR year.
PGY 6: OR year Complex spine/craniotomies
Spinal instrumentation is the primary stomping grounds for the Vice-chief. Prepare for chief year by scrubbing as first assist on vascular cases.
PGY 7: Chief year Vascular year
The chief runs the service. Performs the vascular surgeries, the aneurysm clippings, the cerebrovascular bypasses, the skull base surgeries etc.
Optional rotations: Angiogram rotation, up to 3 months of Endovascular rotation. Gamma Knife rotation on Thursdays during the PGY 4 Christ Hospital rotation at Alexian Brothers.
CALL/WORK SCHEDULE
In house call varies in schedule. The call runs averages q4 and can run from q3 (during peak vacation times when people are gone) up to q5. We usually try to have one thursday call with the whole weekend off at least once a month. No q2 calls allowed regardless of anything. In house call involves running the ICU, managing the floor patients, following the consults, seeing new consults, accepting transfers from referral hospitals etc. There is only one resident on in-house call at nights (except when training the intern, then a midlevel resident is inhouse with the intern). Any resident staying inhouse past 830pm must come in late the next morning (usually at 8am rather than the 630am rounding time). The call schedule and vacation schedule are made by the residents. They are subject to approval by the program director but are usually approved without reservation. 4 weeks vacation per year (2 weeks every 6 months)
BENEFITS
Loupes provided by PGY2 year
$300/year book fund
Mandatory books provided in addition to the book fund: Greenberg, Marino ICU book, Osborne Neuroradiology, Osborne Cerebroangiogram, Caputy/Fossett operative Atlas
Department will pay for unlimited number of conferences as long as you’re presenting something (abstract, poster, talk etc)
Department will pay for two conferences during your residency even if you’re not presenting research. All expenses paid, hotel, plane, etc.
Generally, residents are automatically enrolled in Chicago based conferences and ORs are run only for emergencies so that residents may participate in the conference.
Personalized lab coats 3 per year and business cards
Department pays for USMLE Step 3
Department pays for Neurosurgery boards for practice in PGY 3, pays for Neurosurgery boards for credit in PGY 4.
Department pays for misc courses if desired by resident
ACADEMIC SCHEDULE
Radiology rounds with the program director Tues to Friday at 4pm.
Monday: resident clinic day in the afternoon, Functional/Stereotactic clinic optional for residents, endovascular clinic optional for residents, General Neurosurgery clinic optional for residents
Tuesday: Spine clinic in the morning, Neurovascular conference at 4pm, radiology rounds after conference
Wednesday: Alternating morning schedule
first Weds: Resident meetings with the Program Director
Research breakfast
Topics conference: presentation by residents on a topic ie. spinal fusion, IVH in premature babies etc.
Journal club
Thursday: Vascular clinic with the program director in the morning, Tumor/Spine clinic in the afternoon
Friday: Friday afternoon academic days 2-4pm with various speakers. Neuropathology sessions with diadactics and laboratory sessions, reviewing pathology slides from operative cases of the week, neuroanatomy session with brain cutting, etc. One friday a month we have Grand Rounds in the afternoon with visiting speakers such as Ed Laws, Robert Spetzler etc. Our academic day sessions are spent with the visiting professor immediately prior to the Grand Rounds sessions.
FACILITIES:
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
The mothership, with 3 dedicated ORs and 2 neurosurgery angio suites. 22 bed NSICU, 26 bed Neurosurgery stepdown unit, PICU, NICU, 2 CTs, 3 MRIs and a horrible cafeteria.
Christ Medical Center/Hope Pediatric Hospital
A level 1 trauma center with an attached Pediatric Hospital
Alexian Brothers Medical Center
Level 2 trauma center
Gamma Knife Center headed by Dr Slavin
Children’s Memorial Medical Center
Pediatric Hospital, primarily associated with Northwestern University, but affiliated with Temple Neurosurgery and UIC Neurosurgery. Four Pediatric Neurosurgeon on staff. Peds Neurotrauma coverage of the Level 1 Pediatric trauma ER.
EVALUATIONS:
We are evaluated twice a year by the attendings as well as by the nurse practitioners, the nursing team, the neurointensivists and the neuroanesthesiologists.
