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I’m just wondering what the typical dress code is for pre interview dinners or what people usually wear. 

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Hello All,
 
I am one of the tumor faculty organizing CNS events, and would like to extend an invitation to medical students attending the CNS conference this year.  
 
The YNC and Tumor Section are inviting medical students to the AANS/CNS Tumor Section Young Neurosurgeons Reception, on Tuesday, October 22, at 6:15-8pm at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Nob Hill A/B room. 
 
Honoring the 35th anniversary of the section, multiple senior tumor neurosurgery faculty will present to honor Dr. Mark Rosenblum, the founding member and chair of the section, as well as chair emeritus of Henry Ford Health System.  In addition, there will be time with Dr. Rosenblum and the tumor faculty present to personally introduce yourselves and receive answers to any questions you may have. 

The event is specifically targeted to educate and incorporate medical students and young neurosurgeons.
 
This is a rare opportunity for medical students interested in neurosurgery to learn, meet, and ask questions of Dr. Rosenblum as well as many junior and senior faculty in tumor neurosurgery.

If you have any questions, or to RSVP, please contact attenell@usc.edu

https://www.facebook.com/events/523801141780219/

Hi, I'm a noob so I'll be asking some noob questions:

1. How important is the residency program you match at for matching into fellowship, and then how important is the fellowship program you match at for your future career in academia (appointments at a good hospital/university, not private practice)? Obviously it's a very significant part of your application, but exactly how significant? What other factors are there, besides the obvious interview/research? 

For example, while the undergrad you go to is a factor in medical school admissions, anyone from a low tier college can still get into a top tier medical school with an outstanding MCAT score, GPA, LORs, research, ECs, interview, etc. By the same token, anyone from a low tier medical school can get into a top ranked residency program with outstanding USMLE scores, grades, LORs, AOA, sub-Is, research, interview, etc. 

But what exactly can someone from a low tier residency do to match into a good fellowship program, since there isn't really a standardised NSG exam during residency (boards are pass/fail?). At this point, is it all about who you know, personal connections, interview, etc. rather than how good of a neurosurgeon you are?

Similarly, for university/hospital appointments in academia after fellowship (or residency), how significant of a factor is your fellowship? Residency? Where does this fit in the traditional tenure track of assistant professor → associate professor → full professor → chairman/chief of department?

2. It seems like a lot of neurosurgeons land an academic position at their home residency program right after residency, instead of going somewhere else for a fellowship, and move up the rungs of the ladder until they become full professor, then most likely move somewhere else to become chairman/chief of department? Is doing fellowship really that skippable then?

3. I always thought that medical school was a lot more high stakes than residency (despite residency being harder work), since in medical school you are competing with the other students to get into a better residency, while in residency you aren't really competing with the other residents to get a better fellowship/job? In medical school, you are trying to outperform your peers to match into the best possible residency program for the next 7 years of your life (and is a major factor for the rest of your career), but during residency you can't really do make yourself more competitive (besides doing research), and someone who has matched at Barrow is infinitely times more at an advantage than someone who matched at a low tier program, no matter how hard they work? Or does this only really apply for your first job? Would this be correct then, that medical school is more high stakes?

4. Also, what is the competitiveness of different subspecialty fellowships (neuro-oncology, spine, functional, endovascular, cerebrovascular, pediatric, epilepsy, skull base, etc.) from least to most competitive?

I've heard other specialty programs can have variable requirements for LOR's (some require ONLY 3, others require 4 as a minimum). Are there any neurosurgery residency programs like that?

Congrats to all on submitting!  Here's the annual thread announcing interview invites that have gone out.  I'll keep this one updated as we go along.

