maryland: I rotated here as a 4th year medical student, and it was the a love hate thing for me. My first two weeks on the rotation I was at kernan which a periperal hospital affiliated with the maryland system. Kind of a sweet set up, its an all ortho hospital, most procedures done there are hand and sports and thus alot of people go home after surgery, however for the big shoulder cases, multi lig reconstructions they stay for a few days. I loved working with Dr. Bennett whom was phenominal, however Murthi was very difficult to work with. I dont know what i did to this man but he would not acknowledge my presence. He hold me in clinic not to touch his patients only to do a history, it was a tough to weeks. However my other two weeks at shock truama was some of the best two weeks of medical school. The system that they have at shock is amazing. There is so much truama and I got to experience some amazing things in those 2 weeks ( 12 acetabulums, a scapulothorasic dissociation, talus extrusion, and any other truama you read about) All the attendings where great. My overall impression of maryland may be biased because of my experience with one particular attending. Overall I think it is a solid program, and the guys get good training. However shock is kind of a big attraction and the reality is that you dont spend alot of time there as a maryland resident.
Howard is a tremendously underated program. The reality is that the hospital is out dated, and yes they lack resources, however the operative experience is amazing. The residents at howard where masters of physical exam, and where truely resourceful. The attendings where down to earth and very interested in education. If you go to howard to train you will come out a very well trained orthopod, and you will not be dependant upon the stuff we take for granted. MRI, CT ext
Georgetown was cool, only interviewed there. Residence where nice, however a very white collar program, and a patient population that demands tea and 2 cubes of sugar at 6:30 am percisely. The guys that where there seemed to love it but i was not for me. There was no truama, a very up to do population, and definitely a white collar i'm an orthopaedic surgeon vibe to it. With that said again everyone was very nice on interview day, and i did get that since that the people whom where there did love it.
Hopkins not much to say, obviously the name is huge. My mentor told me it is most overated program in country. People on interview where surprisingly nice, nothing bad to say, but when i left that interview i did not feel like damn i have to train here.
hope this helps god bless and good luck with the match
