Official 2016-2017 GI Fellowship Application Cycle

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Hi Guys,

I'm applying to Gi this year for the first time. I graduated from IM residency in 2013. I have been working as a hospitalist for 3 years. I'm an MPH student and will get the degree in June 2017. USMLE scores (223,233), all first attempt. I applied to 160 programs. I don't need a visa. I have 3 case reports. I have 4 US letters (1 from my PD, 1 from dean of medical school at my residency program, 2 from GI private practice). By the way, I'm an IMG.

So far, no interviews. Any thing I should do different now? I would to hear any advice.

Thanks so much
 
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AMG
7/18: Cincinnati, Mayo (MN/AZ)
7/19: Duke, Methodist Dallas
7/20: Baylor, UM-Columbia
7/21: Michigan, Wake forest
7/22: U Florida Jacksonville
7/23: Cincinnati
7/24: Cincinnati
7/25: Methodist Dallas, Wake forest
7/29: Vanderbilt
7/31: VCU
8/1: UW, Loyola, Yale, Pitt, Colorado
8/2: Colorado
8/3: UW, UPenn, East Tennessee State
8/4: Pitt, Rochester
8/5: Emory, UPenn
8/8: UTSW, Lehigh, UNC, Medical College Wisconsin
8/9: UC Davis, Univ South AL, CPMC
8/10: Miami, Henry Ford, Medical College of Wisconsin, Kaiser, Vanderbilt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MGH, NYU
8/11: Carolinas
8/12: BU, UChicago, Henry Ford, OHSU
8/13: BWH
8/15: Saint Louis University, WashU
8/16: IU, U Chicago North Shore, Case Western, Brown, UCLA, NW, Utah, University of Oklahoma
8/17: UVA, Ohio State, UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai (main program), UMiami
8/18: Baylor Houston, Michigan, Allegheny, Lankenau, Nebraska, Cornell, Creighton
8/19: Stanford, UCSF
8/22: University of New Mexico, UAB, UAMS, Hopkins, Michigan, SLU, Duke
8/23: Aurora, University of Wisconsin, Northshore Long Island Jewish
8/24: LSU-New Orleans

IMG w/o visa required:
7/22: UF Jax
8/3: UM-Columbia
8/5: Emory
8/8: Rochester
8/8: VCU
8/8 Cedars Sinai LA
8/19 Texas Tech
8/19 Maimonides Medical Center

IMG requiring visa:
7/21: Oschner
8/1: Mayo Jax, Mayo Rochester, Loyola, UM-Columbia
8/18 University of Michigan ,Indiana,Baylor Houston, University of Chicago
8/19 BWH
8/22: UAMS, University of New Mexico
8/23 Mount Sinai ,UAB,University of Wisconsin

Rejections:
8/5: Mayo
8/11: UW
8/12: Univ of Chicago
8/15: UM-Columbia, Carolinas Medical Center
8/16: Wash U
8/18: Case
8/19: Ohio State
 
Shakazolo said:
Hi Guys,

I'm applying to Gi this year for the first time. I graduated from IM residency in 2013. I have been working as a hospitalist for 3 years. I'm an MPH student and will get the degree in June 2017. USMLE scores (223,233), all first attempt. I applied to 160 programs. I don't need a visa. I have 3 case reports. I have 4 US letters (1 from my PD, 1 from dean of medical school at my residency program, 2 from GI private practice). By the way, I'm an IMG.

So far, no interviews. Any thing I should do different now? I would to hear any advice.

Thanks so much
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refer to advice below
 
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Everything else already listed above so will not put x2 etc.

AMG
7/18: Cincinnati, Mayo (MN/AZ)
7/19: Duke, Methodist Dallas
7/20: Baylor, UM-Columbia
7/21: Michigan, Wake forest
7/22: U Florida Jacksonville
7/23: Cincinnati
7/24: Cincinnati
7/25: Methodist Dallas, Wake forest
7/29: Vanderbilt
7/31: VCU
8/1: UW, Loyola, Yale, Pitt, Colorado
8/2: Colorado
8/3: UW, UPenn, East Tennessee State
8/4: Pitt, Rochester
8/5: Emory, UPenn
8/8: UTSW, Lehigh, UNC, Medical College Wisconsin
8/9: UC Davis, Univ South AL, CPMC
8/10: Miami, Henry Ford, Medical College of Wisconsin, Kaiser, Vanderbilt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MGH, NYU
8/11: Carolinas
8/12: BU, UChicago, Henry Ford, OHSU
8/13: BWH
8/15: Saint Louis University, WashU
8/16: IU, U Chicago North Shore, Case Western, Brown, UCLA, NW, Utah, University of Oklahoma
8/17: UVA, Ohio State, UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai (main program), UMiami
8/18: Baylor Houston, Michigan, Allegheny, Lankenau, Nebraska, Cornell, Creighton
8/19: Stanford, UCSF
8/22: University of New Mexico, UAB, UAMS, Hopkins, Michigan, SLU, Duke, NYMC
8/23: Aurora, University of Wisconsin, Northshore Long Island Jewish
8/24: LSU-New Orleans, VTC- Carilion Clinic, Albany

