Hello All,
I have been browsing all of the posts out there and just wanted to put my two cents in regarding UF-Gainesville. I am beginning my 4th year of residency here and wish to convey to you all that this is a great program, with great residents, a fantastic balance of academics, clinic and surgical experience in a university hospital setting. If you ask any of the residents here they would all rank this place No. 1 if they had to do it again. I have heard previous posts talking about UF and I wish to dispell these.
First of all, we DO work hard and are NOT a Gentleman's Club. IF you rotate here for an AI you will soon find out that the Adult service, the Hand service and the Oncology service (of which Dr. Enneking is still actively involved in) are VERY busy and there is no lack of cases or work to go around despite the presence of two Oncology Fellows and two Hand fellows. ON the Adult service I was doing primary knees and Hips as a PGY-2, I already have about 200 TKA and THA's logged. I have recently rotated off of the Hand service of which I was doing 15-20 cases a week as the primary surgeon with the attending present. Including Suspensionplasties, Microvascular stuff, CTS, wrist fusions, etc. Furthermore as a resident of the Oncology Service you are doing cases that you would not dream of doing elsewhere as a PGY-3 as first assist (rotationplasties, megaprosthetic/allograft knee reconstruction, hemipelvectomies and any number of other benign and malignant tumor cases).
Second, WE DO HAVE plenty of trauma. Gainesville is a small town ~150,000. But there is the University, I-75 and the 25 or so counties in Northern Florida and Southern Georgia connected by OUR Trauma Helicopters that keep the ER hopping. I will admit, it is less common to have ortho trauma 4-5 patients deep in the ER, but on any given night we are in the OR and ER from start of call to finish despite the fact that we take it from home.
Our faculty is very well published and prominent. to name a few, Dr. Enneking, Dr. Dell, Dr. Indelicato, Dr. Scarborough, Dr. Vandergriend.
This is a great place to do a rotation/AI and you are looked apon VERY favorably if you rotate here. Of the three residents we take every year, 1-2 inevitably have done an AI here. OF the current residents PGY-1 to 5, more than half DID AI's here. Check out the UF orthopaedic website for info if anyone is still looking for an AI. We always match well and inevitably get our top three.
We are STILL, in my opinion, the top program in Florida and have NOT slipped. Our academics are second to none. Conference every morning 7-8 am. Grand rounds once a month, Journal Club monthly, Sawbones, Specialty journal clubs monthly, research incentives, etc. We consistently take the academic honors yearly at the FLorida Orthopaedic Society when pitted against Miami, JAX and Orlando.
Look us up and post questions comments, I will be happy to answer any that you may have about this program or any others that I am familiar with
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