Thought I would take this opportunity to respond to the issue of "inbred" programs. As was correctly noted, all of our soon-to-be PG-5 residents are "home-grown". This was not done on purpose but that particular year we interviewed only 28 students (and had 18 Columbia hopefuls!) so the numbers were obviously stacked in that direction. To address this issue, we now interview 50 students from our ~450 applications. We have had a dramatic increase in interest from other medical schools and have a number of visiting students starting in July. If you are interested in rotating, please call Courtney Walsh in our Dean's Office at 212-305-1642 and she can help coordinate.
William N. Levine, MD
Residency Program Director
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, NY