MISC:
Residents are required to pass USMLE Step 3 by PGY2.
Encouraged to apply for permanent license by PGY 3.
Must pass Neurosurgery written boards by PGY 6.
Must have one publication per year
Must have two publications as first author during residency.
Pros of this residency:
Vascular emphasis: you’ll be nearly a fellowship trained vascular surgeon when you’re done, many residencies do not allow their residents to clip aneurysms but that won’t be the case here.
Early OR experience: PGY2 to the OR full time (without carrying the on-call pager) by early to mid-year.
Resident run service: Everybody says their program is run by residents, but ours is very heavily run by residents and the residents learn to be independent in a good way
Strong Critical care experience: nobody is sicker than a vascular neurosurgery patient, you’ll learn some serious stuff from our intensivists. Typical schedule has over 150 bedside EVDs completed by the end of your PGY 2 year.
Dedicated Functional/Stereotactic Neurosurgeon (frequently missing in residency program)
Gamma knife experience PGY 4 year
Two Pediatric Neurosurgeon on staff and a 3 month rotation to Children’s Memorial Hospital
3 month Endovascular Rotation
Spinal attending who instruments heavily, so you will be able to learn all spinal techniques
We stick to our 88 hr work week (scrub out at 830pm unless chief approves coming in late the next morning)
Academic days with neuropathologists/neuroanatomy/researchers/statisticians/ethics/legal/financial discussions of the practice of neurosurgery/board review sessions etc.
Tues-Fri radiology rounds (we’re better than some of the radiologists at reading this stuff!)
Faculty is very receptive towards interest in research, our dept is very heavy into clinical research (prospective studies, multicenter clinical trials, etc)
The Neurosurgery Department collaborates with many basic science departments in the University of Illinois and currently collaborations include basic science research with a stem cell lab in the Dept of Anatomy and Cell Biology as well as with the School of Engineering for a Virtual Reality project.
Dedicated research coordinators who can assist residents with all facets of research, ie. IRB approval, financing projects etc.
Full team of nurse practitioners who run the floor unit (approx 1/2 of our service) on weekdays
Time off for “industry” sponsored courses (including AANS/CNS/NASS/NASB)
Chicago. Believe it or note, you’ll get time to explore this magnificent city, with great architecture, museums, night life, summer festivals, great restaurants, and many very eclectic and diverse neighborhoods.
Cons of this residency:
We stick to our 88hr work week (scrub out at 830pm! unless chief approves coming in late the next day).
Limited epilepsy exposure, but that’s primarily a result of no epilepsy neurology service
Limited peripheral nerve exposure (we have the carpal tunnels and ulnar entrapment surgeries, but adult brachial plexus explorations are not common while our pediatric brachial plexus surgeries are decent at Children’s Memorial, approx 1/month).
Instructions: Please post your rank list below. In order for this wiki to be the most useful, please include your entire list, not just your top few programs. Indicate programs you chose not to rank with “x.” Including identifiers (name and/or uncle harvey user name, etc) is entirely optional. Please also indicate if and where you matched.
David Jones - Did Not Match - scrambled successfully for gen surg prelim at Mayo (***example only***)
1. Puerto Rico
2. Venus
3. Johns Hopkins
4. Washington University
5. etc.
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11. UCSF
12. Cleveland Clinic
x. MGH
x. Cornell
x. Michigan
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01) Anonymous
1. loma linda
2. cedars sinai
3. utah
4. usf
5. ut houston
6. ut southwestern
7. uc irvine
8. vcu
9. unm
10. nymc
11. george washington
12. umdnj
13. einstein
14. lsu-shreveport
15. miami
16. mcg
17. ut san antonio
18. ut galveston
02) Anonymous—MATCHED!
