Allegheny General?

By Guest on Monday, 18 February 2002

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Chaney3
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(12/4/01 9:41:22 pm)
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Allegheny General

Does anyone have any info? I noticed it was in the US News top 50 ortho hospitals (# 40)...but i don't
know anything else about it...

IamNikolas
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(12/5/01 7:49:47 pm)
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Allegheny General

I have heard only positive things about the program. Someone from my school matched there a while
back and he loves it there.

Apparently they operate a ton and their case load is impressive. If you want to operate a lot and early,
this is THE place to go to.

There are plenty of opportunities for research but the academic burden is not overwhelming like some
places.

dbonz
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(12/10/01 8:57:27 am)
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Allegheny General

I am currently a resident at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. I can only say good things about
the program here. The strength of the program is the operative experience, with 20 faculty and only 10
residents, there are more cases than you could even want to do. The case load is impressive, and we do
operate a ton. But I know everyone says this, so we are happy to host you for a day or two to see it for
yourself.

You can see a good overview of the program on the Scutwork.com website. Or if you want to hear more
about it on this board, let me know.

If you have an interview at AGH, it is worth the trip to check it out. We have one more interview day on
Dec. 21. Hope to see you there.
Chaney3
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(12/10/01 12:11:33 pm)
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Allegheny

Thanks...the review on the website was great!

I posted on here a month or so ago......can't seem to find the post now???
oh well, wanted to update all the upcoming applicants about AGH Orthopedics.
Here is the link to our website (still not completely up-to-date....we are working on that currently)
www.wpahs.org/agh/education/graduate/AG ... /index.htm

This was started last year, and there has been some issues with having this website versus going directly thru the hospital website (who knows...)
anyway, some people were still trying to find the website and/or they were getting the old site.
If any questions, feel free to PM me.
will give some more info on our program when i get a chance.
good luck

Guest

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OK....
*As mentioned in previous posts....great operative experience AND early. As a PGY 2, you are on your own service. Reason: 20 attendings, 12 residents (not including 3 interns.....PGY 1's do 3 months of ortho, but are not on a dedicated service as interns)
*We have a night float system. 3 months as pgy 2, 1 month as pgy 3
If not on night float, pgy 2/3 cover Friday and Saturdays. (everyone gets 2 weekends off/month). Pgy 4/5 are back-up, out-of-house call.
*Every ortho subspecialty covered---except Tumor although we had been receiving tumor lectures 1 x month from local Tumor guy.
*New this year: 1 month at Erie Shriner's for more well-rounded pediatric experience. (we have 2 pediatric attendings....it's not lack of #'s, just to allow us to get to see the "weird" stuff. esp important for Boards). Good experiences so far, but not sure if we will continue this or not???
*AGH orthopedics is the 2nd largest orthopedic group in the state
*We have fellows in Hand/UE, trauma, joints, F&A (b/c we have so many attendings, this does not in any way hurt our experience. There are actually plans to add a 4th resident possibly in the next 1-3 years!)
*Other things: book $, yearly conferences, Board review as chief, cover high school football teams, free meals and parking, etc, etc.

Don't want to go on and on....but just wanted to give some accurate info, since our website is in the process of being updated.
Also, our chairman is Dr. Patrick DeMeo (sports). Dr. Baratz is still our program director. Top notch Hand/UE fellowship as mentioned in other posts.
good luck

Guest

19 years ago

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