IMG w/o visa required:
7/22: UF Jax
8/3: UM-Columbia
8/5: Emory
8/8: Rochester
8/8: VCU
8/8 Cedars Sinai LA
8/19 Texas Tech
8/19 Maimonides Medical Center

IMG requiring visa:
7/21: Oschner
8/1: Mayo Jax, Mayo Rochester, Loyola, UM-Columbia
8/18 University of Michigan ,Indiana,Baylor Houston, University of Chicago
8/19 BWH
8/22: UAMS, University of New Mexico
8/23 Mount Sinai ,UAB,University of Wisconsin

Rejections:
8/5: Mayo
8/11: UW
8/12: Univ of Chicago
8/15: UM-Columbia, Carolinas Medical Center
8/16: Wash U
8/18: Case
8/19: Ohio State
 
Shakazolo said:
Hi Guys,

I'm applying to Gi this year for the first time. I graduated from IM residency in 2013. I have been working as a hospitalist for 3 years. I'm an MPH student and will get the degree in June 2017. USMLE scores (223,233), all first attempt. I applied to 160 programs. I don't need a visa. I have 3 case reports. I have 4 US letters (1 from my PD, 1 from dean of medical school at my residency program, 2 from GI private practice). By the way, I'm an IMG.

So far, no interviews. Any thing I should do different now? I would to hear any advice.

Thanks so much
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Several red flags:

1. 4 years out of graduation
2. Private practice
3. Very poor research productivity. case reports are not research. Esp with your MPH, ppl expect more research
4. Believe it or not, MPH hardly adds any value for fellowship application.

Its a frustrating place to be in to get no interviews. Same is everyone who is out of training for even 1 year(It even affects AMGs, worse for IMGs). If you are able to switch jobs, choose a hospital that has a mid to low tier GI program where u can work as hospitalist and work closely with GI dept there. Option 2 is to do GI hospitalist in a program that has in house fellowship where u are guaranteed next year position. Place like geisinger, bronx lebanon, peoria may be your places to go.

good luck
 
Hey Guys,

I am an AMG at a mid- tier university program - step 1 197 step 2 227
have pretty decent research with 3 projects - 1 with big name PI ; 3 poster presentations; 1 2nd author pub in red journal
good standing in university;; all gi mentors and residency mentors expected me to match well although they weren't that aware of my step scores
no interviews so far; is there any shot for me this year?
 
Hey Guys. I applied this year but no interviews yet which is extremely disappointing. I need some honest input what to do from this point on: My steps scores were 228, 236, 221. I am a PGY3at a good university sponsered community program(unfortunately no inhouse fellowships). I am visa requiring IMG. I had 13 poster presentations so far with 2 oral presentations and 3 publications, 3 accepted publications (including a review articvle as first author) and 1 retrosepctive study submitted at the time of application (Now accepted). I am currently working on another prospective study, a review article and a retrospective study.
My questions are:
With my visa status, program and USMLE scores, do I even have a chance for GI? ( I thought I would get some IVs but no interviews is again eye opening)
What can I do to improve my chances?? Should I opt for hepatology or just give up??
 
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lala1 said:
Hey Guys,

I am an AMG at a mid- tier university program - step 1 197 step 2 227
have pretty decent research with 3 projects - 1 with big name PI ; 3 poster presentations; 1 2nd author pub in red journal
good standing in university;; all gi mentors and residency mentors expected me to match well although they weren't that aware of my step scores
no interviews so far; is there any shot for me this year?
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Scores matter a lot and GI fellowship PDs look at scores esp if you don't have connections in the program. They wanna know if we were a competitive candidate from medical school and some even check transcripts and MSPE.

Are u still in residency or graduated? If you still are in residency, would suggest like a chief year to boost chances. u may get couple interviews in the next couple weeks but I don't know if you have enough in your CV to convince to be ranked in top 5 out of 50 odd interview candidates.

