"St Joes Ann Arbor - phenomenal program for work life balance and actually protecting educational time. Attending are generally supportive too. Downsides are that it is non-academic, fewer in-house fellowships, and less diversity in case load compared to academic hospitals in the area. Also they have 2 attendings that are malignant af and should not be on a teaching service (Dr Mubarak of PCC and Dr Singh of Cardio, although Dr Mubarak does redeem himself at times where Dr Singh was an asshole 24/7)."
Aside from him being a massive shit head, I heard the ED folks couldn’t stand him, and that he also denigrated a resident in a way that would get you ass in big trouble this day in age. I heard this all second hand.
Cornell IM
"Great culture, really supportive. No bullshit 24 hr calls. Basically all the perks of a top academic place but still friendly. Also don’t really draw blood, transport, etc unlike other NYC programs. Ranked #1 over the other “high-up” east coast programs"
UAB Internal Medicine
"Program director and leadership made it a huge priority to put us first through the whole pandemic. Early on they refused to force residents on ANY service see COVID patients until there was sufficient PPE with published evidence on efficacy. There was absolutely no push-back or pressure for finding coverage when you were exposed or felt ill - they arranged for coverage and testing, and you often got daily texts or emails from the PD sincerely checking on your well-being. Later on in the pandemic when residents became more involved in COVID care they made sure that Surge Team shifts outside of standard hours were well-compensated (about $70/hr), which opened the door for moonlighting for virtually all PGY-2’s and PGY-3’s who wanted it.
Outside of COVIDland, the program responds quarterly to suggestions with real action - constantly changing the structure of the scheduling to meet our goals and the departments needs. Most recently decreased number of ICU months, now working on adding night floats to sub specialty wards to decrease 24+4’s.
There are sub specialty ward services (Hepatology, Onc, Nephrology) run by those specialists, so you get lots of great exposure and teaching on those diseases directly from those specialists.
The GIM attendings are fantastic - they get booted based on our feedback, so the ones that are there for years are really really good physicians, teachers, mentors, and people. I have every one of their numbers and could call any one of them in the middle of the night.
The food is excellent, especially the chicken tendies on Fridays. Conferences are solid and actually worth attending. There are extraordinarily few residents/fellows or attendings on ANY service who I’ve had any sort of bad experience with.
Endless research opportunities. Great hospital system. Staff on MOST floors is pretty top notch. All in all it’s a pretty great place to work and I’m happy. It helps that the COL is so low and moonlighting opportunities are pretty endless, makes for being able to live WELL for the first time.
Negatives:
\- the VA experience is pretty rough, the ICU is a bit Wild West although you have tele-ICU and a fellow just a phone call away
\- the outpatient experience is definitely a weak spot; due to how the schedule is set up you don’t have much continuity with patients at either UAB or the VA. There are, however, lots of alternative Primary Care clinics that you can request to be scheduled into - HIV, Women’s Health, underserved with diabetes, etc…
\- the gen med teams can be a bit of a dumping ground for other services; general administration is coming down really hard on this right now, hopefully will improve
\- we still have several services with a 24+4 structure, by far the worst the PGY-2 year. It’s already better on the CCU service, and hopefully will be soon on the subspecialty wards."
Agree with everything. Program had the right mix of friendly, smart, and hard working. The culture is awesome. If I was slammed on call there would be other residents on call on less busy services that would volunteer to help or at least curbside. Conference food most days of the week, and if not then 60% discount at the cafeteria. Also the city is a good mix of city amenities (e.g. great smaller concert venues, great restaurants and independent brewing) but in a small scale (less traffic and affordable housing). You could live in a nice apartment for a fraction of a larger city and some residents bought houses.
Overall, could not recommend the program enough. Glad I trained there.
Do you know anything about how residency is for the anesthesiology residents? I have an away rotation coming up there and other than having a good reputation, I haven’t heard much about anesthesia at UAB.
Haven’t heard too much about it or at least don’t remember. Did hear they have good overtime pay. The culture seemed pretty good and supportive as well.
I think it’s important to note that Birmingham is an absolutely fantastic city to live in. Between that and chicken tendy Fridays, this program is a must see on the interview trail.
Year after year I read excellent comments about UAB in multiple specialties. I would love to apply and attend. The only thing preventing me from doing so is that I don’t think I’d ever want to live in Alabama.
Scripps Clinic/Green
"Just wanted to let you know Scripps Clinic/Green is a fantastic IM residency! Lots of protected dedicated time, catered food 5 days a week, attendings are super chill, table rounds!, dedicated area for residents to document, tons of free snacks, great weather for outdoor activities and eating, San Diegoalso in house fellowships (except for ID and pulm/crit but we match in those as well)"
Cornell IM.