1. UCSD
2. Miami
3. OHSU
4. The Methodist (Houston)
5. Loma Linda
6. Tufts
7. VCU
8. LSU-New Orleans
9. LSU-Shreveport
10. Tulane
03) Anonymous
1. Michigan
2. Duke
3. Vanderbilt
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. Florida
6. MCG
7. Case Western
8. Wisconsin
9. Cincinnati
10. VCU
11. Kentucky
12. Rochester
04) Anonymous
1. Mayo
2. BNI
3. Utah
4. Michigan
5. Dartmouth
6. Florida
7. OHSU
8. USF
9. UAB
10. LSU Shreveport
11. UTHSCSA
12. Ohio state
05) Anonymous
1. Michigan
2. Johns Hopkins
3. Cornell
4. Duke
5. Florida
6. OHSU
7. Stanford
8. Vanderbilt
9. Northwestern
10. Dartmouth
11. Washington
12. Cincinnati
06) ٩๏̯͡๏)۶
1. UCSF
2. USC
3. BNI
4. UCLA
5. Cornell
6. Northwestern
7. Columbia
8. NYU
9. Yale
10. Cedars-Sinai
11. Wash U
12. Baylor
13. UVA
14. UCI
07) Anonymous - Keeping top 5 private for now, will add them after match day
1. Secret
2. Secret
3. Secret
4. Secret
5. Secret
6. Rochester
7. UTHSC-SA
8. Penn State
9. NYU
10. UVA
11. UT Houston
12. Brown
13. Maryland
14. MUSC
15. Jefferson
16. Einstein
17. MCG
18. UK
19. Albany
20. UT Southwestern
21. WVU
08) Anon
1. Miami
2. USC
3. Emory
4. Baylor
5. Utah
6. Rush
7. Maryland
8. Case Western
9. UT houston
10. George Washington University
11. Loyola
12. U. Kentucky
13. University of Chicago
14. Medical College of Georgia
15. UT Galveston
16. Peoria
09) ANON
1. BNI
2. Michigan
3. MGH
4. Johns Hopkins
5. OHSU
6. Columbia
7. Cincinnati
8. Cleveland Clinic
9. Wash U
10. Brigham
11. Yale
12. Vermont
13. USF
14. MUSC
15. UAB
10) Anon
1. Miami
2. NYU
3. Cornell
4. UMDNJ
5. Mt Sinai
6. Columbia
7. Brown
8. Wash U
9. Northwestern
10. UCLA
11. USF
12. Einstein
11) ANON
1. Pittsburgh
2. Indiana
3. Michigan
4. Florida
5. Mayo
6. Cleveland Clinic
7. Wisconsin
8. Ohio State
X. Cincinnati
12) ANON
1. Washington- Seattle
2. UCSF
3. Stanford
4. Emory
5. MGH
6. BNI
7. Mayo
8. Duke
9. Cleveland clinic
10. USC
x Michigan
13) ANON
1. UCSF
2. Washington
3. Hopkins
4. Mayo
5. Columbia
6. Cornell
7. Wash U
8. BNI
9. Florida <—which Florida??
10. NYU
11. Michigan
12. Cinci
13. OHSU
14. Yale
x U chicago
x Brown
14)
1. Cleveland Clinic
2. NYU
3. Rush
4. Loyola
5. Northwestern
6. U Chicago
7. WashU
8. Rochester
9. Kentucky
10. Methodist
11. VCU
15)anon!
1. Hopkins
2. Washington
3. WashU
4. Emory
5. UCLA
6. USC
7. Utah
8. Miami
9. Ut southwestern
10. Northwestern
11. Minnesota
12. OHSU
16) Anonymous
1. Henry Ford
2. USF
3. Penn State
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Loma Linda
6. Kentucky
7. Wake Forset
8. UMDNJ
9. MCW
10. Nebraska
11. Rochester
12. U IL Peoria
13. Allegheny
14. Wayne State
15. Loyola
16. NYMC
17. SLU
18. MCG
19. Oklahoma
20. Missouri
17) aNoNyMoUs
1. UMDNJ
2. Hopkins
3. Mt Sinai
4. Cornell
5. Jefferson
7. NYU
8. UMD
9. Brown
10. NYMC
11. Temple
12. Tufts
x USC
x Kentucky
18) Anon— MATCHED!!
