Recent content by slopes23

Am actually contemplating this, but trying to figure out how to get patients to start (have some ideas on this) as well as where to scope unless it means I need to build my own ASC up front. If anyone has experience with some of these things would love to hear more about your journey. Feel free...

This thread is deteriorating fast. NewYorkDoctor I don’t know who the community doctors are in your area but it’s a small sample of what the entire community looks like in your region let alone the country. If you think recommending FODMAPS to an IBD patient is a panacea and that GI doctors...

Like anything, it depends. Are you just working in a community hospital going about, enjoying life? Or are you working in an academic hospital furthering your network/interest/CV/research so that you will also have a stronger application come application time? The former will hurt you, the later...

Go ask your doctor. Refer back to comment regarding medical advice on a general forum. The I have a friend trick is pretty transparent. And if by small chance you are in fact a doctor and have to ask such inane questions, you have no business doling out advice related to them to patients who...

Yes.

I know what you are thinking. No they don’t count as additional publications in a journal.

Made your question a bit more concise. I think you did the right thing in deferring to his PCP. If they don’t know the answer, then he should be referred to GI. Should not give medical advice over a forum. Too many details/clarifying questions that could be missed.

How much of your application is new from last year? How many programs did you apply to? How many interviews did you get? Need a good post-mortem to give you the most accurate info. Meaning, it’s important to know where your application failed last time to see if it’s likely to fail again in the...

I will say that given that pedigree and current practice situation, unless you make inroads into an academic setting and start putting out some considerably prolific/impressive/high powered GI research, your application will likely be passed over at most, if not all, academic programs. I have...

This is a tough question to answer without more information. I’m sure you recognize that research isn’t just short term, it’s research over time. Then there are all the other things like residency program reputation and where you did rheum fellowship, what you current practice environment is...

Not going to lie, it’s going to be tough. Questionable how “academic” your community program really is if it doesn’t have much in the way of research opportunity and the lack of in house GI is going to hurt. Only plus side I can see to your current situation is that you are on the east coast and...

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Thanks for confirming. Separate question - How common is it to share suite space with other specialties in an attempt to maximize use? Other than higher capital costs to outfit the suite for multi-specialty use, it seems like it could be lucrative to involve other specialties...

Wanted to see if anyone has anecdotal data on what the daily scope volume looks like from a single endo suite perspective in community practice. I’m thinking 16 scopes daily per suite seems reasonable? Not sure if this is high or low, but thinking 30 min per procedure, operational 10 hrs a day...

Absolutely true. But this is certainly not the majority of the case, as such would direct you to my use of “usually.” But, your point is an important clarification.