BWH is the most interventional because of the surgical training-pumps, stims, portacaths etc...
I am a current fellow on the West Coast and planned to go back to the East Coast to a specific area before starting fellowship. I started calling practices back in May 2014 and put my name and CV out there. By September I had interviewed for 3 jobs and by November I was entertaining three great offers. I am joining a great practice in the exact area I want to live.Can anyone discuss their personal experience in landing a job post-fellowship based upon location and quality of fellowship training?
Eg. If I wanted to eventually land a job in Chicago, should I:
1) Go to a decent program (eg. NW, Rush, UChicago; albeit not a "national top-notch" program) IN THE AREA of where I want to work..
vs.
2) Go to a "national top-notch" program (eg. Hopkins, UCLA, BIDMC/MGH, MD Anderson)?
Personal experience, difficulties encountered, pros/cons, etc. would be helpful.
Anybody who is a current fellow has a Psychiatrist in the pain fellowship? I am interested in doing pain, and I was wondering how common it is?
Anybody who is a current fellow has a Psychiatrist in the pain fellowship? I am interested in doing pain, and I was wondering how common it is?
There were two Psychiatrists in the UCSD program this year
That sounds crazy to me, no experience with any Neuraxial procedures, blocks, anything, no background in anesthetic agents? 3 years of just talking to patients. Wow, maybe I went the wrong route. 3 years of basically no call and no setting rooms up would have been nice to arrive at the same spot in the end.
Positive. Met one during the interview. Not sure what the issue with background is. The docs with Anesthesia, IM, Physiatry and Psychiatry backgrounds I worked with all seemed equally skilled in their practices.The chairman of UPMC has a psychiatry background
Are you sure UCSD matched two psychiatrists? I know they matched to physiatrists
Wow you're spiteful. Sticking needles in people is just one part of taking care of pain patients, would you not agree?
When I was at UCSD, the pain chairman had a strong interest in recruiting a pain-boarded psychiatrist to round out the department, which is mostly anesthesiologists. One of my co-fellows was a psychiatrist and was offered a faculty position but declined. Given their rarity, I'm not surprised that more psychiatrists were taken on as fellows, in the hope of keeping one.
Anyone care to share info on any of the following programs please, having a tough time ranking them.
1) Cedars
2) Rush
3) UVA
4) NYU
5) Mount Sinai
6) UC-Davis
7) Case Western
8) UIC
I interviewed at cedars and thought it was a strong program. Would rank them in top 2 or 3 were it not for geographic limitations. UC Davis i hear from a friend who graduated from the fellowship, loved it. I did not interview there but my friend could have had his pick of most pain programs and chose Davis. I think Davis is in your list of top 2.
The Rush pain fellows rotated on the PM&R service with me every so often when I was a resident... those guys got rocked! I remember one telling me he'd work upwards of 100 hours per week on call weeks.
Was very impressed with UC Davis when I interviewed there last year and heard good things about UVa from a friend of mine who is currently a fellow there.
Does anyone know about the St. Lukes Roosevelt program? The previous threads talked about how awesome this fellowship program was. I know the hospital system was bought out by Mount Sinai and heard that they lost a couple Pain attendings. Please PM me. Thanks!
Any1 have any info on when to apply for the next year? Seems like the universal pain app ceased to exist and there isn't any other info I'm able to find on the web about it.
Any word on how competitive it was last year? How much are in training exams factored in vs LOR and overall residency performance?
Pain Medicine stats for 2015 cycle:
416 Applicants
112 Failed to match
2 positions went unfilled in the initial round
Few fellowships are more competitive that this. Your top tier programs like B&W, BIDMC, Mayo, Cedars, UCSD receive upwards of 300+ applications for a few spots, some of which go to internal applicants.
Only PDs would know these answers.
Does this include all applicants (all specialties, FMGs, etc...)? Skews the numbers in my opinion.
Any word on how competitive it was last year? How much are in training exams factored in vs LOR and overall residency performance?
If you want top tier i think with ERAS they cut off by the step scores. My coresident went to 20+ interviews at big name programs with 240-250 step scores and 98-99% ITEs. Mine were average scores for both and i got 7 interviews at good programs but not BWH/BID etc. I think the places I went to went to liked my personal statement and research because they said so during the interview.