1. Wash U
2. U Mich
3. NYU
4. U Florida
5. Vandy
6. UAB
7. Mount Sinai
8. Albany
9. Rochester
10. Buffalo
11. Case
12. Maryland
13. Georgetown
14. Einstein
15. Mayo
16. UMDNJ
17. Syracuse
18. Brown
19. NYMC
20. UNC
21. Henry Ford
22. Penn State
19) Anonymous
1. Hopkins
2. Mayo
3. MGH
4. BNI
5. Brigham
6. UCSF
7. Michigan
8. Stanford
9. Wash U
10. UCLA
11. UPenn
12. Cornell
13. Columbia
14. Emory
15. Yale
16. UW
20) anon
1. USC
2. Loma Linda
3. Einstein
4. Temple
5. Penn State
6. U Kentucky
7. Buffalo
8. VCU
9. UMDNJ
10. GWU
11. Rochester
12. Brown
13. Saint Louis U
14. Wayne State
15. UC Irvine
16. LSU New Orleans
17. UT Galveston
21)
1. UNIV WASH (SEATTLE)
2. UPENN
3. UCSF
4. VIRGINIA
5. USC
6. BNI
7. MIAMI
8. MARYLAND
9. IOWA
10. UCSD
11. UMDNJ
12. NYU
13. GWU
x LOMA LINDA
22) Matched
1. Mayo
2. UW (Seattle)
3. Wisconsin-Madison
4. Dartmouth
5. OHSU
6. Tufts
7. Maryland
8. Memphis
9. Rochester
10. Brown
11. Oklahoma
12. Vermont
13. Colorado
14. Indiana
15. Buffalo
16. Minnesota
17. Albany
18. Case Western
23) 2010 - MATCHED!!!
1. UMDNJ
2. MUSC
3. Colorado
4. Wisconsin (Madison)
5. Nebraska
6. Vermont
7. SUNY Upstate
8. West Virginia
9. Mt. Sinai
10. St. Louis University
11. Louisville
12. LSU (Shreveport)
24) Matched
1. OHSU
2. UWashington
3. Florida
4. Mayo
5. Baylor
6. Colorado
7. WashU
8. Utah
9. UCSD
10. Brown
11. UTSW
12. UNC
25)
1. Mayo
2. Wake Forest
3. Buffalo
4. MUSC
5. Ohio State
6. Albany
7. Wisconsin
8. Minnesota
9. Vermont
10. MCW
11. UAB
12. UIC
13. UT Houston
14. Rochester
15. Peoria
16. Syracuse
17. Wayne State
26)
1. UW -seattle
2. Stanford
3. MGH
4. Columbia
5. UPenn
6. Northwestern
7. WashU
8. Hopkins
9. Mayo
10. NYU
11. Duke
12. UCLA
13. Michigan
x UMDNJ
x UCSD
x UC Irvine
x Loma Linda
27) TBA
1. Michigan
2. MGH
3. Hopkins
4. Mayo
5. Cornell
6. UVa
7. Wash U
8. Stanford
9. OHSU
10 Wisconsin-Madison
11. Brown
12. NYU
13. UNC-Chapel Hill
14. Wake Forest
15. MCW
28)
1. UTSW
2. Emory
3. UCLA
4. Baulor
5. Methodist
6. UFlorida
7. USF
8. UCSD
9. UC Irvine
10. Mayo
11. NYU
12. Thomas Jefferson
13. Buffalo
14. Rochester
29) Anonymous
1 Emory
2 Michigan
3 Mayo
4 Florida
5 Miami
6 UVa
7 Wash U
8 Cedars Sinai
9 OHSU
10 UCSD
11 Kansas
12 Nebraska
13 Indiana
14 MCW
15 Colorado
16 Kentucky
17 UNC
18 UMDNJ
30) Anonymous
1 Emory
2 Brigham
3 UCSF
4 Columbia
5 Mayo
6 MGH
7 BNI
8 UW
9 Michigan
10 Duke
11 Yale
12 Vanderbilt
13 Brown
14 Cornell
15 UCLA
16 Pitt
17 Chicago
18 Dartmouth
19 Cedars-Sinai
20 NYU
31) MIA
1. Miami
2. MGH
3. Cornell
4. UCSF
5. UMDNJ
6. Columbia
7. Georgetown
8. Mt Sinai
9. NYU
10. UPenn
11. Pitt
12. HFH
13. Cleveland Clinic
14. Michigan
15. UIC
17. NW
32)
1. Secret
2. Secret
3. Secret
4. UT SA
5. UT SW
6. LSU Shreveport
7. USF
8. Loma Linda
9. MUSC
10. Buffalo
11. Ohio State
12. Case Western
13. St. Louis University
14. Medical College of Georgia
15. University of Oklahoma
16. University of Virgina
17. University of Alabama
18. UC Irvine
X TJU
X University of Minnesota
X VCU
33)
1) Stanford
2) Johns Hopkins
3) MGH
4) Michigan
5) Cornell
6) Brigham
7) UCSF
8) USC
9) BNI
10) Duke
11) Emory
12) Mayo