Many ppl go unmatches despite getting 5+ interviews coz GI programs are small and in house candidates take half the spots in many
 
MUSC (8/24)

AMG
7/18: Cincinnati, Mayo (MN/AZ)
7/19: Duke, Methodist Dallas
7/20: Baylor, UM-Columbia
7/21: Michigan, Wake forest
7/22: U Florida Jacksonville
7/23: Cincinnati
7/24: Cincinnati
7/25: Methodist Dallas, Wake forest
7/29: Vanderbilt
7/31: VCU
8/1: UW, Loyola, Yale, Pitt, Colorado
8/2: Colorado
8/3: UW, UPenn, East Tennessee State
8/4: Pitt, Rochester
8/5: Emory, UPenn
8/8: UTSW, Lehigh, UNC, Medical College Wisconsin
8/9: UC Davis, Univ South AL, CPMC
8/10: Miami, Henry Ford, Medical College of Wisconsin, Kaiser, Vanderbilt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MGH, NYU
8/11: Carolinas
8/12: BU, UChicago, Henry Ford, OHSU
8/13: BWH
8/15: Saint Louis University, WashU
8/16: IU, U Chicago North Shore, Case Western, Brown, UCLA, NW, Utah, University of Oklahoma
8/17: UVA, Ohio State, UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai (main program), UMiami
8/18: Baylor Houston, Michigan, Allegheny, Lankenau, Nebraska, Cornell, Creighton
8/19: Stanford, UCSF
8/22: University of New Mexico, UAB, UAMS, Hopkins, Michigan, SLU, Duke, NYMC
8/23: Aurora, University of Wisconsin, Northshore Long Island Jewish
8/24: LSU-New Orleans, VTC- Carilion Clinic, Albany, MUSC

IMG w/o visa required:
7/22: UF Jax
8/3: UM-Columbia
8/5: Emory
8/8: Rochester
8/8: VCU
8/8 Cedars Sinai LA
8/19 Texas Tech
8/19 Maimonides Medical Center

IMG requiring visa:
7/21: Oschner
8/1: Mayo Jax, Mayo Rochester, Loyola, UM-Columbia
8/18 University of Michigan ,Indiana,Baylor Houston, University of Chicago
8/19 BWH
8/22: UAMS, University of New Mexico
8/23 Mount Sinai ,UAB,University of Wisconsin

Rejections:
8/5: Mayo
8/11: UW
8/12: Univ of Chicago
8/15: UM-Columbia, Carolinas Medical Center
8/16: Wash U
8/18: Case
8/19: Ohio State
 
Dr_sandhu said:
Hey Guys. I applied this year but no interviews yet which is extremely disappointing. I need some honest input what to do from this point on: My steps scores were 228, 236, 221. I am a PGY3at a good university sponsered community program(unfortunately no inhouse fellowships). I am visa requiring IMG. I had 13 poster presentations so far with 2 oral presentations and 3 publications, 3 accepted publications (including a review articvle as first author) and 1 retrosepctive study submitted at the time of application (Now accepted). I am currently working on another prospective study, a review article and a retrospective study.
My questions are:
With my visa status, program and USMLE scores, do I even have a chance for GI? ( I thought I would get some IVs but no interviews is again eye opening)
What can I do to improve my chances?? Should I opt for hepatology or just give up??
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Are you on H1? Then you are in for what was in store. Programs are overwhelmed with applications and visa requiring candidates are last on their list of ppl who they wanna hire. You are fighting an uphill battle. With your scores, I suppose you are in a mid tier community program. Have ppl from your program regularly matched in GI in the yesteryears? You have decent posters but are they case reports or research?

Hepatology is an option but almost no programs gives H1 for hepatology. u have to take j1. it doesn't guarantee a spot next year. U have to keep working hard through PGY3 with more research, regardless of whether u take chief year or hepatology. What u do in pgy 3 is gonna be crucial
 
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To add to that, has anybody heard from or know anybody who's heard from Fresno or Loma Linda?
 
Scope guy said:
Several red flags:

1. 4 years out of graduation
2. Private practice
3. Very poor research productivity. case reports are not research. Esp with your MPH, ppl expect more research
4. Believe it or not, MPH hardly adds any value for fellowship application.

Its a frustrating place to be in to get no interviews. Same is everyone who is out of training for even 1 year(It even affects AMGs, worse for IMGs). If you are able to switch jobs, choose a hospital that has a mid to low tier GI program where u can work as hospitalist and work closely with GI dept there. Option 2 is to do GI hospitalist in a program that has in house fellowship where u are guaranteed next year position. Place like geisinger, bronx lebanon, peoria may be your places to go.

good luck
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Thanks for the advice. Do you know where can I find a list of GI hospitalist positions?
 
I really don't think scores, research and awards matters in choosing you. It all boils down to who your PD or Chief of Medicine know in the field of gastroenterology that will vouch for you. I have seen bad USMLE scores, no research that were able to get to a GI program.
 
