"wonderful interview experience. PD is extremely involved with resident education and cares about the residents and they definitely echo this feeling. top 99%'ile for case logs which turns into awesome experience and training. they do hearts and other complicated cases as CA-1's ... with adequate supervision etc but you get really good and develop a sense of being able to truly handle any case. all cases held at UH, no need to go anywhere else. low on trauma (which im not at all interested in so for me thats a plus). anesthesia is the big honcho in the hospital. have a giant lounge for them vs. 1 smaller lounge for all the other MDs in the hospital. haha. niiiice. residents have attendings absolute support in they are being ragged on, and if you're in the wrong they let you know in private so you can learn from it. awesome program. will definitely be at the top of my list. did not rotate there." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Large case volume, complicated cases (livers, hearts), low faculty turnover, anesthesia respected in hospital, warm residents + attendings (good relationships), OR techs (they do not turn over room), can teach med students, few fellows so fellow level cases for residents, tons of support to go to conferences, moonlighting, fellowships available (4 pain, 2 peds, 1 OB, 1 ICU), good socials, good didactics. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"none of this stuff REALLY matters -- awkward setup of having about 20 interviewees in a small little room, set up like a classroom with highschool style desks. uncomfortable and awkward. dinner and tour the night before could easily have been incorporated into the formal interview day. food was dry, tasteless boxed sandwich." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Paper chart (although OR electronic record), hospital is kind of old, nonprivate ICU, no pyxis - have to get all drugs from pharmacy, no adult trauma, residents seemed almost too happy + friendly... maybe a little nerdy. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"interview were very low key, nothing you wouldn't expect .... tell me about X on your application, something non-medical interest, what can i tell you about the program. give yourself more extra time than you think cuz with parking etc its a giant campus. lunch was at a nice local restaurant. good food. etoh if you wanted it." | More from this Member | Report Response

"The Bottom Line/Impression: a solid program with very happy residents and (if anything) a stronger-than-average ICU experience. Good amount of perks and cush schedule vs. not-academic atmosphere.<p> Lodging/Dinner: Nicer hotel w/in walking distance provided. Light dinner and presentation the night before the interview in the department. Chief (George, nicest and most enthusiastic guy ever) went over call, moonlighting, didactics, etc., to keep the interviews themselves more personal. Tour of the hospital. <p> Schedule: Interview day starts 7:30am, light breakfast in the department’s classroom which served as the waiting area/bullpen for the applicants to hang out between interviews. 5-7 15 minute interviews. Low key, low stress, very personable, most had gone over my application and had good questions about research or other things I’d done. Lunch at noon at a local restaurant, done by 2:30pm. <p> Program Info: 12 spots, categorical only, around 35 OR’s total in-house. OB, Peds, Cardiac on-site. Go to Metro for trauma. Moonlighting in-house.<p> Pros: Residents are ridiculously happy and well-treated. The chair, Howard Nearman, personally sees to this and is the nicest most down-to-earth chair you’ll probably ever meet. The whole department is basically a “cult of personality” based on him being so laid-back, easy to work with, and invested in residents. ICU: SICU/CTICU are run by anesthesiologists. 4-6 months throughout your 4 years are ICU. Intern year: 5 months medicine but otherwise very chill, lots of exposure to the anesthesia faculty via ICU, OR, and pain months. Excellent working relationship with attendings – very cordial/casual, not an ounce of malignancy. Good support from AAs/CRNAs for breaks, crap cases, getting to lecture, etc. Residents always have first dibs on cases (you do AAA, SRNA does eyeball).<p> Cons: Cleveland. Location, weather, etc. Most residents are from the Midwest/Ohio area and stay in the region. No research whatsoever. Opportunities for residents to do their own but nothing established. Not the biggest name on the planet but pretty well known. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"6 1-on-1 faculty interviews. Got asked the usual questions: why you want to do anesthesia, strengths/weaknesses, what you’re looking for in a program. One person perused my rec letters + CAF and asked random questions here and there. I felt they all were familiar with my application. Pretty low-stress interviews. Dinner the night before with residents, and lunch with residents after the interview. Don’t expect to leave until 3pm (after lunch). They gave us plenty of time to ask a million questions. Included tour of the glued hospitals. " | More from this Member | Report Response