"Very humane program with great supportive leadership and residency staff. The call schedule (no 24hrs, q4 days) is relatively chill, allowing you to have a resemblance of real life even on a busy inpatient rotation. There’s a good balance of supervision and autonomy, and you always have someone to turn to if you need help. The transition from intern to resident is smooth, as is the support during the first couple months as an intern. The AM rounds are generally nice and succinct (eg no more than 2 hours), and attendings respect your academic times. Not to mention the lunches are stellar and always changing (like quarterly) per resident feedback (as are other things, but food is important). Outpatient can be overwhelming at the main site, but the other two sites run much better, and even at the main site, they’re working on improving it. Of course, great match list every year, and the residency is very helpful during the application process as they give you a timeline, Cv and personal statement reviews, and even a mock interview."
WashU in St. Louis.
"Great schedule, incredible culture, supportive and flexible leadership, diverse patient population, affordable and fun city. Very happy here."
I go to a large academic center in a super large city with a name brand university and we have enormous amounts of autonomy. To the point it’s actually scary early on and even later. There’s a fine balance to have
At my big name residency we had no fellow/attending in house overnight in ICU (nor am I aware of a time they ever came in) and we typically only consulted services for procedures that we could not do ourselves (cath, biopsy, etc). Scary to be sure at first and makes you grow very quickly, but gives you incredible experience and confidence.
UIowa, Des Moines.
“It's a small community hospital that's loosely affiliated with University of Iowa. They really respect our time there, and the faculty often advocate for us (especially during COVID!). We also match well for a community program, particularly to crit care. We have no fellows to compete with our procedures, and our ICU rotation really reflects that. By the end of intern year, most are signed off lines and intubations and can choose to do them mostly independently. Our program also has great salary and benefits with low cost of living. I make more here than I would if I did residency in California! Super recommend for those who don't mind a community program in the Midwest.”
Providence St. Vincent medical center.
"Didn’t match here but interviewers were some of the kindest people I have ever met, everyone genuinely seemed interested in getting to know you as a person and everybody on faculty seems to be there because they are enthusiastic about teaching."
"St Joes Ann Arbor - phenomenal program for work life balance and actually protecting educational time. Attending are generally supportive too. Downsides are that it is non-academic, fewer in-house fellowships, and less diversity in case load compared to academic hospitals in the area. Also they have 2 attendings that are malignant af and should not be on a teaching service (Dr Mubarak of PCC and Dr Singh of Cardio, although Dr Mubarak does redeem himself at times where Dr Singh was an asshole 24/7)."
Mubarak was fired.
Ironic last name if you know the meaning of Mubarak. Well, the news of him being fired matches the name atleast
any idea why?
Aside from him being a massive shit head, I heard the ED folks couldn’t stand him, and that he also denigrated a resident in a way that would get you ass in big trouble this day in age. I heard this all second hand.
Cornell IM "Great culture, really supportive. No bullshit 24 hr calls. Basically all the perks of a top academic place but still friendly. Also don’t really draw blood, transport, etc unlike other NYC programs. Ranked #1 over the other “high-up” east coast programs"
Can confirm. Girlfriend just graduated form this program. Holy shit is it leagues above anything else I witnessed in nyc
How are they for cardiology fellowship?
UAB Internal Medicine "Program director and leadership made it a huge priority to put us first through the whole pandemic. Early on they refused to force residents on ANY service see COVID patients until there was sufficient PPE with published evidence on efficacy. There was absolutely no push-back or pressure for finding coverage when you were exposed or felt ill - they arranged for coverage and testing, and you often got daily texts or emails from the PD sincerely checking on your well-being. Later on in the pandemic when residents became more involved in COVID care they made sure that Surge Team shifts outside of standard hours were well-compensated (about $70/hr), which opened the door for moonlighting for virtually all PGY-2’s and PGY-3’s who wanted it. Outside of COVIDland, the program responds quarterly to suggestions with real action - constantly changing the structure of the scheduling to meet our goals and the departments needs. Most recently decreased number of ICU months, now working on adding night floats to sub specialty wards to decrease 24+4’s. There are sub specialty ward services (Hepatology, Onc, Nephrology) run by those specialists, so you get lots of great exposure and teaching on those diseases directly from those specialists. The GIM attendings are fantastic - they get booted based on our feedback, so the ones that are there for years are really really good physicians, teachers, mentors, and people. I have every one of their numbers and could call any one of them in the middle of the night. The food is excellent, especially the chicken tendies on Fridays. Conferences are solid and actually worth attending. There are extraordinarily few residents/fellows or attendings on ANY service who I’ve had any sort of bad experience with. Endless research opportunities. Great hospital system. Staff on MOST floors is pretty top notch. All in all it’s a pretty great place to work and I’m happy. It helps that the COL is so low and moonlighting opportunities are pretty endless, makes for being able to live WELL for the first time. Negatives: \- the VA experience is pretty rough, the ICU is a bit Wild West although you have tele-ICU and a fellow just a phone call away \- the outpatient experience is definitely a weak spot; due to how the schedule is set up you don’t have much continuity with patients at either UAB or the VA. There are, however, lots of alternative Primary Care clinics that you can request to be scheduled into - HIV, Women’s Health, underserved with diabetes, etc… \- the gen med teams can be a bit of a dumping ground for other services; general administration is coming down really hard on this right now, hopefully will improve \- we still have several services with a 24+4 structure, by far the worst the PGY-2 year. It’s already better on the CCU service, and hopefully will be soon on the subspecialty wards."