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AMG
7/18: Cincinnati, Mayo (MN/AZ)
7/19: Duke, Methodist Dallas
7/20: Baylor, UM-Columbia
7/21: Michigan, Wake forest
7/22: U Florida Jacksonville
7/23: Cincinnati
7/24: Cincinnati
7/25: Methodist Dallas, Wake forest
7/29: Vanderbilt
7/31: VCU
8/1: UW, Loyola, Yale, Pitt, Colorado
8/2: Colorado
8/3: UW, UPenn, East Tennessee State
8/4: Pitt, Rochester
8/5: Emory, UPenn
8/8: UTSW, Lehigh, UNC, Medical College Wisconsin
8/9: UC Davis, Univ South AL, CPMC
8/10: Miami, Henry Ford, Medical College of Wisconsin, Kaiser, Vanderbilt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MGH, NYU
8/11: Carolinas
8/12: BU, UChicago, Henry Ford, OHSU
8/13: BWH
8/15: Saint Louis University, WashU
8/16: IU, U Chicago North Shore, Case Western, Brown, UCLA, NW, Utah, University of Oklahoma
8/17: UVA, Ohio State, UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai (main program), UMiami
8/18: Baylor Houston, Michigan, Allegheny, Lankenau, Nebraska, Cornell, Creighton
8/19: Stanford, UCSF
8/22: University of New Mexico, UAB, UAMS, Hopkins, Michigan, SLU, Duke, NYMC
8/23: Aurora, University of Wisconsin, Northshore Long Island Jewish
8/24: LSU-New Orleans, VTC- Carilion Clinic, Albany, MUSC

IMG w/o visa required:
7/22: UF Jax
8/3: UM-Columbia
8/5: Emory
8/8: Rochester
8/8: VCU
8/8 Cedars Sinai LA
8/19 Texas Tech
8/19 Maimonides Medical Center

IMG requiring visa:
7/21: Oschner
8/1: Mayo Jax, Mayo Rochester, Loyola, UM-Columbia
8/18 University of Michigan ,Indiana,Baylor Houston, University of Chicago
8/19 BWH
8/22: UAMS, University of New Mexico
8/23 Mount Sinai ,UAB,University of Wisconsin

Rejections:
8/5: Mayo
8/11: UW
8/12: Univ of Chicago
8/15: UM-Columbia, Carolinas Medical Center
8/16: Wash U
8/18: Case
8/19: Ohio State
8/25: UCSF
 
Roger that.

Man was hoping for some more action this week. Hopefully there is more than just cancellations remaining.
 
Anybody heard from UTMB, UT Houston, Methodist Houston, UT San Antonio?
 
APD said:
I really don't think scores, research and awards matters in choosing you. It all boils down to who your PD or Chief of Medicine know in the field of gastroenterology that will vouch for you. I have seen bad USMLE scores, no research that were able to get to a GI program.
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certainly true. Knowing contacts can bypass every single requirement and get you the coveted spot. It depends on the power of your contact. but i would count very few percentage of spots filled through this(outside of in-house spots). This works great for in house spots where medicine PD/chair and GI PD discuss how many spots for in house and who are in house. Chief resident gets first shot followed by pgy 3 unless chief really sucks. unwritten rule.

Outside positions to get just by contact, it is super hard and depends on strength of contact
 
Penn State: 10/5 or 10/26

AMG
7/18: Cincinnati, Mayo (MN/AZ)
7/19: Duke, Methodist Dallas
7/20: Baylor, UM-Columbia
7/21: Michigan, Wake forest
7/22: U Florida Jacksonville
7/23: Cincinnati
7/24: Cincinnati
7/25: Methodist Dallas, Wake forest
7/29: Vanderbilt
7/31: VCU
8/1: UW, Loyola, Yale, Pitt, Colorado
8/2: Colorado
8/3: UW, UPenn, East Tennessee State
8/4: Pitt, Rochester
8/5: Emory, UPenn
8/8: UTSW, Lehigh, UNC, Medical College Wisconsin
8/9: UC Davis, Univ South AL, CPMC
8/10: Miami, Henry Ford, Medical College of Wisconsin, Kaiser, Vanderbilt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MGH, NYU
8/11: Carolinas
8/12: BU, UChicago, Henry Ford, OHSU
8/13: BWH
8/15: Saint Louis University, WashU
8/16: IU, U Chicago North Shore, Case Western, Brown, UCLA, NW, Utah, University of Oklahoma
8/17: UVA, Ohio State, UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai (main program), UMiami
8/18: Baylor Houston, Michigan, Allegheny, Lankenau, Nebraska, Cornell, Creighton
8/19: Stanford, UCSF
8/22: University of New Mexico, UAB, UAMS, Hopkins, Michigan, SLU, Duke, NYMC
8/23: Aurora, University of Wisconsin, Northshore Long Island Jewish
8/24: LSU-New Orleans, VTC- Carilion Clinic, Albany, MUSC
8/25: Penn State

