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"-Dr. Slipman is on an undisclosed "leave of absence" and the other prominent interventionalist at Radnor has left for HSS. They are in the process of recruiting replacements. -No EMG's are done with Neurologists and residents stated they get over 200, but they are predominately of the radic/cts variety and most rare pathology is seen by the Neurologists who are highly protective of their emg's at UPENN -Most residents stated that the Penn name played a very large role in their rank decision -No on-site x-rays or doplers, so all patients needing them will be transferred out. This is unlikely to change in future because (per chief res) it is not cost-effective. -PM&R residents cover 38-bed LTACH unit from 7pm-7am in addition to rehab patients -Residents spend 3 months at Good Shepard in Allentown during PGY-4 -PD made several negative comments about Temple/Moss and Jeff/Magee. This was the only program I interviewed at where I witnessed something like that. -Several residents made it very clear that to match their you have to tell the PD you will rank them #1, as he is very, very proud of getting the people on the top of his rank list -During the 3 hours of introductions, lectures and program overview I barely saw any residents smiling or having friendly interactions with each other or attendings -41 calls during PGY-2, mostly weekends -On-call residents must do consults as they come in on Sat/Sun (though not a ton) "

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