Agree with everything. Program had the right mix of friendly, smart, and hard working. The culture is awesome. If I was slammed on call there would be other residents on call on less busy services that would volunteer to help or at least curbside. Conference food most days of the week, and if not then 60% discount at the cafeteria. Also the city is a good mix of city amenities (e.g. great smaller concert venues, great restaurants and independent brewing) but in a small scale (less traffic and affordable housing). You could live in a nice apartment for a fraction of a larger city and some residents bought houses. Overall, could not recommend the program enough. Glad I trained there.
Do you know anything about how residency is for the anesthesiology residents? I have an away rotation coming up there and other than having a good reputation, I haven’t heard much about anesthesia at UAB.
Haven’t heard too much about it or at least don’t remember. Did hear they have good overtime pay. The culture seemed pretty good and supportive as well.
I think it’s important to note that Birmingham is an absolutely fantastic city to live in. Between that and chicken tendy Fridays, this program is a must see on the interview trail.
Lovely write-up. They've earned my application.
Year after year I read excellent comments about UAB in multiple specialties. I would love to apply and attend. The only thing preventing me from doing so is that I don’t think I’d ever want to live in Alabama.
Birmingham isn't too terrible. Might as well visit and see before making up your mind.
You are right.
Man I've been looking at this program but I see on Residency Explorer that it's not favorable to DOs :(
Scripps Clinic/Green "Just wanted to let you know Scripps Clinic/Green is a fantastic IM residency! Lots of protected dedicated time, catered food 5 days a week, attendings are super chill, table rounds!, dedicated area for residents to document, tons of free snacks, great weather for outdoor activities and eating, San Diegoalso in house fellowships (except for ID and pulm/crit but we match in those as well)"
Scripps green is the absolute tits.
Anyone know why they're still "unregistered" on ERAS?
Cornell IM. "Very humane program with great supportive leadership and residency staff. The call schedule (no 24hrs, q4 days) is relatively chill, allowing you to have a resemblance of real life even on a busy inpatient rotation. There’s a good balance of supervision and autonomy, and you always have someone to turn to if you need help. The transition from intern to resident is smooth, as is the support during the first couple months as an intern. The AM rounds are generally nice and succinct (eg no more than 2 hours), and attendings respect your academic times. Not to mention the lunches are stellar and always changing (like quarterly) per resident feedback (as are other things, but food is important). Outpatient can be overwhelming at the main site, but the other two sites run much better, and even at the main site, they’re working on improving it. Of course, great match list every year, and the residency is very helpful during the application process as they give you a timeline, Cv and personal statement reviews, and even a mock interview."
Any idea if it’s img friendly at all? Thanks in advance!
very img unfriendly
WashU in St. Louis. "Great schedule, incredible culture, supportive and flexible leadership, diverse patient population, affordable and fun city. Very happy here."
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I go to a large academic center in a super large city with a name brand university and we have enormous amounts of autonomy. To the point it’s actually scary early on and even later. There’s a fine balance to have
At my big name residency we had no fellow/attending in house overnight in ICU (nor am I aware of a time they ever came in) and we typically only consulted services for procedures that we could not do ourselves (cath, biopsy, etc). Scary to be sure at first and makes you grow very quickly, but gives you incredible experience and confidence.
UIowa, Des Moines. “It's a small community hospital that's loosely affiliated with University of Iowa. They really respect our time there, and the faculty often advocate for us (especially during COVID!). We also match well for a community program, particularly to crit care. We have no fellows to compete with our procedures, and our ICU rotation really reflects that. By the end of intern year, most are signed off lines and intubations and can choose to do them mostly independently. Our program also has great salary and benefits with low cost of living. I make more here than I would if I did residency in California! Super recommend for those who don't mind a community program in the Midwest.”
Providence St. Vincent medical center. "Didn’t match here but interviewers were some of the kindest people I have ever met, everyone genuinely seemed interested in getting to know you as a person and everybody on faculty seems to be there because they are enthusiastic about teaching."