IMG w/o visa required:
7/22: UF Jax
8/3: UM-Columbia
8/5: Emory
8/8: Rochester
8/8: VCU
8/8 Cedars Sinai LA
8/19 Texas Tech
8/19 Maimonides Medical Center

IMG requiring visa:
7/21: Oschner
8/1: Mayo Jax, Mayo Rochester, Loyola, UM-Columbia
8/18 University of Michigan ,Indiana,Baylor Houston, University of Chicago
8/19 BWH
8/22: UAMS, University of New Mexico
8/23 Mount Sinai ,UAB,University of Wisconsin

Rejections:
8/5: Mayo
8/11: UW
8/12: Univ of Chicago
8/15: UM-Columbia, Carolinas Medical Center
8/16: Wash U
8/18: Case
8/19: Ohio State
8/25: UCSF
 
Anyone hear from Rush, or really any Chicago other than Northshore, UChicago, or a few early Loyolas that I see? I am assuming NW was Northwestern as well. Still a good number of programs not showing up at all on this list, but who knows how representative that really is.
 
Scope guy said:
Are you on H1? Then you are in for what was in store. Programs are overwhelmed with applications and visa requiring candidates are last on their list of ppl who they wanna hire. You are fighting an uphill battle. With your scores, I suppose you are in a mid tier community program. Have ppl from your program regularly matched in GI in the yesteryears? You have decent posters but are they case reports or research?

Hepatology is an option but almost no programs gives H1 for hepatology. u have to take j1. it doesn't guarantee a spot next year. U have to keep working hard through PGY3 with more research, regardless of whether u take chief year or hepatology. What u do in pgy 3 is gonna be crucial
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Hey. So I am on J1 actually. Yes, I am in mid-tier program. I had posters on case reports, case series, acutal research, almost every thing.
Should I go for chief year or hepatology ??
I worked so hard in past 2 years to compete with people from university programs in terms of research hoping that some one would notice CV from a community program. But no IVs at all is so disappointing that I feel like it would be the same thing again next year
 
This has been such a slow and painful process. Each week we hope that it will finally be "the week" we start hearing from all the programs but evey week seems just as slow as the previous ones. It seems half of the programs have still not even reviewed apps yet.
 
BearsBears said:
This has been such a slow and painful process. Each week we hope that it will finally be "the week" we start hearing from all the programs but evey week seems just as slow as the previous ones. It seems half of the programs have still not even reviewed apps yet.
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dude, u filled like half the interview invites on this list. I am surprised u are expecting to hear from the remaining half
 
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Dr_sandhu said:
Hey. So I am on J1 actually. Yes, I am in mid-tier program. I had posters on case reports, case series, acutal research, almost every thing.
Should I go for chief year or hepatology ??
I worked so hard in past 2 years to compete with people from university programs in terms of research hoping that some one would notice CV from a community program. But no IVs at all is so disappointing that I feel like it would be the same thing again next year
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I have heard 2 stories of hepatology year 1. successfully matching into a fellowship 2. not matching despite hepatology year.

Honestly there is no right or wrong answer. If you can get into big name hepatology programs like seattle, Stanford, go for it. places like Carolinas, UMKC may or may not guarantee their in house spot for u. Plus u risk not having much advantage when u apply outside but u ll def fare better than this year.

chief year is helpful if u have in house fellowship. if not, in a mid tier community program, it hardly impacts your overall application
 
Scope guy said:
I have heard 2 stories of hepatology year 1. successfully matching into a fellowship 2. not matching despite hepatology year.

Honestly there is no right or wrong answer. If you can get into big name hepatology programs like seattle, Stanford, go for it. places like Carolinas, UMKC may or may not guarantee their in house spot for u. Plus u risk not having much advantage when u apply outside but u ll def fare better than this year.

chief year is helpful if u have in house fellowship. if not, in
Scope guy said:
I have heard 2 stories of hepatology year 1. successfully matching into a fellowship 2. not matching despite hepatology year.