This year:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

From last year: (http://neurosurgeryhub.org/showthread.php?tid=1096)
9/17 - Wisconsin
9/17 - Indiana
9/17, 9/18 - Maryland
9/18, 20 - Kentucky 
9/19 - Penn State
9/19, 10/18 - Zucker/Hofstra
9/19 - Utah
9/20 - Rutgers
9/20 - Arizona
9/21, 10/26 - Yale
9/21 - Loyola
9/21 - Miami
9/21, 10/26 - Geisinger
9/24 - Missouri
9/24 - SUNY Upstate
9/24 - UT San Antonio
9/24 - Iowa
9/24 - MUSC
9/24,10/26 - Georgetown
9/24 - U of Florida
9/24 - WVU
9/24, 10/9 - MCW
9/25 - UVA
9/25, 26 - Cleveland Clinic
9/25 - Wake Forest
9/25 - Northwestern
9/25 - SIU
9/26 - Louisville
9/26, 30 - Allegheny
9/26 - SLU
9/26 - Wayne State
9/26 - Buffalo
9/26 - UW
9/26 - UVA-NIH
9/27 - UNC
9/27 - Rochester
9/27 - Kansas
9/28 - Michigan
9/28 - Albany
9/28 - Nebraska
9/28 - Oklahoma
9/28 - Illinois-Peoria
9/28 - Westchester Medical Center/NYMC
10/1 - Rush
10/1 - UAB
10/1 - Houston Methodist
10/1 - LSU-NO
10/1 - Brown
10/1 - Baylor
10/1 - Minnesota
10/1 - Ohio State
10/1 - Duke
10/2 - Tulane
10/2 - UC Irvine
10/2 - UNM
10/2 - Mississippi
10/3 - Medical College of Georgia
10/3 - Carillon Clinic VT
10/3 - NYU
10/3 - UW
10/4 - Cincinnati
10/4 - Texas A&M
10/4 - Stanford
10/5 - University of Chicago
10/5 - LSU Shreveport
10/5 - USC (Southern Cal)
10/5 - Columbia
10/5 - Barrow 
10/5 - Cornell
10/8, 10/15 - VCU
10/9 - Carolinas
10/9 - Cleveland Clinic
10/9 - Henry Ford
10/9 - George Washington
10/9 - Loma Linda
10/10 - Cincinnati
10/10 - Temple
10/10 - UMass
10/11, 24 - UVM
10/11 - Albert Einstein
10/12 - UT Southwestern
10/12 - UPenn
10/12 - Mayo - Jacksonville
10/12 - WashU
10/12 - OHSU
10/15 - UTMB
10/15 - UCSD
10/15 - Illinois - Chicago
10/16 - U Tennessee
10/16 - Vanderbilt
10/16, 10/18 - UT Houston
10/17 - Tufts
10/18 - USF
10/18, 24 - UCLA
10/19 - Brigham & Women's
10/19 - UPMC
10/19 - Case Western
10/19, 25 - University of Colorado
10/22 - Inova
10/22 - Dartmouth
10/22 - Mount Sinai
10/22 - Emory
10/23 - Beth Israel Deaconess 
10/23 - Louisville
10/23, 11/8 - Mayo - Rochester
10/23 - Thomas Jefferson
10/23 - Michigan St. Providence
10/24 - U Wash
10/24 - UCLA
10/25 - UCSF
10/29 - Cedars Sinai
10/29 - Beaumont
11/02 - UC Davis
11/05 - Texas A&M
11/05 - Johns Hopkins

Rejections
Penn State 10/9
Allegheny 10/9
Kentucky 10/9
UCI 10/11
Cornell 10/12
UTSW 10/15
Cinci 10/15
NYU 10/18
Columbia 10/19
VCU 10/21
Snail mail Iowa 
Dartmouth 10/22
SUNY 10/22
Emory 10/22
UTSA 10/24
LSU New Orleans 10/25
UCLA 10/25
Duke 11/2

what's the deal with MSPEs? Do program care about them?

anyone know when decisions come out for the cns resident fellow app? 
also i never got a confirmation email after my app got submitted. is that normal?
thx!

What was everyone's opinion about Vandy this year?

New program on ERAS? Bendok is the PD? Can anyone confirm this is actually a program?