Albany Medical Center - Mark Calayag (Albany)
Albany Medical Center - Shiv Jeyamohan (Thomas Jefferson)
Albert Einstein- Samer Fadl (Yale)
Allegheny General Hospital - Abraham Sabersky (University of Southern California)
Baylor College of Medicine- Gaddum Reddy (Baylor College of Medicine)
Baylor College of Medicine- Jared Fridley (Baylor College of Medicine)
Baylor College of Medicine- Ali Jalali (Northwestern University)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital - Josh Aronson (Harvard)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital - Marissa Kellogg (UMDNJ)
Brown University - Benjamin Jacobson (University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign)
Case Medical Center - Justin Singer (Drexel Med)
Case Medical Center - Maggie Carmody (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Doniel Drazin (Albany)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - W. Shawn Carbonell (UVA)
Cleveland Clinic - Ryan Brennan (Indiana University)
Cleveland Clinic - Anne Marie Woelbel (SLU)
Cleveland Clinic - Andrew Torre-Healy (Drexel)
Columbia - Jason Ellis (Columbia)
Columbia - Chuck Mikell (Columbia)
Columbia - Ben Kennedy (Columbia)
Cornell - Heather McCrea (Yale)
Cornell - Joshua Marcus (NYU)
Cornell - Michael Virk (OHSU)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center - Kimon Bekelis (University of Athens/Johns Hopkins)
Duke University - Matt Hazzard (Indiana)
Duke University - Ryan Owens (Emory)
Duke University - Tiffany Hodges (Duke)
Emory - Brandon Miller (The Ohio State University)
Emory - Christopher Holland (Boston University)
Emory - Jonathan Riley (The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine)
George Washington - Alan Siu (Case Western)
George Washington - Richard Young (New York Medical College)
Georgetown - Rory Petteys (Hopkins)
Georgetown
Henry Ford Hospital - Aqueel Hussain Pabaney (Aga Khan University, Pakistan)
Henry Ford Hospital - Adam Robin (Wayne State Univ.)
Indiana University - Neal Patel (Indiana)
Indiana University - John Edwards (University of Iowa)
Indiana defensive driving - Sam Taylon (Creighton)
Johns Hopkins- Justin Caplan (Harvard)
Johns Hopkins- Larry Lo (Yale)
Johns Hopkins- Jennifer Cheng (Johns Hopkins)
Loma Linda - Esther Kim (University of Maryland)
Louisiana State University-New Orleans--Bradley Cheek (LSU, New Orleans)
Louisiana State University-Shreveport-Shihao Zhang (LSU, Shreveport)
Louisiana State University-Shreveport
Loyola - Paul Ackerman (Loyola)
Massachusetts General Hospital-Anoop Patel (Harvard)
Massachusetts General Hospital-Giannina Garces-Ambrossi (Johns Hopkins)
Massachusetts General Hospital-Pamela Jones (Tulane)
Mayo Clinic - Will Copeland (Arkansas)
Mayo Clinic- Grant Mallory (Georgetown)
Mayo Clinic
Medical College of Georgia - Neil Woodall (Mercer University School of Medicine)
Medical College of Wisconsin - Andrew Lozen (Wayne State Univ.)
Medical College of Wisconsin - Abhishiek Sharma (Chicago Medical School)
Medical University of South Carolina - Sam Taylon (Creighton)
Methodist Hospital- Blake Staub (UTSW)
Miami-Faiz Ahmad (AIIMS, New Delhi/Univ of Miami)
Miami - Brandon Gaynor (UMKC)
Miami- Seth Hayes (LSU-New Orleans)
Mount Sinai - Branko Skovrlj (SUNY Upstate Medical University)
Mount Sinai - Farid Hamzei-Sichani (SUNY Downstate Medical Center)
National Capital Consortium/Walter Reed - Corey Mossop (Uniformed Services University - USUHS)
New York Medical College - Mike LaBagnara (UMDNJ)
New York University- Eugenia Shekhtman (Washington University, St. Louis)
New York University
Northwestern - Andy Stadler (Northwestern)
Northwestern - Tripp Nanney (UNC)
Northwestern - Damien Ellens (Yale)
Ohio State University- Andrew Shaw (Ohio State University)
Ohio State University- Daniel Ikeda (Thomas Jefferson)
Oregon Health & Science - Jeffrey Raskin (University of Nevada)
Oregon Health & Science - Jesse Liu (Loma Linda)
Penn State University
Rush University Medical Center - David Straus (University of Chicago Pritzkler SOM)
St. Josephs Hospital (Barrow) - Yashar Kalani (Stanford)
St. Josephs Hospital (Barrow) - Kaith Almefty (Arkansas)
St. Josephs Hospital (Barrow) - Jay Turner (UMDNJ)
St. Josephs Hospital (Barrow) - Rick Williamson (Pitt)
St. Louis University - Joanna Kemp (SLU)
Stanford - Terry Burns (University of Minnesota)
Stanford - Anand Veeravagu (Stanford)
Stanford - Achal Achrol (Stanford)
SUNY Upstate - Juneyoung Yi (SUNY Upstate Medical University)
SUNY Upstate - Hoon Choi (Auckland, New Zealand)
Temple University - Adam Sandler (Mount Sinai)
Thomas Jefferson University (PGY-2) - Kim Williams, Jr (UIC/Rush)
Thomas Jefferson University- Rick Dalyai (Tufts)
Thomas Jefferson University- George Ghobrial (SUNY Upstate Medical University)
Thomas Jefferson University- John C. Styliaras (Georgetown)
Tufts Medical Center- Mina Safain (Yale)
Tulane - Edison Patricio Valle-Giler (UCSG, Ecuador)
UC-Davis - Jonathan Liu (Chicago Medical School)
UC-Irvine
UC-San Diego - Pawel Jankowski (University of Washington)
UC-San Diego - Matthew MacDougall (University of Southern California)
UC-San Francisco - Jason Davies (Stanford)
UC-San Francisco - Nathan Rowland (Emory)
UC-San Francisco - Rajiv Saigal (Tufts)
UC-Los Angeles - Won Kim (UCLA)
UC-Los Angeles- Matthew Garrett (Columbia)
UC-Los Angeles-
UMDNJ - John Quinn (UMDNJ)
UMDNJ - George Sinclair (University of Tennessee)
University at Buffalo - Lindsay Lipinski (Penn State)
University at Buffalo
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Ben Ditty (USC)
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Jody Miller (UAB)
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Christoph Griessenauer (Paracelsus Medical University, Austria)
University of Arizona - Jesse Skoch (University of Colorado)
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas - Justin Dowdy (Texas Tech)
University of Arkansas - Gautam Gandhi (Arkansas)
University of Chicago - Encouse Golden (USC)
University of Chicago - Sophia Shakur (Johns Hopkins)
University of Cincinnati - Ben Bixenmann (Nebraska)
University of Cincinnati - Cyrus King (Tufts)
University of Cincinnati - Mark Magner (Cincinnati)
University of Colorado - Dusty Richardson (Colorado)
University of Colorado - Jacob Freeman (Georgetown)
University of Florida - Kristopher Hooten (UTMB)
University of Florida - Nathan Kohler (Brown)
University of Florida - Muhammad Abd-El-Barr (Baylor)
University of Illinois-Chicago - Alex Ivanov (CCF)
University of Illinois-Chicago - Stephen Trevick (UIC)
University of Illinois-Peoria - Jay Vachhani (Florida)
University of Iowa - Steve Viljoen (Nebraska)
University of Iowa -Brain Dalm (Loyola)
University of Kansas - Hesham Soliman (Ain Shams University, Egypt)
University of Kentucky - Jonathan Mannas (Oklahoma)
University of Kentucky - Stephen Grupke (New York Medical College)
University of Maryland - Narlin Beaty (University of Maryland)
University of Maryland - Ken Crandall (University of Miami)
University of Michigan - T.J. Wilson (Nebraska)
University of Michigan - Will Stetler (University of Alabama)
University of Michigan - Wajd Al-Holou (Michigan)
University of Minnesota - Zoe Zhang (Northwestern)
University of Minnesota - Ciro Vasquez (UMDNJ)
University of Mississippi - Juan Diego Uribe (CES University, Colombia)
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Nebraska - Andy Gard (Nebraska)
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina - Selma Z Kominek (UAB)
University of Oklahoma- Pal Randhawa (Oklahoma)
University of Oklahoma
University of Pennsylvania - Robert Bailey (UPenn)
University of Pennsylvania - Zarina Ali (University of Rochester)
University of Pennsylvania - Max Merkow (Columbia U)
University of Pittsburgh - Ali Kooshkabadi (Johns Hopkins)
University of Pittsburgh - Rob Miller (South Dakota)
University of Pittsburgh - Ravi Srinivas (Pitt)
University of Puerto Rico
University of Rochester
University of Rochester - Matthew Dashnaw (Ross University)
University of South Florida - Puya Alikhani (Texas A&M)
University of South Florida - Jayson Sack (Michigan)
University of Southern California (USC) -Eisha Christian (USC)
University of Southern California (USC) - Frank Attenello (Johns Hopkins)
University of Southern California (USC) - Alexander Tuchman (University of Miami)
University of Tennessee - Tyler Auschwitz (LSU)
University of Tennessee - Jonathan Reding (Arkansas)
University of Utah - Christian Bowers (Georgetown)
University of Utah- Ricky Kalra (Washington University-St. Louis)
University of Vermont - Andrew Tsen (New York Medical College)
University of Virginia - David Weintraub (Columbia)
University of Virginia - Bobby Starke (Albert Einstein)
University of Virginia - Jesse Savage (Indiana)
University of Washington-Ali Ravanpay (University of Washington)
University of Washington- Ryan Morton (Loyola)
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Ryan Holdsworth (University of Iowa)
University of Wisconsin-Madison- Brent Meier (University of Wisconsin)
UT Houston - Shane Abdunnur (Virginia Commonwealth University)
UT Houston - Victor Lo (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)
UT Medical Branch (UTMB) - Bobbye Thompson (UTMB)
UT San Antonio - Byron Branch (WFU)
UT San Antonio
UT Southwestern - Brett Whittemore (UTSW)
UT Southwestern (UTSW) - Ben Boudreaux (LSU New Orleans)
Vanderbilt University - Heather Kiefer (UPenn)
Vanderbilt University - Brandon Deavis (UCSF)
Virginia Commonwealth University - Adam Conley (University of Texas - Houston)
Virginia Commonwealth University - Jason Harrison (University of South Alabama)
Wake Forest University - Kunal Shah (Wake Forest University)
Wake Forest University - Mark Witcher (Medical College of Georgia)
Washington University in St. Louis - Chester Yarbrough (UCSD)
Washington University in St. Louis - Ammar Hawasli (UTSW)
Wayne State University - Neena Marupudi (Penn State)
West Virginia University - Garrett Jackson (Indiana University)
Yale - Luis Kolb (Yale)
Yale
“The Wiki Edition”
Originally created by Stem Cell
Preface: So I’m evidently WIKI-challenged. Thus, this is coming to you as a series of regular posts. If someone can figure out how to turn this into a WIKI that can be edited / updated, that would be great - would be best if others can also add useful links. Sorry this preliminary format is a bit disjointed - seems only a limited number of links are permited in each post - violations are punished by complete post disappearance! OK, enough excuses - here it goes:
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: Wait a second… is this even a good idea? Is neurosurgery really for me?
