"Residents appear relaxed and happy. Residents very enthusiastic about the program. Got to talk to residents one on one in the ORs. Effectively making it an OR tour and a time to get to know the program in a more relaxed atmosphere. Large hospital, great area, lots of variety." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Very high resident pay, I believe starts around $60k for PGY-2. Residents seemed very happy. A lot of residents get fellowships." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Residents seemed really happy with the program. They all seemed to get along with the faculty as well. Chairman seems like a resident advocate. They have good trauma at Bellvue. Benefits are great. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"Residents were relaxed, seemed happy, enthusiastic about program. PD/chair very relaxed and pro-resident. Good patient diversity and mix. Big improvements in research in recent years. Residents work 55-65 hrs/week on average." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Seemed like a very resident-oriented program. Residents seem to get along well with each other and are happy. Liked the "team captain" concept. Bellevue obviously great for trauma. Multiple hospitals with different patient loads, all in close proximity. Send people to good fellowship programs. PD and department chair both very nice and easy to talk to. 5 year accrediation cycle, no citations. Workload reasonable, but meet all their case numbers with plenty of room to spare. Attendings sound very involved in teaching." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Great case volume, content residents, relaxed program director" | More from this Member | Report Response

"Didn't meet chairman and the PD was so SHY! The morning report was sooooo boring. The facilities are really depressing. NO HOUSING! COME ON! This is NYU! Why is there no housing?" | More from this Member | Report Response

"The program does not seem very academic, although I got the feeling they were trying to move it more in that direction. NYC is a great city, but I'm not sure I would like to live there. Subsidized housing from the university is hard to get." | More from this Member | Report Response

"I really wasn't impressed with the facilities. Tisch is slightly better compared to Bellevue. It seems as though the cafeteria at Bellevue was shut down so residents have to bring their own lunch or leave the hospital for food. Faculty did not seem open to the possibility of students doing away electives. Interview with faculty was very short and it seemed very rushed. No affordable housing close to the hospital. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"Cost of living, only limited subsidized housing available in a very expensive part of Manhattan. Facilities (especially Bellevue and the call rooms) are a bit run down and old." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Wasn't really blown away by the facilities. Seems to be lagging a little on the tech front: Tisch (private) hospital still using paper records and electronic paging still in its infancy. Bragged about amount of didactic teaching, but some residents seemed less impressed. Current group of residents didn't seem that into research, though it did seem like there were plenty of opportunities if interested." | More from this Member | Report Response

"It was very relaxed. Start the day off at morning report and get breakfast. The whole day is spent near a resident so you will always have someone to talk to. Interviews occur in the morning. Most people had very quick 10 minute interviews. One group interviews first and the other group goes on 1 on 1 OR discussions with a resident. After that is the tour. Then lunch with residents (they serve pasta!!!) and an optional tour of Tisch which really is NOT worth the time." | More from this Member | Report Response

"No dinner the night before. Day started around 8:00 with breakfast, presentations by PD and chair. Then applicants split into interview and tour group. Two interviews, 20-30 mins each. Tour of ORs includes spending 30 mins one-on-one with a resident. Was done by around 2:30." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Starts at 0800 or so. Go to a small room (resident library I think) and sit in on daily morning case report. Once that's done, breakfast is served. PD talks for a bit and shows a brief powerpoint. Chair talks for a few minutes. Interviews start. For some reason, only a few students are pre-selected to interview with both the chair and PD; everyone else is interviewed by two attendings. Not sure if this is random or has something to do with candidate's pre-interview rank order. After interviews, get into bunny suits and are paired up with one resident in the OR. This is totally relaxed and mainly an opportunity for you to ask him/her questions about the program. After about an hour of that, you head back to the little room, have lunch with more residents. Then an optional tour of Tisch, and home for the day. No dinner the night before, and they don't pick up the hotel tab." | More from this Member | Report Response