Honestly there is no right or wrong answer. If you can get into big name hepatology programs like seattle, Stanford, go for it. places like Carolinas, UMKC may or may not guarantee their in house spot for u. Plus u risk not having much advantage when u apply outside but u ll def fare better than this year.

chief year is helpful if u have in house fellowship. if not, in a mid tier community program, it hardly impacts your overall application
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That is true. Having hepatology back ground does not guarantee you of anything. My Chief of Medicine told me the same thing. If this was 5-10 years ago it will surely give you a spot but because this has been the trend for the past years of applicants who did not get matched, a lot of them are doing the same track. Even at Carolinas, they have hepatology and research hepatology tracks, the PD will still tell you that it will not guarantee you anything!

Same thing with being a Chief resident.
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And really u ll apply 15 days into the hepatology year. u wont get any good letters from the place where u do the fellowship. What u do pgy 3 is gonna impact the chances
 
Scope guy said:
And really u ll apply 15 days into the hepatology year. u wont get any good letters from the place where u do the fellowship. What u do pgy 3 is gonna impact the chances
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I agree it's a risky move, but a good Hepatology program will support you no matter what. They may not be able to give you letters 15 days into a new fellowship, but if you do a good job they will definitely make phone calls for you. Which I believe is actually better than getting LORs.

The debate between chief vs. Hep can go on and on. I don't think either is a wrong choice. In the end each person has different challenges to overcome. But I think if you don't have a GI program in your hospital, your chances become much better by doing Hep than chief.

Also, keep in mind there are other 1 year fellowships that you can pursue:
Women's GI at Brown University (1 year non-accredited without any formal application process)
IBD (though most programs require you do to GI first)

One third option is: Work as a hospitalist but get connected into a big name research program. And basically be a research monkey on your 7-day off cycle. This is riskier than other options, but still better than doing Hospitalist alone at a community hospital.

Again...Just my opinion. I could very well be incorrect in my analysis of the app cycle.

best of luck!
 
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I agree it's a risky move, but a good Hepatology program will support you no matter what. They may not be able to give you letters 15 days into a new fellowship, but if you do a good job they will definitely make phone calls for you. Which I believe is actually better than getting LORs.

The debate between chief vs. Hep can go on and on. I don't think either is a wrong choice. In the end each person has different challenges to overcome. But I think if you don't have a GI program in your hospital, your chances become much better by doing Hep than chief.

Also, keep in mind there are other 1 year fellowships that you can pursue:
Women's GI at Brown University (1 year non-accredited without any formal application process)
IBD (though most programs require you do to GI first)

One third option is: Work as a hospitalist but get connected into a big name research program. And basically be a research monkey on your 7-day off cycle. This is riskier than other options, but still better than doing Hospitalist alone at a community hospital.

Again...Just my opinion. I could very well be incorrect in my analysis of the app cycle.

best of luck!
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and we are talking about approximately 15 - 20 of these one year positions across the country. Just to give an idea. Traditionally these are not hard as fellowship application. 20 applicants per spot
 
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gmacpac said:
I agree it's a risky move, but a good Hepatology program will support you no matter what. They may not be able to give you letters 15 days into a new fellowship, but if you do a good job they will definitely make phone calls for you. Which I believe is actually better than getting LORs.

The debate between chief vs. Hep can go on and on. I don't think either is a wrong choice. In the end each person has different challenges to overcome. But I think if you don't have a GI program in your hospital, your chances become much better by doing Hep than chief.

Also, keep in mind there are other 1 year fellowships that you can pursue:
Women's GI at Brown University (1 year non-accredited without any formal application process)
IBD (though most programs require you do to GI first)

One third option is: Work as a hospitalist but get connected into a big name research program. And basically be a research monkey on your 7-day off cycle. This is riskier than other options, but still better than doing Hospitalist alone at a community hospital.

Again...Just my opinion. I could very well be incorrect in my analysis of the app cycle.

best of luck!
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I would be cautious of hospitalist option. Scroll up posts from pages above in this forum and u ll see what ppl who graduated and doing hospitalist are saying. yes ppl have matched through this route but its incredibly hard to convince programs once u are out of training.
 
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In the end it's all about luck and right timing and connections...
 
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BearsBears said:
This has been such a slow and painful process. Each week we hope that it will finally be "the week" we start hearing from all the programs but evey week seems just as slow as the previous ones. It seems half of the programs have still not even reviewed apps yet.
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I feel the same way. Most of Pennsylvania, DC, Maryland seem to be missing.
 
My coworker got ccf last week. Not sure what day.
 