Chapter 2: Planning ahead – Topics for those in MS1/2, or earlier
Chapter 3: Do I even have a chance of getting into Neurosurgery?
Chapter 4: Research: How much? What type? How important is it really?
Chapter 5: Help! I just realized I want to do neurosurgery – is it too late?
Chapter 6: Being a medical student on the neurosurgery service
Chapter 7: Learning your stuff as a student: notes on available resources
Chapter 8: Away rotations: When, Where, Why, How?
Chapter 9: Letters of recommendation
Chapter 10: Preparing the application
Chapter 11: Scheduling interviews and life on the trail
Chapter 12: Interviews: what to expect, how to shine
Chapter 13: What should I be looking for in a program?
Chapter 14: Second looks
Chapter 15: Preparing the rank list, and other post-interview issues
Chapter 16: You matched – congratulations!
Chapter 17: You didn’t match – what now?
Chapter 18: Toward residency…
APPENDIX: The programs…
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Uncle Harvey’s guide to applying to neurosurgery residency! For years Uncle Harvey, (and previously NSmatch) has been a leading source of information for those interested in pursuing a career as neurosurgeons. Every day new topics are added to discussion boards as individuals share their questions, insights and comments about any number of neurosurgery-related topics. The goal of the following “guide” is to provide a collection of some of the most useful and enlightening forum discussions in an organized manner so that applicants can quickly and easily access the information they need when they need it, without having to sift through what has now become thousands of forum topics with tens of thousands of postings. Unlike a published book, this online guide is intended to be a dynamic resource. Useful discussions may be added and outdated topics removed by any registered user, with changes becoming public upon administrator approval (pending WIKI functionality). Tangents, repetition and omissions and occasional misinformation should be expected, along with generous helpings of author’s opinions. As always, please remember that postings may have been written by anyone with a computer and internet access. Enough said. On behalf of the Uncle Harvey community of neurosurgeons, residents and hopefuls who have authored the entries compiled within the threads below, I hope you find the information beneficial. If you have any comments or suggestions on how to improve this resource, please speak up!
======================================================================
CHAPTER 1: Wait a second… is this even a good idea? Is neurosurgery really for me?
Questions about neurosurgery
doubts? regrets?
comments from neurosurgery residents’ spouses…
thoughts on the 88 hour work week
how did you decide on neurosurgery?
how do you commit?
how do you know if you will be good at neurosurgery?
Read this book if you’re still undecided (or even if you’re not!)
======================================================================
CHAPTER 2: Planning ahead – Topics for those in MS1/2, or earlier
Advise to the neurosurgery applicant
Preparing for Step 1 (see also links in 2nd post)
When should I schedule my 3rd year neurosurgery rotation?
How helpful is an MD/PhD?
non-neurosurgery electives
getting all the pieces together (preclinical years)
======================================================================
CHAPTER 3: What must I do to match in neurosurgery? Do I have a chance?
factors that influence competitiveness
Trying to match at a competitive program?
being average
2008 – qualifications vs outcome in match - anecdotes
2009 – qualifications vs outcome in match - anecdotes
2009 – ***official match statistics***
======================================================================
CHAPTER 4: Research: How much? What type? How important is it really?
Research in medical school
Types of Research
what makes a case worthy of a case report?
======================================================================
CHAPTER 5: Discussions about being an aspiring Neurosurgeon-Scientist
Neurosurgeon-Scientists. How do people make it work?
MD/PhD – was it worth it?
Why is a PhD helpful?
Predictors of neurosurgical career choice
======================================================================
CHAPTER 6: Help! I just realized I want to do neurosurgery – is it too late?
Help! Almost MS4!
======================================================================
CHAPTER 7: Being a medical student on the neurosurgery service: Hints and tips
Purpose of Doing a Subinternship
Greenberg highlights
opening / closing 101
Steady hands
Dear annoying medical student
MS 4 - beware of drilling nails in your own coffin
======================================================================
CHAPTER 8: Away rotations: When, Where, Why, How?
Away rotation prerequisites and timing
order of sub-Is
Sub-I presentations
Memorable subinternships???
Did you match where you did a sub-I?
======================================================================
CHAPTER 9: Letters of recommendation
Strong letters of Recommendation
Letters of Recommendation, part 2
======================================================================
CHAPTER 10: Preparing the application
Kenny’s tips on how to get an interview
======================================================================
CHAPTER 11: Scheduling interviews and life on the trail
2009-2010 interview dates
tips for scheduling and life on the road (aka… the beginnings of this guide!)
Interview scheduling tools (from 2008-2009 season)
budgeting for interviews
how many interviews should you do?
2008-2009 interview invitations – see last page for approximate dates invites were sent out in 2008
“On the trail” forum
======================================================================
CHAPTER 12: Interviews: what to expect, how to shine
What to bring to the interview
Discussing research during the interview…
Random notes RE interview experiences, 2009
Classic, gonna-get-‘em interview questions
What you should ask when you interview
The best and worst of 2007 – old but perhaps enlightening
======================================================================
CHAPTER 13: What should I be looking for in a program? How do programs differ?
Finding the right program
Gentleman programs
Case loads
Early operative experience
Surgical PAs… good, bad or indifferent?
Program prestige / geography
Program length
International exposure
Subspecialty strengths
top programs by specialty?
ideal program...?!
======================================================================
CHAPTER 14: Second looks
Second looks
More on second looks
======================================================================
CHAPTER 15: Preparing the rank list, and other post-interview issues
Rank lists
Not ranking programs
Here are 49 of the >300 submitted rank lists for 2009:
2009 program desirability – according to the applicant rank lists (see spreadsheet on last page)
Programs “expressing interest” prior to match day
======================================================================
CHAPTER 16: You matched – congratulations!
2008 Match List
2009 Match List
======================================================================
CHAPTER 17: You didn’t match – what now?
Reactions to not matching
Back-up plan / scrambling tips
======================================================================
CHAPTER 18: Toward residency…
On being a successful resident
Being a resident forum
======================================================================
APPENDIX: The programs…
Interview impressions forum
Subinternships forum
Programs forum
Beware of drilling nails in your own coffin
======================================================================
Special thanks to Stem Cell and Kenny for making this awesome Wiki post happen.
]]>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcns/FacultyStaff.htm
INTRODUCTION
UIC is a 7 year program accepting 1-2 applicant per year. The program is fully accredited.
There are three fellowships: Vascular 1 year, Endovascular 2 years, (combined vascular/endovascular 3 yr), functional/pain fellowship 1 year.
Rotations are at the University of Illinois, at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Christ Medical Center, Alexian Brothers Medical Center.Halloween Costumes
There are approximately 120 OR cases per month with 1 chief resident and 1-2 OR residents assigned to the operating rooms, with two dedicated neurosurgery ORs daily and a third assigned OR on Wed and Fridays. There are 1000 endovascular procedures annually with two dedicated biplanar angio suites. There is a dedicated Neurosurgery intensive care unit with 22 beds. There is a dedicated 26 bed neurosurgery stepdown.
ATTENDINGS
Dr Fady Charbel (Chair): Vascular/Pituitary
Dr Sepideh Amin-Hanjani (Program Director): Vascular
Dr Victor Aletich: Endovascular Neurosurgery
Dr Konstantin Slavin: Functional/Stereotactic Neurosurgery/Stereotactic Radiosurgery/General Neurosurgery
Dr Herbert Engelhard: Neuro-Oncology/General Neurosurgery
Dr Yoon Hahn: Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr Dimitrios Nikas: Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr Soma Sinha-Roy: Endovascular Neurosurgery
Dr Rajeev Deveshwar: Endovascular Neurosurgery
Dr Ali Alaraj: Endovascular Neurosurgery/Vascular
Dr Sergey Neckrysh: Complex Spine/Skull base
Dr Sergey Jordan: Uncleharvey Air Jordan
Dr Yogesh Gandhi: Complex Spine/General Neurosurgery
Dr Tamir Hersonskey: Epilepsy (St Joseph, Joliet)
Dr Sean Ruland: Stroke/Critical Care
Dr Venkatesh Aiyagari: Stroke/Critical Care
Dr Aslam Khaja: Stroke/Critical Care
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
PGY1: intern year.
