Official 2014-2015 GI Fellowship Application Cycle

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DILI MELD said:
IV Impressions so far:
Einstein-Philly: ... They do the second most transplants in the Philly ( and I think more than UPMC as well, so it may be 2nd most in state, second to Penn). IV with the chief, PD, CEO of the group and then another attending. No primary service-pure consults. Plenty of scopes to go around. The fellows live all over i.e. suburbs and the city.
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This statement needs clarification. Einstein is not the 2nd largest transplant program in Pennsylvania or even Philly.

In 2014 to date (per UNOS data):
UPenn 59 transplants
UPMC 39
Jefferson 28
Einstein 26
Penn State 17
Hahnemann 11
Temple 7

In 2013:
UPenn 137
UPMC 63
Jefferson 53
Einstein 32
Penn State 21
Hahnemann 20
Temple 18

Numbers at UPenn and UPMC are for adult recipients only. At certain transplant programs the same team of surgeons perform both adult and pediatric liver transplantations, so it may artificially suppress the number of adult transplants.
 
hmm, you're correct per UNOS. I guess the person who told me that was misinformed or misread the numbers.
 
anyone know if montefiore has given out interviews yet? I hear they typically send out invites very late in the season..
 
Lahey rejection here too.
 
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I just got a lahey interview....after being rejected last week?? Ha
 
question: do you guys get replies to thank you emails? i have had about 10% replying and most of the PD do, but not always
 
Cooper Rejection.. maybe they are just gonna pile it on now
 
Maimo and UMass rejections...figured out they didn't want to interview me by now 😀

Still, there's the glimmer of hope that maybe there was a cancellation...
 
Anyone know if Lenoxx Hill has given out all interview or done with their interview days??
 
Quiet 'round these parts...

any late invites or insights anybody would like to share/vent?
 
do not think any more invites will be sent anymore, I think all programs are finalizing their rank list now
 
You are probably right about most. Still have 1 interview to go, so hopefully it's not the case with that one!

Whether I match or not, I'm waiting till after the ranks are due to post my thoughts on interview days. I hope my fellow applicants will join me in doing this for the benefit of next years' group.
 
I think this will be very valuable. I was surprised by many programs this year and maybe our impressions will help someone in the future.
 
Anyone willing to share impressions from OHSU GI? The first and second years seemed tired. I'd appreciate if anybody else who interviewed there can share their experience.
 
brujerizmo said:
Here are a couple in addition to the banner good samaritan one I posted earlier:
-University of Chicago-Northshore- very young program, only have 3 fellows all time, takes 1 fellow per year, growing, very supportive and amazing faculty, primarily clinically oriented, rotate at Evanston Hospital for 14 months, Univ of Chicago for 8 months and 3 other hospitals in northern chicago suburbs; VERY LARGE IBD population that supersedes most other programs; huge amount of endoscopies (1500 procedures in total), little to no call whatsoever, very relaxed atmosphere; seems like a very great program and will continue to get better; not a whole not of research; interviews 20-24 for 1 spot and primarily locoregional; fellows live in downtown chicago and commute 30 min via subway to main hospital
-Mayo Clinic Scottsdale- underrated program; fellows have amazing post fellowship opportunities and match at Mayo Rochester for advanced fellowships; superb faculty with as much research as you can get your hands on; rotate in china and mayo rochester for electives, rotate at banner good sam for more procedures; lots of clinical exposure; takes 2 fellows now and will take 3 this or next year with built in transplant fellowship in 3 yrs; seems like lots of tough call, lots of consultations for complicated patients; I really enjoyed meeting with the faculty; location leaves a little to be desired but if you love the heat, its perfect; I think its a fantastic place to train

Others please pitch in
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Hi Brujerizmo

Do you know if Mayo Scottsdale take in IMGs? By IMGs, I mean people who require visa and are on J1. There is no fellow listing in the website. Thank you for your opinion reg programs
 
Scope guy said:
Hi Brujerizmo

Do you know if Mayo Scottsdale take in IMGs? By IMGs, I mean people who require visa and are on J1. There is no fellow listing in the website. Thank you for your opinion reg programs
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They take IMGs. I'm not exactly sure what kind of IMGs they were besides they were non U.S. imgs
 
Hi guys,

Could anyone help comparing the two programs i-e Uni of Vermont vs SUNY Downstate (Brooklyn) and which one would you guys think be higher on the list ? I do not know much about the SUNy program (their academics, environment etc).

Thanks.

Picasso
 
I havent been on the site for a while. The rank list gave me stress over the week.

@theo312 , sorry to reply to your question late but I got the same feeling on my IV day that the fellows look very tired especially the first and second years. Great program though.

I will post my impression after the match as well but I have to say UCLA and UCSF have the most vigorous schedules out of all 14 programs I have been to. Although I highly consider them, I am worried about the q2 call for 12 inpatient months during first year.

Good luck everyone!

Happy holidays!
 
http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uplo...gram-NRMP-Results-and-Data-SMS-2014-Final.pdf

Wasn't too sure where to post this. Now I don't mean to worry anyone or anything since I know it is a tough process but I have seen a 66% number for US MDs matching but doesn't this actually mean that 66% of the spots are US MDs and not the match rate? I am a med student and I love GI but going into IM (my thinking may not be reasonable) without a guarantee of my actual career is concerning. However, I read at this link that 297/350 US MDs matched so the match rate would actually be just under 85%. That doesn't seem to bad unless I am missing something. It might be for only having that specialty ranked, but that definitely is not as bad as I thought.

I just wanted to post here to see if my line of thinking was correct. If I want GI in the end I would going into IM anyway with the mindset that being an internist or other specialist is fine but I figured I would check to see if I was missing something. Thanks!
 
Well, I can tell you that the NRMP asks for some data including step scores during the match process...but these are optional responses. Not sure whether or not they use respondents' data only, or all applicants' data. As my fellow applicants can attest, between the level of competition, reported difficulty in matching, stress of the actual process (and # of people I'm in immediate contact with who have applied over the last few years), I would think the match % is closer to the 60s than almost 90...I don't think 9/10 US applicants match. Then again, I could be wrong. Knowing my luck I'll be in that 10%. ><
 
My guess is that many of those applicants in that pool of quoted 44% of AMGs who don't match likely didn't apply broadly or didn't rank enough programs. Anecdotally, almost every AMG I know who applied broadly matched somewhere (also hope I'm not the exception!). I wouldn't stress over that number so much. As long as your application is good and you aren't too picky in the programs you apply to/rank, I think you should be ok




ChuckYolo1 said:
http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uplo...gram-NRMP-Results-and-Data-SMS-2014-Final.pdf

Wasn't too sure where to post this. Now I don't mean to worry anyone or anything since I know it is a tough process but I have seen a 66% number for US MDs matching but doesn't this actually mean that 66% of the spots are US MDs and not the match rate? I am a med student and I love GI but going into IM (my thinking may not be reasonable) without a guarantee of my actual career is concerning. However, I read at this link that 297/350 US MDs matched so the match rate would actually be just under 85%. That doesn't seem to bad unless I am missing something. It might be for only having that specialty ranked, but that definitely is not as bad as I thought.

I just wanted to post here to see if my line of thinking was correct. If I want GI in the end I would going into IM anyway with the mindset that being an internist or other specialist is fine but I figured I would check to see if I was missing something. Thanks!
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50 hrs to go...

Increasingly pessimistic about my chances, I think that's normal coming up to the big day though. Anyone else feeling this?
 
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tough year. only 1 unfilled clinical GI spot. 367/368 filled. wow!
 
Matched!!
Definitely took my laptop with me to work in case I had to scramble 😉
 
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