Tennessee 10/1

AMG
7/18: Cincinnati, Mayo (MN/AZ)
7/19: Duke, Methodist Dallas
7/20: Baylor, UM-Columbia
7/21: Michigan, Wake forest
7/22: U Florida Jacksonville
7/23: Cincinnati
7/24: Cincinnati
7/25: Methodist Dallas, Wake forest
7/29: Vanderbilt
7/31: VCU
8/1: UW, Loyola, Yale, Pitt, Colorado
8/2: Colorado
8/3: UW, UPenn, East Tennessee State
8/4: Pitt, Rochester
8/5: Emory, UPenn
8/8: UTSW, Lehigh, UNC, Medical College Wisconsin
8/9: UC Davis, Univ South AL, CPMC
8/10: Miami, Henry Ford, Medical College of Wisconsin, Kaiser, Vanderbilt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MGH, NYU
8/11: Carolinas
8/12: BU, UChicago, Henry Ford, OHSU
8/13: BWH
8/15: Saint Louis University, WashU
8/16: IU, U Chicago North Shore, Case Western, Brown, UCLA, NW, Utah, University of Oklahoma
8/17: UVA, Ohio State, UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai (main program), UMiami
8/18: Baylor Houston, Michigan, Allegheny, Lankenau, Nebraska, Cornell, Creighton
8/19: Stanford, UCSF
8/22: University of New Mexico, UAB, UAMS, Hopkins, Michigan, SLU, Duke, NYMC
8/23: Aurora, University of Wisconsin, Northshore Long Island Jewish
8/24: LSU-New Orleans, VTC- Carilion Clinic, Albany, MUSC
8/25: Penn State
8/26: Tennessee

IMG w/o visa required:
7/22: UF Jax
8/3: UM-Columbia
8/5: Emory
8/8: Rochester
8/8: VCU
8/8 Cedars Sinai LA
8/19 Texas Tech
8/19 Maimonides Medical Center

IMG requiring visa:
7/21: Oschner
8/1: Mayo Jax, Mayo Rochester, Loyola, UM-Columbia
8/18 University of Michigan ,Indiana,Baylor Houston, University of Chicago
8/19 BWH
8/22: UAMS, University of New Mexico
8/23 Mount Sinai ,UAB,University of Wisconsin

Rejections:
8/5: Mayo
8/11: UW
8/12: Univ of Chicago
8/15: UM-Columbia, Carolinas Medical Center
8/16: Wash U
8/18: Case, Allegheny (waitlist, technically)
8/19: Ohio State
8/25: UCSF
 
AMG
7/18: Cincinnati, Mayo (MN/AZ)
7/19: Duke, Methodist Dallas
7/20: Baylor, UM-Columbia
7/21: Michigan, Wake forest
7/22: U Florida Jacksonville
7/23: Cincinnati
7/24: Cincinnati
7/25: Methodist Dallas, Wake forest
7/29: Vanderbilt
7/31: VCU
8/1: UW, Loyola, Yale, Pitt, Colorado
8/2: Colorado
8/3: UW, UPenn, East Tennessee State
8/4: Pitt, Rochester
8/5: Emory, UPenn
8/8: UTSW, Lehigh, UNC, Medical College Wisconsin
8/9: UC Davis, Univ South AL, CPMC
8/10: Miami, Henry Ford, Medical College of Wisconsin, Kaiser, Vanderbilt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MGH, NYU
8/11: Carolinas
8/12: BU, UChicago, Henry Ford, OHSU
8/13: BWH
8/15: Saint Louis University, WashU
8/16: IU, U Chicago North Shore, Case Western, Brown, UCLA, NW, Utah, University of Oklahoma
8/17: UVA, Ohio State, UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai (main program), UMiami
8/18: Baylor Houston, Michigan, Allegheny, Lankenau, Nebraska, Cornell, Creighton
8/19: Stanford, UCSF
8/22: University of New Mexico, UAB, UAMS, Hopkins, Michigan, SLU, Duke, NYMC
8/23: Aurora, University of Wisconsin, Northshore Long Island Jewish
8/24: LSU-New Orleans, VTC- Carilion Clinic, Albany, MUSC
8/25: Penn State
8/26: Tennessee

IMG w/o visa required:
7/22: UF Jax
8/3: UM-Columbia
8/5: Emory
8/8: Rochester
8/8: VCU
8/8 Cedars Sinai LA
8/19 Texas Tech
8/19 Maimonides Medical Center

IMG requiring visa:
7/21: Oschner
8/1: Mayo Jax, Mayo Rochester, Loyola, UM-Columbia
8/18 University of Michigan ,Indiana,Baylor Houston, University of Chicago
8/19 BWH
8/22: UAMS, University of New Mexico
8/23 Mount Sinai ,UAB,University of Wisconsin

Rejections:
8/5: Mayo
8/11: UW
8/12: Univ of Chicago
8/15: UM-Columbia, Carolinas Medical Center
8/16: Wash U
8/18: Case, Allegheny (waitlist, technically)
8/19: Ohio State
8/25: UCSF, UCLA
 
Does anyone know if programs still give out interviews in September? It has been silent for the last week, no interviews or rejections....