6 months with the Gen Surgery dept with rotations in Vascular Surgery, ENT, Trauma Surgery, Anesthesiology, General Surgery and Surgical Oncology.
3 months with the Neurology Dept with 2 months of General Neurology and one month of EMG/EEG. During this rotation, the intern takes night call with a designated junior Neurosurgery resident for the entire 3 months.
3 months in the NSICU. 1-3 month shadowing the ICU resident. If the intern is doing well, subject to the chief resident’s approval, the intern may “run” the ICU under close supervision. The intern may also take ICU night call independently.
Goals: Basic clinical skills, presenting patients, learning to interpret labs, know when to call superiors, identify emergencies, basic procedures such as arterial line, central lines, PA catheters, EVD placement, Lumbar punctures. Passes USMLE Step 3.
PGY2: ICU year/Endovascular Rotation/Introduction to OR
The PGY 2 resident essentially runs the 22-bed NSICU, sees all consults, accepts and tucks in all transfers from referral hospitals, sees ER consults. We do not preround on patients. Arrive at 630am on weekdays and 8am on weekends. Rounds with neurosurgery team on ICU and floor patients. Returns to ICU and rounds with the intensivists. Independently able to place lines and EVDs. Takes in-house calls independently. Goal of PGY2 is to learn critical care.
Introduction to the operating room. Learn to position, drape etc. Second assistance to simple spine or craniotomies. Learn to do a simple craniotomy/SDH or EDH evac/VP Shunt etc. The PGY2 OR resident arrives at 7am and preops the morning cases, does the consents, marks the patients, gathers the films and readies the ORs for the patients. The senior OR resident teaches the PGY2 how to prepare the ORs for the surgeries.
A 3 month Endovascular rotation has been instituted as of 2007. The PGY 2 resident takes Neurosurgery Call but shows up at 7am to preop the Angio patient and remains under the supervision of Dr Victor Aletich and the Division of Endovascular Neurosurgery during the days. Learning goals includes diagnostic cerebral angiogram and cerebrovascular anatomy during the 3 month block. Observation of interventions are readily available. Approx 1000 endovascular procedures are performed annually with two full angiogram suites and three endovascular attendings and two fellows inhouse.
PGY3: OR year Spine/Simple Craniotomy
Assists the chief resident on positioning and opening on craniotomies. First assistant on simple spines (ACDF, Laminectomies/Discetomies), independent on VP shunts. Introduction to spinal instrumentations. Introduction to simple craniotomies. Introduction to Pain and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. By the end of the PGY 3 year, should be able to do simple spine almost independently, should be able to do simple craniotomies almost independently. Take the Neurosurgery boards for practice. Applies for permanent medical license.
PGY 4: OR year Craniotomy/Spine/Peds
Rotation out to Christ Hospital, a nearby affiliated hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Primary Peds experience is during this rotation with our Pediatric Neurosurgeon. Weekly rotations to Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove Village Illinois for Gamma Knife every Thursday with Dr Slavin. Takes the Neurosurgery boards for credit.
There has been a change as of 2008 where the Christ/Alexian Rotation is done on a limited basis. The addition of a Children’s Memorial Hospital Rotation for 3 months has been reinstituted to the PGY 5 year. The rotation is a full rotation with no clinical duties at UIC during the 3 months. There is inhouse q4-5 at CMH with Northwestern and Temple University Neurosurgery residents as well as Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellows. Academic days at CMH and Northwestern Medical Center.
PGY 5: Research year and Pediatric Rotation at Children’s Memorial Hospital
Residents can use this year to do bench research. This is a protected year with minimal call duties (approximately 1-2 call per month if at all). Current research resident is doing stem cell research in mice models. They can also take an infolded fellowship in Endovascular, Vascular, or functional/stereotactic. Or use this as another OR year.
PGY 6: OR year Complex spine/craniotomies
Spinal instrumentation is the primary stomping grounds for the Vice-chief. Prepare for chief year by scrubbing as first assist on vascular cases.
PGY 7: Chief year Vascular year
The chief runs the service. Performs the vascular surgeries, the aneurysm clippings, the cerebrovascular bypasses, the skull base surgeries etc.
Optional rotations: Angiogram rotation, up to 3 months of Endovascular rotation. Gamma Knife rotation on Thursdays during the PGY 4 Christ Hospital rotation at Alexian Brothers.
CALL/WORK SCHEDULE
In house call varies in schedule. The call runs averages q4 and can run from q3 (during peak vacation times when people are gone) up to q5. We usually try to have one thursday call with the whole weekend off at least once a month. No q2 calls allowed regardless of anything. In house call involves running the ICU, managing the floor patients, following the consults, seeing new consults, accepting transfers from referral hospitals etc. There is only one resident on in-house call at nights (except when training the intern, then a midlevel resident is inhouse with the intern). Any resident staying inhouse past 830pm must come in late the next morning (usually at 8am rather than the 630am rounding time). The call schedule and vacation schedule are made by the residents. They are subject to approval by the program director but are usually approved without reservation. 4 weeks vacation per year (2 weeks every 6 months)
BENEFITS
Loupes provided by PGY2 year
$300/year book fund
Mandatory books provided in addition to the book fund: Greenberg, Marino ICU book, Osborne Neuroradiology, Osborne Cerebroangiogram, Caputy/Fossett operative Atlas
Department will pay for unlimited number of conferences as long as you’re presenting something (abstract, poster, talk etc)
Department will pay for two conferences during your residency even if you’re not presenting research. All expenses paid, hotel, plane, etc.
Generally, residents are automatically enrolled in Chicago based conferences and ORs are run only for emergencies so that residents may participate in the conference.
Personalized lab coats 3 per year and business cards
Department pays for USMLE Step 3
Department pays for Neurosurgery boards for practice in PGY 3, pays for Neurosurgery boards for credit in PGY 4.
Department pays for misc courses if desired by resident
ACADEMIC SCHEDULE
Radiology rounds with the program director Tues to Friday at 4pm.
Monday: resident clinic day in the afternoon, Functional/Stereotactic clinic optional for residents, endovascular clinic optional for residents, General Neurosurgery clinic optional for residents
Tuesday: Spine clinic in the morning, Neurovascular conference at 4pm, radiology rounds after conference
Wednesday: Alternating morning schedule
first Weds: Resident meetings with the Program Director
Research breakfast
Topics conference: presentation by residents on a topic ie. spinal fusion, IVH in premature babies etc.
Journal club
Thursday: Vascular clinic with the program director in the morning, Tumor/Spine clinic in the afternoon
Friday: Friday afternoon academic days 2-4pm with various speakers. Neuropathology sessions with diadactics and laboratory sessions, reviewing pathology slides from operative cases of the week, neuroanatomy session with brain cutting, etc. One friday a month we have Grand Rounds in the afternoon with visiting speakers such as Ed Laws, Robert Spetzler etc. Our academic day sessions are spent with the visiting professor immediately prior to the Grand Rounds sessions.
FACILITIES:
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
The mothership, with 3 dedicated ORs and 2 neurosurgery angio suites. 22 bed NSICU, 26 bed Neurosurgery stepdown unit, PICU, NICU, 2 CTs, 3 MRIs and a horrible cafeteria.
Christ Medical Center/Hope Pediatric Hospital
A level 1 trauma center with an attached Pediatric Hospital
Alexian Brothers Medical Center
Level 2 trauma center
Gamma Knife Center headed by Dr Slavin
Children’s Memorial Medical Center
Pediatric Hospital, primarily associated with Northwestern University, but affiliated with Temple Neurosurgery and UIC Neurosurgery. Four Pediatric Neurosurgeon on staff. Peds Neurotrauma coverage of the Level 1 Pediatric trauma ER.
EVALUATIONS:
We are evaluated twice a year by the attendings as well as by the nurse practitioners, the nursing team, the neurointensivists and the neuroanesthesiologists.
MISC:
Residents are required to pass USMLE Step 3 by PGY2.
Encouraged to apply for permanent license by PGY 3.
Must pass Neurosurgery written boards by PGY 6.
Must have one publication per year
Must have two publications as first author during residency.
Pros of this residency:
Vascular emphasis: you’ll be nearly a fellowship trained vascular surgeon when you’re done, many residencies do not allow their residents to clip aneurysms but that won’t be the case here.
Early OR experience: PGY2 to the OR full time (without carrying the on-call pager) by early to mid-year.
Resident run service: Everybody says their program is run by residents, but ours is very heavily run by residents and the residents learn to be independent in a good way
Strong Critical care experience: nobody is sicker than a vascular neurosurgery patient, you’ll learn some serious stuff from our intensivists. Typical schedule has over 150 bedside EVDs completed by the end of your PGY 2 year.
Dedicated Functional/Stereotactic Neurosurgeon (frequently missing in residency program)
Gamma knife experience PGY 4 year
Two Pediatric Neurosurgeon on staff and a 3 month rotation to Children’s Memorial Hospital
3 month Endovascular Rotation
Spinal attending who instruments heavily, so you will be able to learn all spinal techniques
We stick to our 88 hr work week (scrub out at 830pm unless chief approves coming in late the next morning)
Academic days with neuropathologists/neuroanatomy/researchers/statisticians/ethics/legal/financial discussions of the practice of neurosurgery/board review sessions etc.
Tues-Fri radiology rounds (we’re better than some of the radiologists at reading this stuff!)
Faculty is very receptive towards interest in research, our dept is very heavy into clinical research (prospective studies, multicenter clinical trials, etc)
The Neurosurgery Department collaborates with many basic science departments in the University of Illinois and currently collaborations include basic science research with a stem cell lab in the Dept of Anatomy and Cell Biology as well as with the School of Engineering for a Virtual Reality project.