13) Columbia
14) Yale
15) UVA
34)
1. USC
2. UCSF
3. BNI
4. UCLA
5. WashU
6. Northwestern
7. Mayo
8. Cornell
9. Duke
10. UVa
11. Emory
12. Vanderbilt
13. Yale
14. Pitt
15. Baylor
16. NYU
17. Wisconsin-Madison
18. UTSW
19. Rush
20. Utah
35)Anonymous
1. Rush
2. UFlorida
3. MCW
4. Loyola
5. Peoria
6. Northwestern
7. UTSW
8. Miami
9. San Antonio
10. Iowa
11. Wisconsin
12. MUSC
13. SLU
14. Case Western
15. MCG
16. Mizzou
36) H Bomb
1. Columbia
2. USC
3. Hopkins
4. BNI
5. NYU
6. UCLA
7. Miami
8. UCSD
9. Northwestern
10. Georgetown
11. Vanderbilt
12.Colorado
13. Yale
14. Einstein
15. Rush
16. Sinai
17. Wisconsin
37)
1. U Washington
2. Mayo
3. Minnesota
4. Northwestern
5. Iowa
6. OHSU
7. Virginia
38) Anon - Matched
1. Mayo
2. Emory
3. MGH
4. Univ Florida
5. Indiana U
6. Jackson/Miami
7. Northwestern
8. U Washington
9. Ohio State
10. U Tennessee - Memphis
11. Case Western
12. Univ Cincinnati
13. U Colorado
14. U Kentucky
15. Wake Forest
16. MUSC
17. Rush
X. Thomas Jefferson
X. University of Louisville
39)
1. UCSF
2. MGH
3. U Washington
4. Penn
5. Hopkins
6. Stanford
7. Cornell
8. WashU
9. Duke
10. BNI
11. Yale
12. UVA
13. Penn State
14. Dartmouth
15. Iowa
16. Cincinnati
*Albany
40) anonymous- matched
1. U Florida
2. Emory
3. Penn State
4. UNC
5. Jefferson
6. Colorado
7. Utah
8. Maryland
9. MUSC
10. Buffalo
11. George Washington
12. Albany
13. Univ. New Mexico
14. Univ. Minnesota
15. Tufts
16. UIC
Here are some thoughts about the (several) topics that have now been raised:
1. Things to take during your fourth year:
Neurosurgery sub-i (one home, two away)
Some general surgery sub-i (general, vascular, etc.)
ICU (one month)
Anesthesia
Radiology/neuroradiology
The reason for the first is obvious, numbers 2-5 will help you learn some of the workflow and clinical skills you need as an intern. Be able to read a CXR and a head CT prior to internship. Anesthesia is a good time to learn what they do, so they can’t bullshit you during an operation. Or you can just go home at 9am every day like most of us did.
2. Things to avoid during fourth year:
neurology (waste of time, you have to take 3 months during residency anyway)
hard rotations after match (you won’t feel much like working)
3. Schedules for sub-i’s don’t match your school’s schedule:
Call the program and ask the coordinator. It’s a small field and they will usually work with you. If this doesn’t work, contact the chairman directly. If he says no and points out the coordinator told you that too, don’t bother applying there.
4. Other thoughts
Internship is not like being a surgical resident, it’s like being a nurse practitioner. Two skills, organization and efficiency, are probably even more important than clinical skills.
--Dr. Hfuhruhurr
]]>I was recently PM’d by a 2nd year medical student asking this question. As a current applicant myself, I am certainly no authority. Nevertheless, I did reply with my personal opinions on the question. None of this is particularly original, but in case it can be helpful to anyone, I have pasted my response below. As always, dissenting views are welcomed.
