Interviews??

[maj218]

Anyone hear about interviews yet? I've heard that Penn is sending offers, but haven't heard about other places.

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[TheThroat]

Our interviews are at the end of this month.

 

[srb38]

Hi!

I've heard from Northwestern, Iowa, UCLA, and Columbia/Cornell.

 

[Howard Roark]

I have a friend that interviewed at UPENN last week.
He recently interviewed at Iowa
He was recently offered interview at Univ of Cinci
Ill provide more info as it becomes available.

Good Luck!

 

[TheThroat]

I have a friend that interviewed at UPENN last week.
He recently interviewed at Iowa
He was recently offered interview at Univ of Cinci
Ill provide more info as it becomes available.

Good Luck!

I doubt he has interviewed here, since we aren't interviewing until next week. Maybe he has been offered an interview.

 

[miamimarmot06]

Hey people,

I have interviews scheduled at Cincinatti and SUNY Syracuse for ENT. Does anyone know anything about these programs and/or how many applicants these schools typically interview?

~ marmot

 

[footballfan1]

Hey Throat, do you have any advice for someone who has an interview at Iowa on how to prepare for the interview?

 

[maxnm]

There is a large thread on Otomatch.com with interview offers.
Mine are as follows
Penn - interviewed 10/9
Nebraska
Mayo- wait listed
UTMB
Colorado
Utah
West Virginia
Wake Forrest

 

[TheThroat]

Hey Throat, do you have any advice for someone who has an interview at Iowa on how to prepare for the interview?

Relax, have fun with the residents and most of the faculty. When you interview with Gantz and Richard, emphasize research. They love that. Other than that, no big tips on how to score big.

 

[unit2013]

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[OtoDoc]

Hey people,

I have interviews scheduled at Cincinatti and SUNY Syracuse for ENT. Does anyone know anything about these programs and/or how many applicants these schools typically interview?

~ marmot

Just a little info about SUNY Upstate at Syracuse from a current resident here. I have to say this program really is a hidden gem amongst the ORL programs across the country. We have a complete clinical experience here that starts off from the day you start Oto. As a PGY-2 you do tons of cases. I loged over 600 cases as a PGY-2. 1/3 of your rotation is one on one with our pediatric otolaryngologist so by the end of the year you feel very compotent in pediatric airway cases as well as basic pediatric cases. I was performing laser supraglottoplasty and other reconstructive airway surgeries as a primary surgeon by the end of my year. You also operate with our craniofacial attending and his fellow. So you assist on tons of cleft cases as well as other reconstructive surgeries. Finally any day you aren't operating with these two surgeons you operate with either general ENT physicians or assist on the big head and neck cases. The other 2/3 are at a community program and VA program. In the community hospital you end up doing all types of cases as basic as T&A and PET placements to as complicated as parotidectomies. Again most as the primary surgeon by the end of the year. The VA rotation is where you and your chief work together and fairly independantly to do major head and neck cases or endoscopic sinus surgery. You also do a lot of ditzel clinic at the VA where you remove cutaneous lesions and minor reconstructive flaps.

Your 3rd year is just as interesting. 1/3 of the year you do Endocrine/Outpatient ENT surgery. Here you either operate with an endocrine surgeon on Thyroid/Parathyroid cases or operate in one of 4 outpatient surgey centers. Besides tons of thyroid/parathyroid cases (I'm in my 3rd year now and have about 20 cases logged. 1/2 as primary surgeon) you also get lots of Endoscopic Sinus surgeries and Facial plastics (face lifts, rhinoplasty, bleph...). 1/3 of the year you cover the post call resident so your experience is variable and just as rewarding. Finally the other 1/3 of the year you have one month of allergy rotation and 3 months of research.

Your 4th year includes 1/3 at a community center where you operate with and otologist, General ENT physicians, and TMJ specialist. Again you get tons of cases as the primary surgeon (including stapes and other complicated otology surgeries). 1/3 is spent at the University program where you do variety of cases from Laryngology with our laryngologiest to Head and neck surgery to sinus suregery to Otology/Neuro-Otology to Major Head and neck reconstructive surgery (Our chairman Dr. Kellman and our program is very well known for its Craniofacial reconstructive program and Head and Neck Trauma). The other 1/3 includes one month of allergy and 3 months of research.

Finally as a chief your main responsibility is to be somewhat like a Junior attending at either the University hospital, VA, or a community hospital. Again you operate a ton. More than any other year infact. By the end of the residency you have a great experience in almost any type of ENT surgery.

You also get a healthy Clinic experiece. More as a junior resident and less as a chief. But even more importantly all the residents get along really well. We are all friends and hang out with each other quite frequently. We are also the most respected residents in the hospital. The lack of some programs in our hospital such as plastic surgery and OMFS gives us a unique opportunity to get cases you wouldn't at other programs. We work hard and study hard and do quite well on the inservice and the boards (I don't have the exact numbers on me now).

Research is not a problem here either. We mainly do clinical research but bench work is also done. You can also work with SU (Syracuse University) researchers. Last year's chiefs presented at almost every meeting and had over a dozen publications combined. Two went to fellowships (rhinology, facial plastics), one went into academics without a fellow ship (hard to do). Every resident that I know of has gotten the fellowship they wanted so that's not even an issue here.

We interview about 15 applicants for the 3 spots so about 45 interviewees.

Finally the negative. Syracuse can get really cold (I Mean REALLY COLD). And lots of snow. But the city is very affordable (you can easily buy a house on a resident's salary). And if you like winter activity such as skiing or snowboarding then that is not an issue.

I guess you can see that I really like my program and if I had to do it over again I would rank this place # 1 in a heart beat. There is more to tell but I'v rambled enough so will fill you in on the rest when you interview here.

 

[miamimarmot06]

Wow, thanks OtoDoc for all the info. Your program sounds very well-rounded; I'm really excited about my interview and meeting with you and the rest of the resident team.

~ Marmot

 

[dortianr]

Would you like to recommend some medical forums for me?
Especially in English.
About ENT,surgery,oncology and so on,perhaps we can get some information about interviews in it.

Thank you very much.

 

[TheThroat]

Your in iowa city? in dental school or just a student?

I have applied at iowa city and been granted an interview.

I am a resident in Oto here.