Dedicated research coordinators who can assist residents with all facets of research, ie. IRB approval, financing projects etc.
Full team of nurse practitioners who run the floor unit (approx 1/2 of our service) on weekdays
Time off for “industry” sponsored courses (including AANS/CNS/NASS/NASB)
Chicago. Believe it or note, you’ll get time to explore this magnificent city, with great architecture, museums, night life, summer festivals, great restaurants, and many very eclectic and diverse neighborhoods.
Cons of this residency:
We stick to our 88hr work week (scrub out at 830pm! unless chief approves coming in late the next day).
Limited epilepsy exposure, but that’s primarily a result of no epilepsy neurology service
Limited peripheral nerve exposure (we have the carpal tunnels and ulnar entrapment surgeries, but adult brachial plexus explorations are not common while our pediatric brachial plexus surgeries are decent at Children’s Memorial, approx 1/month).
Instructions: Please post your rank list below. In order for this wiki to be the most useful, please include your entire list, not just your top few programs. Indicate programs you chose not to rank with “x.” Including identifiers (name and/or uncle harvey user name, etc) is entirely optional. Please also indicate if and where you matched.
David Jones - Did Not Match - scrambled successfully for gen surg prelim at Mayo (***example only***)
1. Puerto Rico
2. Venus
3. Johns Hopkins
4. Washington University
5. etc.
.
.
.
11. UCSF
12. Cleveland Clinic
x. MGH
x. Cornell
x. Michigan
---------------------------------------------------------
01) Anonymous
1. loma linda
2. cedars sinai
3. utah
4. usf
5. ut houston
6. ut southwestern
7. uc irvine
8. vcu
9. unm
10. nymc
11. george washington
12. umdnj
13. einstein
14. lsu-shreveport
15. miami
16. mcg
17. ut san antonio
18. ut galveston
19. Halloween Costumes
02) Anonymous—MATCHED!
1. UCSD
2. Miami
3. OHSU
4. The Methodist (Houston)
5. Loma Linda
6. Tufts
7. VCU
8. LSU-New Orleans
9. LSU-Shreveport
10. Tulane
03) Anonymous
1. Michigan
2. Duke
3. Vanderbilt
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. Florida
6. MCG
7. Case Western
8. Wisconsin
9. Cincinnati
10. VCU
11. Kentucky
12. Rochester
04) Anonymous
1. Mayo
2. BNI
3. Utah
4. Michigan
5. Dartmouth
6. Florida
7. OHSU
8. USF
9. UAB
10. LSU Shreveport
11. UTHSCSA
12. Ohio state
05) Anonymous
1. Michigan
2. Johns Hopkins
3. Cornell
4. Duke
5. Florida
6. OHSU
7. Stanford
8. Vanderbilt
9. Northwestern
10. Dartmouth
11. Washington
12. Cincinnati
06) ٩๏̯͡๏)۶
1. UCSF
2. USC
3. BNI
4. UCLA
5. Cornell
6. Northwestern
7. Columbia
8. NYU
9. Yale
10. Cedars-Sinai
11. Wash U
12. Baylor
13. UVA
14. UCI
07) Anonymous - Keeping top 5 private for now, will add them after match day
1. Secret
2. Secret
3. Secret
4. Secret
5. Secret
6. Rochester
7. UTHSC-SA
8. Penn State
9. NYU
10. UVA
11. UT Houston
12. Brown
13. Maryland
14. MUSC
15. Jefferson
16. Einstein
17. MCG
18. UK
19. Albany
20. UT Southwestern
21. WVU
08) Anon
1. Miami
2. USC
3. Emory
4. Baylor
5. Utah
6. Rush
7. Maryland
8. Case Western
9. UT houston
10. George Washington University
11. Loyola
12. U. Kentucky
13. University of Chicago
14. Medical College of Georgia
15. UT Galveston
16. Peoria
09) ANON
1. BNI
2. Michigan
3. MGH
4. Johns Hopkins
5. OHSU
6. Columbia
7. Cincinnati
8. Cleveland Clinic
9. Wash U
10. Brigham
11. Yale
12. Vermont
13. USF
14. MUSC
15. UAB
10) Anon
1. Miami
2. NYU
3. Cornell
4. UMDNJ
5. Mt Sinai
6. Columbia
7. Brown
8. Wash U
9. Northwestern
10. UCLA
11. USF
12. Einstein
11) ANON
1. Pittsburgh
2. Indiana
3. Michigan
4. Florida
5. Mayo
6. Cleveland Clinic
7. Wisconsin
8. Ohio State
X. Cincinnati
12) ANON
1. Washington- Seattle
2. UCSF
3. Stanford
4. Emory
5. MGH
6. BNI
7. Mayo
8. Duke
9. Cleveland clinic
10. USC
x Michigan
13) ANON
1. UCSF
2. Washington
3. Hopkins
4. Mayo
5. Columbia
6. Cornell
7. Wash U
8. BNI
9. Florida <—which Florida??
10. NYU
11. Michigan
12. Cinci
13. OHSU
14. Yale
x U chicago
x Brown
14)
1. Cleveland Clinic
2. NYU
3. Rush
4. Loyola
5. Northwestern
6. U Chicago
7. WashU
8. Rochester
9. Kentucky
10. Methodist
11. VCU
15)anon!
1. Hopkins
2. Washington
3. WashU
4. Emory
5. UCLA
6. USC
7. Utah
8. Miami
9. Ut southwestern
10. Northwestern
11. Minnesota
12. OHSU
16) Anonymous
1. Henry Ford
2. USF
3. Penn State
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Loma Linda
6. Kentucky
7. Wake Forset
8. UMDNJ
9. MCW
10. Nebraska
11. Rochester
12. U IL Peoria
13. Allegheny
14. Wayne State
15. Loyola
16. NYMC
17. SLU
18. MCG
19. Oklahoma
20. Missouri
17) aNoNyMoUs
1. UMDNJ
2. Hopkins
3. Mt Sinai
4. Cornell
5. Jefferson
7. NYU
8. UMD
9. Brown
10. NYMC
11. Temple
12. Tufts
x USC
x Kentucky
18) Anon— MATCHED!!
1. Wash U
2. U Mich
3. NYU
4. U Florida
5. Vandy
6. UAB
7. Mount Sinai
8. Albany
9. Rochester
10. Buffalo
11. Case
12. Maryland
13. Georgetown
14. Einstein
15. Mayo
16. UMDNJ
17. Syracuse
18. Brown
19. NYMC
20. UNC
21. Henry Ford
22. Penn State
19) Anonymous
1. Hopkins
2. Mayo
3. MGH
4. BNI
5. Brigham
6. UCSF
7. Michigan
8. Stanford
9. Wash U
10. UCLA
11. UPenn
12. Cornell
13. Columbia
14. Emory
15. Yale
16. UW
20) anon
1. USC
2. Loma Linda
3. Einstein
4. Temple
5. Penn State
6. U Kentucky
7. Buffalo
8. VCU
9. UMDNJ
10. GWU
11. Rochester
12. Brown
13. Saint Louis U
14. Wayne State
15. UC Irvine
16. LSU New Orleans
17. UT Galveston
21)
1. UNIV WASH (SEATTLE)
2. UPENN
3. UCSF
4. VIRGINIA
5. USC
6. BNI
7. MIAMI
8. MARYLAND
9. IOWA
10. UCSD
11. UMDNJ
12. NYU
13. GWU
x LOMA LINDA
22) Matched
1. Mayo
2. UW (Seattle)
3. Wisconsin-Madison
4. Dartmouth
5. OHSU
6. Tufts
7. Maryland
8. Memphis
9. Rochester
10. Brown
11. Oklahoma
12. Vermont
13. Colorado
14. Indiana
15. Buffalo
16. Minnesota
17. Albany
18. Case Western
23) 2010 - MATCHED!!!