There are basically two hurdles: A) Getting the interview; B) Being highly ranked.
A) Getting the interview:
I consider much of getting interviews at competitive programs to require satisfying certain check boxes:
1. Step 1 (say, 230s*+) (*corrected)
2. Publication(s) (best if representing serious research experience)
3. Letters (best if it is someone the reader knows)
4. Honors on neurosurgery rotations, including away rotation(s)
5. Interesting person, at least on paper.
6. Absence of red flags (a failed course, criminal history, immigration problem, etc)
If you satisfy ALL 6 of these criteria, I think you would likely at least be offered an interview at most programs.
Certainly, a stronger step 1, more and better publications, truly outstanding letters and uniformly stellar academic performance will increase the percentage of programs that will offer interviews. I have not yet heard of anyone getting interviews everywhere they applied, but I’m sure it happens. In the interesting person category, I place things like how engaging your personal statement is (though it is often not read), extracurricular activities, interests, accomplishments. You may have an “in” at certain places by virtue of which school you went to, where you did sub-Is, and who your chairman is friends with, but the above 6 criteria should serve you well for most places. Note that there is a lot of variability in how many people programs interview. Stanford and Pittsburgh interviewed only ~24 people each this year whereas Mayo and Johns Hopkins, interviewed (including their sub-Is), about 80-90 people each.
B) Being highly ranked:
(Again, my comments here are merely speculation, having not yet matched and having little idea how I will be ranked.) I think that check boxes here apply less, as it is much more subjective. However, I think there are certain identifiable factors:
1. All of the criteria in section A above. A strong applicant will obviously be considered more seriously.
2. Will this applicant make us look good? Sad but true. Some programs wish to feel that they are successful by matching applicants who are easily recognizable as “strong.” Thus, even though similarly qualified applicants from North Dakota and Hopkins may both be invited for an interview, if you are trying to match at Tier1 East coast program X, the Hopkins applicant will probably be ranked higher. Similarly, IF it would appear (to the interviewer’s perceptive eye) that you are going to be a resident who will score 99th percentile on the neurosurgery boards, write grants, or become a future chairman, these would all inflate the program’s ego, and thus you may be ushered more enthusiastically into the fold.
3. How interested is the applicant in this program and why? If you have a serious and legitimate reason to truly love the program, this can come across in the interview. Did you do a sub-I and love it? Do you adore the research of a particular faculty member at the institution, and have perhaps collaborated with him/her in the past? Do you have family in that city? Is your spouse strongly considering a program at the same institution/city? These are things that are difficult to insert at will into your application. However, this is probably a good thing, as it helps ensure people end up at places that are really good fits for them. However, tactful communication with residents/faculty after the interview regarding your strong interest in a program and perhaps having your chair contact the program and communicate your specific interest in that particular program on your behalf, may make you seem a more desirable candidate. Everyone like to feel loved. They would prefer to match a person who they are confident will be happy and enthusiastic, than someone who maybe has more publications and better test scores, but who may carry a chip on their shoulder feeling that they should have ended up at a “better” program
4. Do the residents like this applicant? In some programs, residents are a formal part of the selection committee; at others they simply pass on their impressions to the faculty who may incorporate the input into their own deliberations. At the very least, residents can usually exclude one or two people they really didn’t like (if needed), and promote one or two they think would be great co-residents, while the rest are left relatively un-influenced by the residents. I don’t think there is any program where the residents have absolutely no say. In this regard, I think it is certainly an advantage to have spent time at the program via sub-I, etc, so the residents know who they would be getting as a co-resident and know you are hard working and good to work with.
5. Does this person seem a good fit for the program? Again, this is very subjective. If the program is very research oriented, they will be looking for someone who plans to apply for grants etc during their residency. If they are renowned for their ____ program, they may find someone who has a demonstrated active interest in that field to be a natural fit. If the program is in the mid-west, a Californian may be questioned regarding their motives in applying, and how well they would like living in that area, etc, etc. Likewise, in order to be a good fit, you usually need to be a good team player, hard worker, etc, who will help get things done rather than just win awards and publish papers. If you are able to connect well with your interviewers, and have a strong track record from your rotations and letters, your work ethic and team spirit will likely be assumed.