Is it over now?
 
gastro123 said:
Does anyone know if programs still give out interviews in September? It has been silent for the last week, no interviews or rejections....

Is it over now?
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I called Scripps in Cali and a few other programs (can't remember names anymore), they're still evaluating apps. I think there's still some chance left.
 
just a word of caution, after I spoke to few of my friends and enquired about friends of friend's ivs to get an idea. What is evident is that this list is begging for more contribution. This is not comprehensive at all. Ppl are more skeptical this year and so are refraining from posting it here.

Bottomline, cant go by this list to understand how many more programs are yet to send interviews. See cardiology forum and see their list. It looks much more comprehensive and from what my friends say, that list is more or less close to accurate.

If u have to make backup plans, this is the time.
 
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gastro123 said:
Does anyone know if programs still give out interviews in September? It has been silent for the last week, no interviews or rejections....

Is it over now?
Click to expand...

they do, but its kinda hard to tell how many programs are left.
Scope guy said:
just a word of caution, after I spoke to few of my friends and enquired about friends of friend's ivs to get an idea. What is evident is that this list is begging more contribution. This is not comprehensive at all. Ppl are more skeptical this year and so are refraining from posting it here.

Bottomline, cant go by this list to understand how many more programs are yet to send interviews. See cardiology forum and see their list. It looks much more comprehensive and from what my friends say, that list is more or less close to accurate.

If u have to make backup plans, this is the time.
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which programs are missing
 
Sadly I think ScopeGuy is correct. I think there is a lot of leeching activity and little seeding. There are a lot of missing programs but I don't think the missing programs are missing because they haven't sent out invites but rather there is a lack of reporting.
 
Agreed. I bet after next week that's gonna be about it save the random cancellation ivs.
 
Emailed by Baylor Dallas: They will send out IVs in mid-September.
Otherwise acceptances/rejections are up to date. No point in double/triple reporting.

AMG
7/18: Cincinnati, Mayo (MN/AZ)
7/19: Duke, Methodist Dallas
7/20: Baylor, UM-Columbia
7/21: Michigan, Wake forest
7/22: U Florida Jacksonville
7/23: Cincinnati
7/24: Cincinnati
7/25: Methodist Dallas, Wake forest
7/29: Vanderbilt
7/31: VCU
8/1: UW, Loyola, Yale, Pitt, Colorado
8/2: Colorado
8/3: UW, UPenn, East Tennessee State
8/4: Pitt, Rochester
8/5: Emory, UPenn
8/8: UTSW, Lehigh, UNC, Medical College Wisconsin
8/9: UC Davis, Univ South AL, CPMC
8/10: Miami, Henry Ford, Medical College of Wisconsin, Kaiser, Vanderbilt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MGH, NYU
8/11: Carolinas
8/12: BU, UChicago, Henry Ford, OHSU
8/13: BWH
8/15: Saint Louis University, WashU
8/16: IU, U Chicago North Shore, Case Western, Brown, UCLA, NW, Utah, University of Oklahoma
8/17: UVA, Ohio State, UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai (main program), UMiami
8/18: Baylor Houston, Michigan, Allegheny, Lankenau, Nebraska, Cornell, Creighton
8/19: Stanford, UCSF
8/22: University of New Mexico, UAB, UAMS, Hopkins, Michigan, SLU, Duke, NYMC
8/23: Aurora, University of Wisconsin, Northshore Long Island Jewish
8/24: LSU-New Orleans, VTC- Carilion Clinic, Albany, MUSC
8/25: Penn State
8/26: Tennessee

IMG w/o visa required:
7/22: UF Jax
8/3: UM-Columbia
8/5: Emory
8/8: Rochester
8/8: VCU
8/8 Cedars Sinai LA
8/19 Texas Tech
8/19 Maimonides Medical Center

IMG requiring visa:
7/21: Oschner
8/1: Mayo Jax, Mayo Rochester, Loyola, UM-Columbia
8/18 University of Michigan ,Indiana,Baylor Houston, University of Chicago
8/19 BWH
8/22: UAMS, University of New Mexico
8/23 Mount Sinai ,UAB,University of Wisconsin

Rejections:
8/5: Mayo
8/11: UW
8/12: Univ of Chicago
8/15: UM-Columbia, Carolinas Medical Center
8/16: Wash U
8/18: Case, Allegheny (waitlist, technically)
8/19: Ohio State
8/25: UCSF, UCLA
 
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