1. UMDNJ
2. MUSC
3. Colorado
4. Wisconsin (Madison)
5. Nebraska
6. Vermont
7. SUNY Upstate
8. West Virginia
9. Mt. Sinai
10. St. Louis University
11. Louisville
12. LSU (Shreveport)
24) Matched
1. OHSU
2. UWashington
3. Florida
4. Mayo
5. Baylor
6. Colorado
7. WashU
8. Utah
9. UCSD
10. Brown
11. UTSW
12. UNC
25)
1. Mayo
2. Wake Forest
3. Buffalo
4. MUSC
5. Ohio State
6. Albany
7. Wisconsin
8. Minnesota
9. Vermont
10. MCW
11. UAB
12. UIC
13. UT Houston
14. Rochester
15. Peoria
16. Syracuse
17. Wayne State
26)
1. UW -seattle
2. Stanford
3. MGH
4. Columbia
5. UPenn
6. Northwestern
7. WashU
8. Hopkins
9. Mayo
10. NYU
11. Duke
12. UCLA
13. Michigan
x UMDNJ
x UCSD
x UC Irvine
x Loma Linda
27) TBA
1. Michigan
2. MGH
3. Hopkins
4. Mayo
5. Cornell
6. UVa
7. Wash U
8. Stanford
9. OHSU
10 Wisconsin-Madison
11. Brown
12. NYU
13. UNC-Chapel Hill
14. Wake Forest
15. MCW
28)
1. UTSW
2. Emory
3. UCLA
4. Baulor
5. Methodist
6. UFlorida
7. USF
8. UCSD
9. UC Irvine
10. Mayo
11. NYU
12. Thomas Jefferson
13. Buffalo
14. Rochester
29) Anonymous
1 Emory
2 Michigan
3 Mayo
4 Florida
5 Miami
6 UVa
7 Wash U
8 Cedars Sinai
9 OHSU
10 UCSD
11 Kansas
12 Nebraska
13 Indiana
14 MCW
15 Colorado
16 Kentucky
17 UNC
18 UMDNJ
30) Anonymous
1 Emory
2 Brigham
3 UCSF
4 Columbia
5 Mayo
6 MGH
7 BNI
8 UW
9 Michigan
10 Duke
11 Yale
12 Vanderbilt
13 Brown
14 Cornell
15 UCLA
16 Pitt
17 Chicago
18 Dartmouth
19 Cedars-Sinai
20 NYU
31) MIA
1. Miami
2. MGH
3. Cornell
4. UCSF
5. UMDNJ
6. Columbia
7. Georgetown
8. Mt Sinai
9. NYU
10. UPenn
11. Pitt
12. HFH
13. Cleveland Clinic
14. Michigan
15. UIC
17. NW
32)
1. Secret
2. Secret
3. Secret
4. UT SA
5. UT SW
6. LSU Shreveport
7. USF
8. Loma Linda
9. MUSC
10. Buffalo
11. Ohio State
12. Case Western
13. St. Louis University
14. Medical College of Georgia
15. University of Oklahoma
16. University of Virgina
17. University of Alabama
18. UC Irvine
X TJU
X University of Minnesota
X VCU
33)
1) Stanford
2) Johns Hopkins
3) MGH
4) Michigan
5) Cornell
6) Brigham
7) UCSF
8) USC
9) BNI
10) Duke
11) Emory
12) Mayo
13) Columbia
14) Yale
15) UVA
34)
1. USC
2. UCSF
3. BNI
4. UCLA
5. WashU
6. Northwestern
7. Mayo
8. Cornell
9. Duke
10. UVa
11. Emory
12. Vanderbilt
13. Yale
14. Pitt
15. Baylor
16. NYU
17. Wisconsin-Madison
18. UTSW
19. Rush
20. Utah
35)Anonymous
1. Rush
2. UFlorida
3. MCW
4. Loyola
5. Peoria
6. Northwestern
7. UTSW
8. Miami
9. San Antonio
10. Iowa
11. Wisconsin
12. MUSC
13. SLU
14. Case Western
15. MCG
16. Mizzou
36) H Bomb
1. Columbia
2. USC
3. Hopkins
4. BNI
5. NYU
6. UCLA
7. Miami
8. UCSD
9. Northwestern
10. Georgetown
11. Vanderbilt
12.Colorado
13. Yale
14. Einstein
15. Rush
16. Sinai
17. Wisconsin
37)
1. U Washington
2. Mayo
3. Minnesota
4. Northwestern
5. Iowa
6. OHSU
7. Virginia
38) Anon - Matched
1. Mayo
2. Emory
3. MGH
4. Univ Florida
5. Indiana U
6. Jackson/Miami
7. Northwestern
8. U Washington
9. Ohio State
10. U Tennessee - Memphis
11. Case Western
12. Univ Cincinnati
13. U Colorado
14. U Kentucky
15. Wake Forest
16. MUSC
17. Rush
X. Thomas Jefferson
X. University of Louisville
39)
1. UCSF
2. MGH
3. U Washington
4. Penn
5. Hopkins
6. Stanford
7. Cornell
8. WashU
9. Duke
10. BNI
11. Yale
12. UVA
13. Penn State
14. Dartmouth
15. Iowa
16. Cincinnati
*Albany
40) anonymous- matched
1. U Florida
2. Emory
3. Penn State
4. UNC
5. Jefferson
6. Colorado
7. Utah
8. Maryland
9. MUSC
10. Buffalo
11. George Washington
12. Albany
13. Univ. New Mexico
14. Univ. Minnesota
15. Tufts
16. UIC
41) anonymous - matched!
1. UCSF
2. MGH
3. BNI
4. Michigan
5. Emory
6. Pitt
...
19. Thomas Jefferson
20. U Chicago
EXAMPLE:
Program - Name (Medical School)
University of Virginia - Kenneth Liu (Uncle Harvey School of Medicine)
==================
Albany Medical Center - Alexandra Paul (Hopkins)
Albany Medical Center - Amilyn Taplin (Vermont)
Albert Einstein - Jonathan Nakhla (Duke)
Allegheny General Hospital - Derrick Andrew Dupre (Texas Tech)
Baylor College of Medicine - Jacob Cherian (Baylor College of Medicine)
Baylor College of Medicine - Anish Sen (Thomas Jefferson University)
Baylor College of Medicine - Zheng Lan (Cincinnati)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital - Viren Vasudeva (MCG)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital - Hormuzdiyar Dasenbrock (JHU)
Brown University - Radmehr Torabi (American University of Antigua)
Case Medical Center - Gabriel Smith (Temple)
Case Medical Center - Efrem Cox (University of Iowa)
Case Medical Center - Jeffrey Nelson (UT Houston)
Case Medical Center - Fernando Alonso (Case Western)
Cedars Sinai - Ashish Patel (Maryland)
Cedars Sinai - Michael Schiraldi (Temple)
Cleveland Clinic -Nina Moore (University of Arizona COM Phoenix)
Cleveland Clinic -Muhammad Zeeshan Memon (Aga Khan University, Pakistan)
Cleveland Clinic -Elizabeth Abbott (Med College of Wisconsin)
Columbia - Jonathan Yun (UMDNJ Robert Wood)
Columbia - Gaurav Gupta (Stanford)
Cornell - Peter Morgenstern (Cornell)
Dartmouth - Jennifer Hong (Stanford)
Duke University - Adam Back (U of Chicago-Pritzker)
Duke University - Steven Cook (UNC)
Duke University - Mary Huang (Case Western)
Emory - Jay McCracken (MCG)
Emory - Griffin Baum (Emory)
Emory - Michael Moore (Case Western)
George Washington - Pete DeRosa (Penn State)
George Washington - Michelle Feinberg (New York Medical College)
Georgetown - Josh Ryan (UNC)
Georgetown - Rocky Felbaum (Marshall University)
Henry Ford Hospital - Melvin Omodon (Case Western)
Henry Ford Hospital - Lynn Mubita (Cornell)
Indiana University - Ian White (Saint Louis University)
Indiana University - Kashif Shaikh (Indiana)
Johns Hopkins -Chikezie Eseonu (Yale)
Johns Hopkins - Tomas Garzon-Muvdi (Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi)
Johns Hopkins - Brian Hwang (Columbia)
Loma Linda - Rafeek Woods (Loma Linda University)
Loma Linda - Olaide Ajayi (Loma Linda University)
LSU New Orleans - Silvia Gesheva (Howard)
LSU Shreveport - Richard Menger (Georgetown)
LSU Shreveport - Christopher Storey (LSU Shreveport)
Loyola - Michael Wemhoff (Loyola)
Massachusetts General Hospital - Chris Stapleton (Harvard)
Massachusetts General Hospital - John Berry-Candelario (Harvard)
Massachusetts General Hospital - Andrew Venteicher (Stanford)
Mayo Clinic - Tony Burrows (UMass)
Mayo Clinic - Daniel Shepherd (Arkansas)
Mayo Clinic - Meghan Murphy (Georgetown)
Medical College of Georgia - Ava Star (SUNY Upstate, Cleveland Clinic)
Medical College of Wisconsin -Ninh Doan (University of Illinois)
Medical College of Wisconsin - Ha Son Nguyen (Indiana University)
Medical University of South Carolina - Jan Vargas (Medical University of South Carolina)
Medical University of South Carolina - Ron Ron Cheng (University of Mississippi)
Methodist Hospital - Sean Barber (UTMB)
Methodist Hospital - Robert Scranton (UTHSC San Antonio)...heard through gapevine, anyone confirm??
Miami - Brian Snelling (West Virginia University)
Miami - Nicholas Ferraro (UT Houston)
Mount Sinai - Christopher Sarkiss (UCLA)
National Capital Consortium / Walter Reed AMC - Jay Choi (UCSF)
National Capital Consortium / Walter Reed AMC - Dan Coughlin (USUHS)
New York Medical College - Art Wang (case)
New York University -
North Shore/Long Island Jewish - Neal Mehan (Cincinnati)
Northwestern - Annie Park (Penn State)
Northwestern - Angie Bohnen (Louisville)
Ohio State University - Ahmed Mohyeldin (George Washington)
Ohio State University - Ammar Shaikhouni (Brown University)
Oregon Health & Science - Kelly Bridges (Univ of Nevada)
Oregon Health & Science - Fran Hardaway (MUSC)
Penn State University - Emmy Sieg (Penn State)
Penn State University - Pratik Rohatgi (Michigan)
Penn State University - Ephraim Church (University of Pennsylvania)
Rush University Medical Center - Stephan Munich (University at Buffalo)
Rush University Medical Center - Sumeet Ahuja (Indiana University)
St. Joseph’s Hospital (Barrow) - Doug Hardesty (University of Pennsylvania)
St. Joseph’s Hospital (Barrow) - Ernest Wright (Yale)
St. Joseph’s Hospital (Barrow) - Michael Nanaszko (Cornell)
St. Joseph’s Hospital (Barrow) - Tsinsue Chen (University of California San Diego)
St. Louis University - Jon Lebovitz (SLU)
Stanford - Derek Southwell (UCSF)
Stanford - Linda Xu (Maryland)
Stanford - Kai Miller (Washington)
SUNY Upstate - Alexa Bodman (SUNY Upstate)
SUNY Upstate -
Temple University -
Thomas Jefferson University - Michael Lang (Ohio State)
Thomas Jefferson University - Christine Hammer (Indiana University)
Thomas Jefferson University - Ameet Chitale (George Washington)
Tufts Medical Center -
Tulane - Juanita Garces (UTSW)
UC Davis - Jared Ament (PGY2; MSIH - Ben-Gurion/Columbia, PGY1-UMass)
UC Irvine - Sean Kaloostian (UCR/UCLA)
UC San Diego - Gunjan Goel (Wayne State)
UC San Diego - Dustin Hatefi (Georgetown)
UCSF - John Rolston (Emory)
UCSF - Doris Wang (UCSF)
UCSF - Corinna Zygourakis (Harvard)
UCLA - Daniel Hirt (UCSD)
UCLA - Nick Au Yong (Drexel)
UCLA - Yinn Cher Ooi (Jefferson)
UMDNJ - Michael Cohen (Drexel)
UMDNJ -
University at Buffalo - Andrew Fanous (University of Vermont)
University at Buffalo - Hakeem Shakir (University of Oklahoma)
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Paul Foreman (Oklahoma)
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Andrew Romeo (UAB)
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Ross Dawkins (UT Memphis)
University of Arizona - Sheri Palejwala (SLU)
University of Arkansas - Whit Morris (University of South Carolina)
University of Arkansas -
University of Chicago -Melissa Hudson (Ohio State)
University of Chicago - Ashley Ralston (Wayne State)
University of Cincinnati - Yair Gozal (Emory)
University of Cincinnati - Katie Myers (University of Missouri)
University of Cincinnati - Steve Gogela (University of Nebraska)
University of Colorado - Ramesh Kumar (Texas A&M)
University of Colorado - Leslie Robinson (MUSC)
University of Florida - Anindita Chakraborty (University of Florida)
University of Florida - Jerzy Rokicki (Tulane)
University of Florida - Cory Hartman (Med College Wisconsin)
University of Illinois at Chicago - Gregory Arnone (Drexel)
University of Illinois at Chicago -Sajeel R Khan.