6. Is this person going to rank us #1? This is a card you can only play at 1 program. For some (ridiculous) reason, many programs feel that it is better to match the top 2 people on their rank list, than suffer the ?embarrassment? of matching someone who is 14th on their rank list. This can cause them to rank certain applicants to some degree in order of how they expect to be ranked by those applicants. Of course this makes no sense and works against the program, as they may fail to match someone who they liked more, but ranked lower, just because they felt the person would not rank them highly. While I would like to think that neurosurgeons are intelligent enough to understand that the rank system works best if they rank people in order of who they really want, there are still lots of attending, including chairmen, who believe that the 2-digit USMLE score is a percentile. You get my point. This said, if you plan to rank a program #1, let them know. It can’t hurt, and it just may help.
-Stem Cell
Here are a few of my personal opinions:
1) Get yourself out of the supplicant role as soon as possible. Even though you may very well be lucky to match at BNI, Hopkins, UVA, etc, that’s not the right attitude to have if you interview there. Think and process information critically during your interviews with faculty and residents. Always be thinking about how the institution can help you reach your goals, not how you hope you make a good impression and hope they “like you”.
2) Pay attention to the residents at the programs to which you apply. It’s obvious, but this is the group of people that have matched at this program before, and people like them will probably match in the future...are you guys cut from the same cloth. If you look around and think “God this is the biggest bunch of douchebags I’ve ever seen...”, look elsewhere.
3) I don’t really know what goes into the formula for determining who the “top programs” are. If you set the standard at “accreditation”, then there are what 100 programs that will produce board-eligible neurosurgeons every year. If your goal is to be a department chairman someday, then sure, shoot for the moon. If you want to be a private practice spine surgeon and drive a Ferrari, I would guarantee there are better places to train than some of the “big names” out there.
- Feculence
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“The Wiki Edition”
Originally created by Stem Cell
Preface: So I’m evidently WIKI-challenged. Thus, this is coming to you as a series of regular posts. If someone can figure out how to turn this into a WIKI that can be edited / updated, that would be great - would be best if others can also add useful links. Sorry this preliminary format is a bit disjointed - seems only a limited number of links are permited in each post - violations are punished by complete post disappearance! OK, enough excuses - here it goes:
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: Wait a second… is this even a good idea? Is neurosurgery really for me?
Chapter 2: Planning ahead – Topics for those in MS1/2, or earlier
Chapter 3: Do I even have a chance of getting into Neurosurgery?
Chapter 4: Research: How much? What type? How important is it really?
Chapter 5: Help! I just realized I want to do neurosurgery – is it too late?
Chapter 6: Being a medical student on the neurosurgery service
Chapter 7: Learning your stuff as a student: notes on available resources
Chapter 8: Away rotations: When, Where, Why, How?
Chapter 9: Letters of recommendation
Chapter 10: Preparing the application
Chapter 11: Scheduling interviews and life on the trail
Chapter 12: Interviews: what to expect, how to shine
Chapter 13: What should I be looking for in a program?
Chapter 14: Second looks
Chapter 15: Preparing the rank list, and other post-interview issues
Chapter 16: You matched – congratulations!
Chapter 17: You didn’t match – what now?
Chapter 18: Toward residency…
APPENDIX: The programs…
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Uncle Harvey’s guide to applying to neurosurgery residency! For years Uncle Harvey, (and previously NSmatch) has been a leading source of information for those interested in pursuing a career as neurosurgeons. Every day new topics are added to discussion boards as individuals share their questions, insights and comments about any number of neurosurgery-related topics. The goal of the following “guide” is to provide a collection of some of the most useful and enlightening forum discussions in an organized manner so that applicants can quickly and easily access the information they need when they need it, without having to sift through what has now become thousands of forum topics with tens of thousands of postings. Unlike a published book, this online guide is intended to be a dynamic resource. Useful discussions may be added and outdated topics removed by any registered user, with changes becoming public upon administrator approval (pending WIKI functionality). Tangents, repetition and omissions and occasional misinformation should be expected, along with generous helpings of author’s opinions. As always, please remember that postings may have been written by anyone with a computer and internet access. Enough said. On behalf of the Uncle Harvey community of neurosurgeons, residents and hopefuls who have authored the entries compiled within the threads below, I hope you find the information beneficial. If you have any comments or suggestions on how to improve this resource, please speak up!
