Personally, I have heard that Cinnci is a great program, strong in sports and peds. I have also heard it is a real jock program that is not very "female friendly". I am not sure when they interview, but I don't think an October or November rotation is too late if there are still spots open. Here is some information posted at scutwork on the program:


Schedule

This is an outstanding program with a high volume of operative cases, even as an intern you will be doing many of the simple cases. There is more than enough to go around, and you will get sick of operating here. The university is the only level 1 trauma center in the city and gets pretty busy.

Teaching

Didactics are outstanding. The faculty has a number of big names, notably a world-renowned hand surgeon in Dr. Stern (chairman) -- president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, a great guy and he is well-liked and respected. Dr. Alvin Crawford, who is arguably the biggest and most influential pediatric orthopaedic surgeon in the world...the pediatric rotation (6 months as Pgy2) is known to be busy (read: painful) but a great learning experience.

Atmosphere

The residents are very cool and down-to-earth...a very testosterone-rich environment as there are no women in this program. Got a very good vibe after spending time there...the residents are extremely happy and are proud to be at Univ of Cincinnati. The hospital is new and a very nice modern facility.

Conclusion

Dr. Stern is one of the nicest guys around and is very involved in resident education. Residents get great fellowships in all areas...in peds and hand you have your pick of fellowship with Stern and Crawford there. There are no weekend conferences. Faculty is currently expanding (recently added a trauma guy from case western and just added a hss-trained sports guy)...sports was probably the weakest area but no longer with the addition of new faculty. Altogether an excellent program with first-rate operative experience and didactics and highly-regarded chairman who cares about the residents.

I'd like to echo the comments made above. this program was definitely a plesant surprise for me when I interviewed. Again, a great atmosphere secondary to Dr. Stern's influence as well as the high jock content of the program.

Awesome program. #3 on my rank list. Very high jock:nerd ratio. pretty intense residency. Full complement of subspecialties with multiple strengths.

Interview schedule: I believe they have 3 interview dates. I went to the first one in October. Then they have a second in december (I think), and a third in january.

Agree with everything that's been said about Cincinnati's program. I interviewed here and absolutely loved it. Ranked it very high, despite the fact that I'm from the East coast and was very weary of the midwest. This program is complete. It is somewhat intense especially first couple of years. But your abilities as a surgeon when you finish training here will be second to none. The residents were all very happy...they took us out the night of our interview and I got a very good vibe. It sounded like they worked hard, had great morale and were extremely confident. They get a lot of autonomy in the OR as their training advances, and from what I've heard the chiefs essentially function as attendings in the OR. I would have loved to end up here but couldn't overcome the regionalism-obstacle.

Big Gun chairman from Harvard who was without a doubt the kindest chairman I met on the interview trail. The faculty were friendly and the interviews were get-to-know-you affairs. 5-7 rooms from what I remember. Definitely rotate here if interested. I would if I could do it over again.

One other thing -- if you're a female don't bother applying to Cincinnati. They don't have a single female resident. I've heard they rarely interview women. There were no women there the day I interviewed.

Agree with what's been said about Cincinnati. Was very impressed with the program. Intense early on, lots of OR time throughout your training, great research opportunities available if you're interested but they don't push it down your throat. Excellent in hand, trauma, peds, sports. Cool bunch of residents, took us out the night before, were genuinely happy. Most sought after hand fellowship in the country. Dr. Stern is "the man" in the hand world, as is Crawford in the peds world. I didn't know much about Cincinnati but I liked it the 2 days I was there. What credentials do they look for? Don't know but I had a 242 step 1, no AOA but lots of honors, 1 paper and 2 in progress...got the interview and ranked it very high but matched at a program lower on my list. Take that for whatever it's worth. So sad, too freaking bad but I'm very happy where I am and consider it their freaking loss. No women applicants there the day I interviewed either. Great place to rotate at in my opinion. Hope this helps.

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