University of Illinois at Peoria -
University of Iowa - Kingsley Abode-Iyamah (University of Iowa)
University of Iowa - Janel Smietana (University at Buffalo)
University of Kansas - Kushal Shah (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
University of Kentucky - James Smith (East Carolina University)
University of Kentucky - Nessa Timoney (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
University of Louisville - Rob Hruska (UTMB)
University of Maryland - David Hersh (NYU)
University of Maryland - Elizabeth Le (Maryland)
University of Michigan - Kevin Chen (Duke)
University of Michigan - Elyne Kahn (Vanderbilt)
University of Minnesota - Amit Goyal (Georgetown)
University of Minnesota - Akshay Gupte
University of Mississippi - Tamir Tawfik (LSU-Shreveport)
University of Mississippi -
University of Missouri -
University of Nebraska - Will Robbins (Georgetown)
University of New Mexico - Carlos Sanchez (St. Georges)
University of North Carolina (UNC) - Jeffrey Aucoin (Ohio State)
University of North Carolina (UNC) - Adeolu Olasunkanmi (NYU)
University of Oklahoma - Andrew Conner (Indiana University)
University of Pennsylvania - James Stephen (University of Pennsylvania)
University of Pennsylvania - Dmitriy Petrov (UMDNJ Robert Wood)
University of Pennsylvania - Jared Pisapia (University of Pennsylvania)
University of Pittsburgh - Georgios Zenonos (University of Athens Medical School)
University of Pittsburgh - Philip Lee (Pitt)
University of Pittsburgh - Greg Weiner (Tulane)
University of Pittsburgh - David Panczykowski (University of Miami)
University of Puerto Rico -
University of Rochester - Steve Sandwell (Louisville)
University of Rochester - Mike Moravan (Rochester)
University of South Florida - Scott Raffa (University of South Florida)
University of South Florida - Stephen Reintjes (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
University of Southern California (USC) - Joshua Lucas (USC)
University of Southern California (USC) - Vivek Mehta (Hopkins)
University of Tennessee - Prayash Patel (Mercer)
University of Tennessee - Nicholas Rossi (Indiana)
University of Utah - Vijay Ravindra (Loyola)
University of Utah - Craig Kilburg (Michigan)
University of Vermont -
University of Virginia - Paul Schmitt (UMDNJ)
University of Virginia - Aaron Bond (USC)
University of Virginia/NIH - Winson Ho (Yale)
University of Washington - Brian Hanak (Harvard)
University of Washington - Kelly Collins (Michigan)
University of Wisconsin - Kutluay Uluc (Istanbul University)
University of Wisconsin - Solomon Ondoma (Mbarara University, Uganda)
UT Houston - Saint-Aaron Morris (UT Houston)
UT Houston - Wesley Jones (Texas Tech HSC)
UT Medical Branch (UTMB) -Achal Patel (Arkansas)
UT San Antonio - Michael McGinity (UTHSC San Antonio)
UT San Antonio - Asif Maknojia (Albany Medical College)
UT Southwestern (UTSW) - Leopold Arko IV (University of New Mexico)
UT Southwestern (UTSW) - Kathryn Hoes (UMDNJ Robert Wood)
Vanderbilt University - Lucy He (Case Western Reserve University)
Vanderbilt University - Scott Parker (Hopkins)
Vanderbilt University - Cal Cooper (Vanderbilt)
Virginia Commonwealth University - Tony Anene-Maidoh (Thomas Jefferson University)
Virginia Commonwealth University - Craig Kelman (VCU)
Virginia Commonwealth University - Rafael Vega (Illinois)
Wake Forest University - Chet Patel (Chicago Medical School, RFUMS)
Wake Forest University -
Washington University in St. Louis - Katie McCoy (WashU)
Washington University in St. Louis - Jarod Roland (Texas Tech)
Washington University in St. Louis - Zohny Zohny (University of Pittsburgh)
Wayne State University - Elizabeth Klein (Loyola)
West Virginia University - Roy Hwang (CCLCM-Case)
Yale - Eyiyemisi C. Damisah (Yale)
Yale - Komli-Kofi Atsina, Jr. (University of Pittsburgh)
1847 was an important year to today’s Liberian republic. It was then that independence was granted to the young nation. From that day and onwards, this republic has flown their respective flag from Liberian flag poles proudly. The republic’s ensign is very similar to the United States national banner. The difference includes the number of horizontal stripes (11 instead of 13) and the featuring of one 5-pointed star in the upper left portion of the flag. The use of colors is very much similar.
The white five-pointed star on the blue field symbolizes the fact that at the time of the nation’s independence, it was the only country in black Africa to be such. The blue colored field stands for the continent of Africa. Today, this national ensign is flown throughout the nation from poles of all kinds, including wooden flag poles.
Neighboring Sierra Leone flies an ensign from flagpoles that is very much different. This flag was flown for the very first time on the day the country was declared independent, on April 27, 1961. Unlike the Liberian flag, this ensign is a tricolor that features the colored green, white and blue. Tricolors type ensigns are a popular flag-design used by countries around the world today, including a good number of European republics.
Even though the republic has been around for a while, the country did not see much modernization till the 1940’s, following substantial investments by the United States of America, during the Second World War. The republic was in fact a founding member of the United Nations. It has experienced a fair share of economical and political instability for a good number of years, unfortunately. Liberia did experience some growth some years ago, but the economy started declining as a result of bad economic management following the ‘80’s coup.
Counting nearly three and a half million people in ‘08, most of these folks lived in Montserrado County, which is also home to the country’s capital of Monrovia. Different industries have brought income to Liberians and include rubber plantations and offshore oil. The maritime industry has also provided the republic with additional economic support.
The flag of Liberia for use with small and taller flag poles are commonly made from materials such as nylon and polyester. Even though some have mistaken this flag for the American one hoisted on U.S. flag poles, the differences include the numbers of stripes and stars.
Most flagpoles can withstand weather conditions of all kinds.
