Staff are great here...most of them love to teach and rarely take the knife away. They were even great teachers to me as a rotating student. Dr. Jones and Bhatia (the program director) were the best and Dr. Gupta, despite the reputation, wasgood to work with. You can tell his residents really respect and like him as their chairman and he works hard for them.
Didactics / Teaching
In the OR were great but formal lectures were just okay. Dr. Zamorano and Jones gave great lectures and they had some great outside lectures but some of the others were not so great.
Operating Experience
The best I've ever seen. The residents all operate a ton. Not sure about outside rotations but I heard those are pretty OR-heavy too.
Clinic Experience
Standard clinic...they don't overload patients for resident clinic
Research Opportunities
A ton. Dr. Lee and Dr. Gupta's labs are both very prolific.
Residents
Some of the best and smartest I've ever worked with. Even got to talk to some of the 3rd and 4th years and they seemed bright as well.
Lifestyle
Southern California---what else can u say?
Location / Housing
Expensive...almost all the residents rent. Location is So Cal though...coming from the midwest, this was unreal.
Limitations
none really...I guess they could have better didactics
Overall Rotation Experience / Conclusion
Great, wish I could've matched here but they're pretty strict on board scores and mine weren't great. Rotate here if you can as the med students get to do a lot and are taught by attendings, not just ignored. This is a great program that puts their residents in great fellowships and operate a lot.