"I always kind of viewed NY as a place I enjoyed visiting, but didn't know if I could live there. However, I was impressed enough with the program that I think I could swing it for 3 years. Definitely higher on my list than pre-interview." | More from this Member | Report Response

"As for what I wroted down about the place: - 14 res/yr; training in 4 hospitals (Bellvue: NYC "county" hospital w/big ass trauma, lots of autonomy; Tisch: more private, nicer looking; VA: do critical care there, slower paced; HJD: the other major orthopedic hospital in NYC, lots o' regional) - didactics: daily early AM conferences, one of which you'll see on interview day; then different topics on different days, one conf M afternoon, one T afternoon, one morning one on Thurs. I seem to remember that one is relaxed and the faculty reportedly buys beer and food for the discussion, but you'll have to check me on that one. - 5 yr accrediation without citation - opportunity for research scholar, requiring 1.5 yr commitment but gives substantial stipend - we were told the residents are out daily between 4 pm and 6 pm without fail - Dr. Blanck is Chair and wasn't there for our interview day; Dr. Wajda is the program director, and I found him to be refreshingly relaxed and down to earth (one residency review was less positive of him). - Residents seemed happy to me - they actually get you dressed in the nicest bunny suits I've ever been in (I had a snazzy denim-looking set) - and put you in the Bellvue ORs with a resident. The guy I was with was from Texas, and he was very much happy with NYU (which was his first choice, or so he said). They get a great CA3 experience as "team captain" at Bellvue while on call, acting as the junior attending (running board, assigning who goes where, code response/intubation supervisor, etc.); a few other programs seem to have situations like this but this one stood out to me. Exposure to all the trauma you can shake a stick at, transplants of all types, good ICU, good research, good regional. - Overall, I liked them A LOT. Mein kampf is deciding if I want to be in NYC for four years. I already have my heart set on another program as #1, but, should I decide the city's where it's at for me, NYU will be ranked very high." | More from this Member | Report Response

"The Bottom Line/Impression: Like the city itself…big, impersonal, and not quite what it’s cracked up to be; could be perfect for some.<p> Lodging/Dinner: No hotel, no dinner. Fits the program well. <p> Schedule: You’re supposed to show up at 0730…what they don’t tell you is that there is case conference going until then, so you, in your suit and/or overcoat, get shoved into a small conference room to stand in the back if you show up before 0730. Not a great way to start. Dr. Wajda, the PD, then gives a short Powerpoint on the program and sets you to breakfast, then Dr. Blanck, the chair, talks about their research. Both were pretty blasé about everything and since there were 18 applicants there it was pretty impersonal. The chiefs then got us into bunny suits and took us to the OR’s…the resident I was hooked up with was super nice and loved her program but I can’t say that for everyone, most seemed pretty neutral about their program but would say they were happy. No one came to get us from the OR’s (???!!!). Then, 2 interviews w/ various faculty. I cannot emphasize how dismayed I was that only 6 out of the 18 applicants interviewed with either the chair or the PD (the way it is scheduled, if you interview with either of them you also interview with the other). Then, lunch in the same smallish conference room mostly w/ applicants talking amongst themselves since we were only exposed to 2-4 residents total. Out by 1330. <p> Program Info: 18 spots all advanced (not 100% sure about that number since it was never stated). Split your time between Bellevue (huge public hospital, 14 OR’s mostly bread & butter) Tisch/NYU (private hospital where from the anesthesia side it’s “built to run w/o residents” meaning it’s usually 1:1 with the attendings), and Hospital for Joint Diseases. <p> Pros: No major clinical deficiencies as far as I can tell. Clinical teaching strong, residents overall seem mildly happy. Location. <p> Cons: This was interview #6 for me and by far the worst-run. Weak(er) ICU experience, weak(er) peds. Not an academic environment if that’s what you’re looking for, mostly training clinicians (?technicians). NYU housing is weak/nonexistent, location could be poor for you. Overall a pretty “blah” vibe. " | More from this Member | Report Response