]]>
Constantine Plakas (New York Medical College) - Albany
Carlos Williams (Howard University) - Albert Einstein
Nrupen Baxi (UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School) - Albert Einstein
James Kalyvas (Columbia) - Barrow NI
Mark Oppenlander (Michigan) - Barrow NI
Laura Snyder (Jefferson) - Barrow NI
Sabareesh Natarajan (PGIMER, India and UW Seattle) - Barrow NI
Vikas Rao (USC) - Baylor
Uncleharvey Halloween Costumes
Bartley Mitchell (Baylor) - Baylor
Jonathan Thomas (Michigan) - Baylor
Brad Gross (Northwestern) - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Peleg Horowitz (Northwestern) - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Danny Aghion (Sackler) - Brown
Grant Sorkin (Georgetown) - Buffalo
Sunil V Manjila (Trichur Medical College, India) - Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
Kaine C. Onwuzulike (Case Western Reserve, Cleveland,OH) - Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
Parham Moftakhar(UCLA)-Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Mike Kelly (Loyola) - Cleveland Clinic
Varun Kshettry (Northwestern) - Cleveland Clinic
Ben Rosenbaum (Vanderbilt) - Cleveland Clinic
Chris Kellner (Columbia) - Columbia
Adam Sonabend (UNAM, Mexico) - Columbia
Dimitri Sigounas (North Carolina) - Cornell
Monique Vanaman (Columbia) - Cornell
Wesley Whitson (Ohio State University) - Dartmouth
Amitoz Manhas (New York Medical College) - Duke
Jonathan Choi (Duke) - Duke
John Quinn (UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School) - Duke
Matt Gary (Florida) - Emory
Nitin Mariwalla (Tulane) - Emory
Carlton Prickett (Columbia) - Emory
Uncleharvey Air Jordan - Georgetown
David Herzig (UT-Memphis) - Georgetown
Jay Rhee (Tufts) - Georgetown
Parker Babington (Eastern Virginia Medical School) - George Washington
Kevin Reinard (Medical College of Wisconsin) - Henry Ford
Mohammed Alsaidi (Penn State) - Henry Ford
Todd Vogel (Indiana) - Indiana University
Jason Hill (Case) - Indiana University
Jason Liauw (Stanford) - Johns Hopkins
Kaisorn Chaichana (Johns Hopkins) - Johns Hopkins
Mohamad Bydon (Yale) - Johns Hopkins
Dare Adewumi (Medical College of Georgia) - Loma Linda University
Peter Bouz (Loma Linda University) - Loma Linda University
Justin Haydel (LSUHSC-S) - Louisiana State University HSC (LSU) Shreveport
Eduard Dinca (Craiova-Romania) - Louisiana State University HSC (LSU) New Orleans
Dustin Hayward (University of California, San Diego (UCSD)) - Loyola University
Dawid Liniewski (University of Sint Eustatius) - Loyola University
Brian Walcott (Loyola) - Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Patrick Codd (Harvard) - Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Regina Bower (Stanford) - Mayo Clinic
Selby Chen (NYU) - Mayo Clinic
Jasvinder Nangiana (Stanford) - Mayo Clinic
Basheer Shakir (U of Oklahoma) - Medical College of Georgia
Leslie Hutchins (UT Southwestern) - Medical College of Virginia (MCV)
Alison Jeziorski (University at Buffalo) - Medical College of Virginia (MCV)
Jerry Eckardt (U of North Dakota) - Medical College of Wisconsin
Michah Brasseur (Loma Linda University) - Medical College of Wisconsin
Jonathan Lena (Eastern Virginia Medical School) - Medical University of South Carolina
Taylor Gist (Southwestern) - Methodist (TMH)
Madhu Jannapureddy (Baylor) - Mount Sinai
Sharona Benhaim (University of California, San Diego (UCSD)) - Mount Sinai
Jayson Neil (NY Medical College) - NYMC
Benjamin Rubin (Chicago Medical School) - New York University
Russell Strom (Wash U) - New York University
Dave Hahn (Brown U) - Northwestern
Rohan Lall (U Chicago) - Northwestern
Laura Ngwenya (Boston University) - Ohio State University
Promod Pillai (NIMHANS,Bangalore,India) - Ohio State University
Brian Farrell (University of Nebraska) - Oregon Health & Science University
Nathaniel Whitney (Loma Linda University) - Oregon Health & Science University
Gareth Davies (Dartmouth) - Penn State U - Hershey
Andrew Johnson (Columbia) - Rush
Ali J Ghods (Albert Einstein) - Rush
Catherine McClung Smith (Morehouse School of Medicine) - Saint Louis U
Allyson Howard (University of California, Irvine) - Stanford
Rob Lober (Medical College of Georgia) - Stanford
Omar Aftab Choudhri (Aga Khan University, Pakistan) - Stanford
Meg Riordan (Iowa) - Syracuse
Vishad Sukul (UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School) - Temple University
Chen Wu (Tufts) - Thomas Jefferson University
David Krieger (Penn) - Thomas Jefferson University
Sonia Teufack (Saint Louis) - Thomas Jefferson University
Jason Rahal (Tufts) - Tufts University
Fred Thompson (Tulane) - Tulane
Kristi Schmidt (Georgetown) - University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB)
Amber Gordon (UAB) - University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB)
Michael Raber (Wake Forest) -
Gilbert Cadena (Boston University) - University of California, Davis
Daniela Alexandru (University of Iowa) - University of California, Irvine (UCI)
Ausaf Bari (Boston University) - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Arthur Chou (UCLA) - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Muraya Gathinji (Johns Hopkins) - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Jessica Buczek (Albany Med) - University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Jason Cheng (UCSF) - University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Aaron Clark (Medical College of Virginia) - University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Steve K. Addo-Yobo (Emory)- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)/ Benioff Children’s Hospital
Michael Ivan (UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School) - University of California, San Francisco (UCSF
Mahua Dey (Baylor) - University of Chicago
Ricky Wong (Tufts) - University of Chicago
Vince DiNapoli (West Virginia U) - University of Cincinnati, Mayfield Clinic
Lauren Ostling (University of Cincinnati) - University of Cincinnati, Mayfield Clinic
Christopher Sanders (Ohio State University) - University of Cincinnati, Mayfield Clinic
Sam Waller (Georgetown) - University of Colorado
Derrick Sun (UTMB-Galveston) - University of Colorado
Kyle Fargen (Tulane) - University of Florida (UF)
Kamal Shemisa (Northeastern Ohio University) - University of Florida (UF)
Raul Vasquez (University of Puerto Rico) - University of Florida (UF)
P Hari Krishna (UW,Seattle-BHU,India) - University of Illinois at Chicago
William Lee (Albany Med) - U of Illinois-Peoria
Raheel Ahmed (Aga Khan University, Pakistan) - University of Iowa
Daniel Hansen (U of KS) - University of Iowa
Dave Seecharan (UT-Memphis) - University of Kansas - Kansas City
Barrett Brown (University of Kentucky) - University of Kentucky
Abdul A. Baker (Wright State University) - U Louisville
Ryan Nowak (University of Colorado) - University of Maryland
Justin Slavin (U Maryland) - University of Maryland
Michael Seibert (SUNY-Downstate) - UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Rachid Assina (Ross University School of Medicine) - UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Mohammed Faraz Khan (University at Buffalo) - University of Miami
Michael Thambuswamy (Oklahoma) - University of Miami
Gabriel Widi (Yale) - University of Miami
Zackary Boomsaad (University of Michigan) - University of Michigan
Jenn Strahle (U Minnesota) - University of Michigan
Daraspreet Singh Kainth (Johns Hopkins) - University of Minnesota
Dino Terzic (Cornell in Qatar) - University of Minnesota
Angela Downes (U Maryland) - University of Mississippi
Rylie Brantl (U of North Dakota) - U of Missouri
Joe Cheatle (Nebraska) - University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)
Muhammad Omar Chohan (Aga Khan University, Pakistan) - University of New Mexico
Bruce Geryk (University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign) - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC)
James Kevin Cooper (UTMB-Galveston) - University of Oklahoma
Leif Bohman (Columbia) - University of Penn
Peter Syre (Pitt) - University of Penn
Luke Macyszyn (Boston University) - University of Penn
Kimberly Foster (U Chicago) - University of Pittsburgh
Paul Richard (Tulane) - University of Pittsburgh
Phil Parry (Tulane) - University of Pittsburgh
Eric Hintz (UNC) - University of Rochester
Chris Gallati (MUSM, Mercer University) - University of Rochester
Jesse Jones (Chicago Medical School) - USC
Brian Lee (USC) - USC
Amir Ahmadian (Medical College of Georgia) - University of South Florida (USF)
Dzenan Lulic (University of California, San Diego (UCSD)) - University of South Florida (USF)
Sean Meiner (UT Houston) - UT Houston
Nirupama Kumar (Temple) - UT Houston, PGY-2
Kayla Goodwin (UT-Memphis) - UT - Memphis
Berkeley Bate (Emory) - UT - Memphis
Danny Klinger (UT Southwestern) - UT Southwestern
Adam Griffith (UT San Antonio) - UT Southwestern
Jamie McKinley (University of Alabama at Birmingham) - UTMB Galveston
Nick Andrade (UT Southwestern) - UT San Antonio
Sarah Garber (The University of Vermont) - University of Utah
Carrie N. Stair (The University of Nevada) - University of Utah
Richard J. McMurtrey (U Colorado) - University of Virginia (UVA)
Brian Williams (Baylor College of Medicine) - University of Virginia (UVA)
Benjamin Hoehn (Stanford) - University of Virginia (UVA)
Michelle Cecchini (Rush) - University of Washington
Dave Su (UT Southwestern) - University of Washington
Yaw Sarpong (Vanderbilt) - University of Washington
Kyle Swanson (Wisconsin) - University of Wisconsin
Casey Madura (Michigan) - University of Wisconsin
Moneeb Ehtesham (Aga Khan University, Pakistan) - Vanderbilt
Cyrus Wong (Johns Hopkins) - Vanderbilt
Dave Stockwell (Indiana) - Vermont
Matt Neal (UT-Memphis) - Wake Forest
Dennis Campbell (Wake Forest) - Wake Forest
Matthew Reynolds (Northwestern) - Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)
Katie Bandt (Loyola) - Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)
Terry Holekamp (WUSTL) - WUSTL
Verrad Nyame (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) - Wayne State University
Brian Yung (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) - West Virginia University (WVU)
Brian Kelley (Medical College of Virginia) - Yale
Ryan Hebert (Yale) - Yale
Ryan Roberts (USUHS) - National Capital Consortium (WRAMC, NNMC and USUHS)
2007 Match List
Parvez Shaikh (Wayne State) --> Albany
Farhad Bahrassa (Boston University (BU)) --> Albany
Merritt Kinon (Indiana) --> Albert Einstein
Alex K Yu (Saint Louis University (SLU)) --> Allegheny General Hospital (AGH)
John Barr (U of Arkansas) --> University of Arkansas
