Just wondering how this works.

If I finish my neurosurgical residency training in Canada, and pass the board exams, obtain the FRCSC,

Whats the procedure involved if i wanted to practice in the US? (Assuming I already have all my USMLEs done)

Would i have to write the USA board exams of neurosurgery residency, and then only able to practise in US?

A kind colleague shared with me recently an interesting dataset.  It takes residency programs in the US, ordered by the Doximity ranking and fills in information acquired from various other data sources such as AMA FREIDA, individual program websites, city-data.com, and niche.com.  

link here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

Thanks to our friend who put it together, I hope you guys can use the information in a meaningful way.

How much free time do we typically have on an away? Can expect to be able to work on a manuscript for one of my attendings? Or to go out on the weekend?

What percentage of endovascular neurosurgery cases are elective vs emergency.  Is it possible to build a practice doing 100% elective endovascular cases.  I loathe spine, is it possible to do intracranial and endovascular and have enough cases for 2 days of OR in private practice.  I guess I can stand one or two MIS every 2 weeks...

Hey guys. I am interested in a different field, but have had an interest in nsg at some point which prompted me to lurk forums like this and I still read it occasionally. I find many things relevant to nsg to be projectable to other fields. I am trying to understand one thing that seems to be quite unique to nsg, and am hoping it will let me understand some general concepts of different models of medical practice. What I think is unique about nsg is the special place academia has in it. I yet have to see the field that is more academic, in a broad sense. Fields like neurology, or say hem/onc, that one can think are just pure academia in their essence, are not exactly like that in reality. I don't have the actual statistics in hand, but I get the impression that majority of people in those fields use academia as a step to private practice at best. As opposed to that, at least by reading this forum, I am getting the impression that academic neurosurgery is a niche that people very thoughtfully choose for themselves and stick to it.  I realize that most often people do go to academia because they are genuinely interested in advancing their respective field. However it just does not completely fit my understanding of human nature -- committing to something that by definition brings almost twice as little money and arguably more work. Even if we are talking about highly intelligent people that go to nsg, it is hard for me to believe that people choose harder work for less money over lighter hours and higher pay. Is the situation more complex than I see it? Is there something else to it that makes academia appealing to people? One another way to phrase my question: how is the life of an academic neurosurgeon working at a busy trauma center and running a basic science lab for 500k better than the life of 8-6 spine guy in private practice making 800k? Is it JUST the interest/talent/altruism that drives the guy number one? And drives him so much that he makes an informed decision to not make those extra 300k, which could have made a significant impact on the lifestyle (I am not talking Ferraris, I am rather talking sending kids to college, which might be an issue if you have more than 1 or 2).

Does the place you match at for residency have a huge effect on fellowships? If the place I matched has a certain fellowship am I more likely to match to that fellowship because of this?

When to take? Did anyone knock it out between graduation and the start of intern year?

I'm tired of seeing these subpar applicants apply. We don't want you.

250+ step 1 crew checking in

Hi all,

M3 at a midwest school, wondering if anyone did a Sub-I here or know anything about the program?

Thanks.

The recent deluge of negativity has been somewhat disconcerting.  While I encourage free speech and discourse regarding programs and issues facing our field, there is a way to do so while maintaining a professional tone.  There are a wide range of people that view these forums online from attendings to residents to college and high school students as well as the general public.  While we may be crass with one another behind the call room or office door, airing it out in a public forum simply makes us look bad.  Please keep this in mind before you post