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CHAPTER 1: Wait a second… is this even a good idea? Is neurosurgery really for me?
Questions about neurosurgery
doubts? regrets?
comments from neurosurgery residents’ spouses…
thoughts on the 88 hour work week
how did you decide on neurosurgery?
how do you commit?
how do you know if you will be good at neurosurgery?
Read this book if you’re still undecided (or even if you’re not!)
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CHAPTER 2: Planning ahead – Topics for those in MS1/2, or earlier
Advise to the neurosurgery applicant
Preparing for Step 1 (see also links in 2nd post)
When should I schedule my 3rd year neurosurgery rotation?
How helpful is an MD/PhD?
non-neurosurgery electives
getting all the pieces together (preclinical years)
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CHAPTER 3: What must I do to match in neurosurgery? Do I have a chance?
factors that influence competitiveness
Trying to match at a competitive program?
being average
2008 – qualifications vs outcome in match - anecdotes
2009 – qualifications vs outcome in match - anecdotes
2009 – ***official match statistics***
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CHAPTER 4: Research: How much? What type? How important is it really?
Research in medical school
Types of Research
what makes a case worthy of a case report?
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CHAPTER 5: Discussions about being an aspiring Neurosurgeon-Scientist
Neurosurgeon-Scientists. How do people make it work?
MD/PhD – was it worth it?
Why is a PhD helpful?
Predictors of neurosurgical career choice
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CHAPTER 6: Help! I just realized I want to do neurosurgery – is it too late?
Help! Almost MS4!
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CHAPTER 7: Being a medical student on the neurosurgery service: Hints and tips
Purpose of Doing a Subinternship
Greenberg highlights
opening / closing 101
Steady hands
Dear annoying medical student
MS 4 - beware of drilling nails in your own coffin
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CHAPTER 8: Away rotations: When, Where, Why, How?
Away rotation prerequisites and timing
order of sub-Is
Sub-I presentations
Memorable subinternships???
Did you match where you did a sub-I?
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CHAPTER 9: Letters of recommendation
Strong letters of Recommendation
Letters of Recommendation, part 2
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CHAPTER 10: Preparing the application
Kenny’s tips on how to get an interview
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CHAPTER 11: Scheduling interviews and life on the trail
2009-2010 interview dates
tips for scheduling and life on the road (aka… the beginnings of this guide!)
Interview scheduling tools (from 2008-2009 season)
budgeting for interviews
how many interviews should you do?
2008-2009 interview invitations – see last page for approximate dates invites were sent out in 2008
“On the trail” forum
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CHAPTER 12: Interviews: what to expect, how to shine
What to bring to the interview
Discussing research during the interview…
Random notes RE interview experiences, 2009
Classic, gonna-get-‘em interview questions
What you should ask when you interview
The best and worst of 2007 – old but perhaps enlightening
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CHAPTER 13: What should I be looking for in a program? How do programs differ?
Finding the right program
Gentleman programs
Case loads
Early operative experience
Surgical PAs… good, bad or indifferent?
Program prestige / geography
Program length
International exposure
Subspecialty strengths
top programs by specialty?
ideal program...?!
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CHAPTER 14: Second looks
Second looks
More on second looks
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CHAPTER 15: Preparing the rank list, and other post-interview issues
Rank lists
Not ranking programs
Here are 49 of the >300 submitted rank lists for 2009:
2009 program desirability – according to the applicant rank lists (see spreadsheet on last page)
Programs “expressing interest” prior to match day
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CHAPTER 16: You matched – congratulations!
2008 Match List
2009 Match List
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CHAPTER 17: You didn’t match – what now?
Reactions to not matching
Back-up plan / scrambling tips
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CHAPTER 18: Toward residency…
On being a successful resident
Being a resident forum
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APPENDIX: The programs…
Interview impressions forum
Subinternships forum
Programs forum
Beware of drilling nails in your own coffin
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Special thanks to Stem Cell and Kenny for making this awesome Wiki post happen.
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