Akash Patel (Baylor) --> Baylor
Deshdeepak Sahni (Columbia) --> Baylor
George Al Shamy (AUB) --> Baylor
Justin Clark (University of Michigan) --> Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)
David Fusco (Columbia) --> Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)
Mark Mahan (Columbia) --> Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)
Kate Cronk (Columbia) --> Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)
Judith Wong (UCSF) --> Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Stephen Nalbach (Temple) --> Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Heather Spader (South Dakota) --> Brown
Chuck Munyon (Penn) --> Case Western Reserve
David Smith (NY Med) --> Case Western Reserve
Sunil Jeswani (Wayne State) --> Cedar Sinai
Joseph Serrone (UMKC) --> Cincinnati
Kelly Shaffer (Vanderbilt) --> Cincinnati
Amer Khalil --> The Cleveland Clinic
Sumeet Vadera (Jefferson) --> The Cleveland Clinic
Bjorn Mark Lobo (Northeastern Ohio U.) --> The Cleveland Clinic
Arianne Boylan (Yale) --> Colorado
Nils Hecht (Heidelberg) --> Colorado
Zachary Hickman (Columbia) --> Columbia
Brad Zacharia (Columbia) --> Columbia
Simon Hanft (Stanford) --> Columbia
Caitlin Hoffman (Cornell) --> Cornell
David Rubin (USC) --> Cornell
George Kakoulides(Tufts) --> Dartmouth
Betsy Hughes (Medical College of Georgia) --> Duke
Isaac Karikari (Duke) --> Duke
Eric Sribnick (Medical University of South Carolina) --> Emory
Nasrin Aldawoodi (University of Florida) --> Emory
Bridger Cox (Oklahoma) --> Florida
Justin Sporrer (Florida) --> Florida
Hugh Gill (Tulane) --> Georgetown
David Weingarten (OHSU) --> George Washington
Paul Mazaris (Wayne State) --> Henry Ford
Jonathan Pindrik (Johns Hopkins) --> Johns Hopkins
Li-Mei Lin (Johns Hopkins) --> Johns Hopkins
Mari Groves (Vanderbilt) --> Johns Hopkins
Uncleharvey Costumes --> George Washington
Brad Bohnstedt (Indiana) --> Indiana
Dave Lewis (U. of Toledo) --> Indiana
Brian Dlouhy (NYU) --> Iowa
Kelly Mahaney (SLU) --> Iowa
Brian Kelley (Oklahoma State) --University of Kansas
Lindsey Hughes (E. Carolina) --> Kentucky
Thomas Johnston (LSU) --> Louisville
John Braca (NY Med)--> Loyola
David Daniels (U. of Minnesota) --> Mayo Clinic
Jeff Jacob (Mayo) --> Mayo Clinic
T.K. Schiefer (Mayo) --> Mayo Clinic
David Wang --> Medical College of Georgia
Deborah Romeo (University of Maryland) --> Medical College of Virginia (MCV)
Tom Ridder (Medical College of Virginia (MCV)) --> Medical College of Virginia (MCV)
Joseph Cochran (Chicago Medical School) --> Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)
Andrew Livingston (Nebraska) --> Houston Methodist
Kristopher Kahle (Yale) --> Massachusetts General Hospial (MGH)
Anna Terry (Washington University) --> Massachusetts General Hospial (MGH)
Peter Fecci (Duke) --> Massachusetts General Hospial (MGH)
Alex Ropper (Tufts) --> Miami
Ramsey Ashour (UTMB) --> Miami
Khoi Than (Hopkins) --> Michigan
Anthony Wang (Duke) --> Michigan
Jake Gologorsky (Pitt) --> Mount Sinai
Ted Panov (Jefferson) --> Mount Sinai
Libby Kosnik (NE Ohio) --> Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Shaun Rodgers (Georgetown) --> New York University (NYU)
Craig Shannon (U. of Toledo) --> New York Med. (Valhalla)
Albert Wong (Michigan St) --> Northwestern
Timothy Smith (Drew/UCLA) --> Northwestern
Jamal McClendon (Wayne State) --> Northwestern
Pier Paolo Peruzzi (University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy) --> The Ohio State University Medical Center
Paul Porensky (Northwestern) --> The Ohio State University Medical Center
Neil Roundy (University of Arizona) --> Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Hai Sun (Dartmouth) --> Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Casey Halpern (University of Pennsylvania) --> University of Pennsylvania
Isaac Chen (University of Pennsylvania) --> University of Pennsylvania
Akshal S. Patel (Boston University) --> Pennsylvania State, Hershey
Chris Bonfield (Pittsburgh) --> Pittsburgh
Kristen Jones (Tulane) --> Pittsburgh
Ramesh Grandhi (Medical College of Virginia (MCV)) --> Pittsburgh
Anthony Petraglia (University of Rochester) --> University of Rochester
Zeguang Ren (University of Washington) --> University of Rochester
Jennifer Orning (USC)—> Universtiy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
Erwin Mangubat (UIC) --> Rush
Paul Kalanithi (Yale) --> Stanford
Melanie Hayden (University of California, San Diego (UCSD)) --> Stanford
C.J. Berg (Ohio State) --> State University of New York (SUNY)- Buffalo
Justin Thomas (NYU) --> State University of New York (SUNY)- Buffalo
Walter Jacobsen (Midwestern University CCOM)----> State University of New York (SUNY) Syracuse
Richard Kim (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson) --> Temple
Sussan Salas (UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School) --> Thomas Jefferson
Bill Miele (Tufts) --> Tufts
Matt Fusco (Wake Forest) --> UAB
Tom Whisenhunt (UAB) --> UAB
Patrick Pezeshkian (USC)--> UCLA
Colin Buchanan (Wayne State) --> UCLA
Justin Dye (Loma Linda)--> UCLA
David Gonda (Ohio State) --> UC- San Diego
Chiazo Amene (University of Arizona) --> UC- San Diego
Michael Oh (OHSU) --> University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Matt Potts (UCSF)-> University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Phiroz Tarapore (UCSF)-> University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Obinna Emechebe (UIC) -> University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (UIC)
David Neils (SLU)--- > University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria (UICOMP)
Gary Schwartzbauer (University of Maryland) --> University of Maryland
Adam Polifka (Vermont) --> University of Maryland
Pinakin Jethwa (UMDNJ) --> UMDNJ
James Barrese (University of South Florida) ---> UMDNJ
Farhan Siddiq (Pakistan.RMC) --> University of Minnesota
Ludwig Orozco (Guatemala) --> University of Mississippi
Daryl Johnson(LSU) --> University of Mississippi
Patricia Gando (UG-Ecuador) --> University of New Mexico (UNM)
Jesse Winer (UMass) --> University of Southern California (USC)
Aaron Robison (WashU) --> University of Southern California (USC)
Armen Deukmedjian (GWU) --> USF
Rohit “Ro” Vasan (Texas A&M) --> USF
Air Jordan (Texas A&M) --> USF
Michael Mumert (University of Kansas) --> University of Utah
Tina Sayama (University of Utah) --> University of Utah
Brent Kimball (Columbia) --> University of Tennessee, Memphis
Gabe Philips (UT-Memphis) --> University of Tennessee, Memphiss
Pedro Ramirez (UNMSM-Peru)--> University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Davis Reames (MUSC)--> Univeristy of Virginia (UVA)
Sean McKisic (University of Nevada) --> Univeristy of Virginia (UVA)
Ricky Medel (U. of Toledo) --> Univeristy of Virginia (UVA)
Robert Louis (American University of the Caribbean) --> University of Virginia (UVA)
Michael Levitt (Loyola) --> University of Washington
Josh Osbun (UTSW) --> University of Washington
Mahan Ghiassi (Vanderbilt) --> Vanderbilt
Mayshan Ghiassi (Vanderbilt) --> Vanderbilt
Emily Gorman (UAB) --> Vermont
Amritraj (Raj) Loganathan (Ohio State) --> Wake Forest
Jonathan Wilson (WVU) --Wake Forest
Devon Haydon (Florida) --> Washington University
James Sagar (WashU) --> Washington University
Chad Washington (Univ of Mississippi) --> Washington University
Okafor Obanga Odonguowalou (Africa) --> Wayne State
Brian McHugh (Georgetown) --> Yale
Juan Torres (Baylor) --> Yale
When embarking on creating an online business, there is one factor that can make or break your entire online success: your web host. There are various options available to you, each with their own benefits: do you go for shared hosting, a VPS or fully dedicated hosting?
Do you need a dedicated VPS?
First of all you must establish how much traffic your site will be receiving, and the intensity of that traffic; a small personal website, designed for family and friends, may only receive a few hundred views, and therefore a shared hosting package would be most applicable. However if you are running a small business that will be serving hundreds of customers, you may be better off using a dedicated VPS.
Check the reliability of your hosting service provider
Reliability is something often overlooked when purchasing web hosting. If your host has a 90% reliability rate that means that over a month of the year your website will not function! It is vital that reliability statistics are heavily weighted when considering which plan to use.
Have you considered your email options?
Official site email accounts are something that should also be considered. Do you want to be able to use a company email address, directly linked to the URL of your website that can be accessed through the control panel? It certainly makes things look more professional, so email access should always be considered.
Don’t forget to think about the costs
You must take into consideration the financial implications of web hosting. Whilst you are not going to be the next Google and spend millions on web hosting every year, you must factor in the cost with your budget.
You can receive reasonably priced hosting plans all over the internet, but price should not be the sole factor: you must consider the operating system of the server you’re hosted on, the supported programming languages (PHP, Perl, and Ruby on Rails for example), their reliability, extra benefits such as email accounts and a variety of other factors.
If you are new to the internet and are unsure about which plan will best suit your needs, then go for the package that is more affordable for you – if you need to upgrade in future, that is always an option.
Be realistic about your needs
It would be foolish to be too ambitious when you are choosing a web host for your online business. Realistically you are not going to require a fully dedicated server when starting a small online business, so do not go with the web hosting plan that includes a dedicated server. It is always better to need to upgrade to suit the website’s needs than to pay a higher amount than necessary for a service you aren’t going to utilise.
You must bear in mind the amount of web space and bandwidth that your host will allow you to use, as if you go over this amount you may find your website hosting account terminated or even incur extra charges – every good host will have your remaining web space and bandwidth clearly visible in the control panel, so you can always view how much you have left.
With realistic expectations and good research you will find a good web hosting service that suits your needs.
]]>