Besides the obvious personality issues, what are some reasons applicants don’t match especially if they go on ~15 interviews?

What quality improvement projects have your performed at your hospital and what was the result?

It would be helpful to create a list of successfully implemented ideas for residents at other institutions to implement over overall improvement of the quality of care we deliver to our patients.

Where would be best to go for fellowship to learn minimally invasive tumor surgery?

Is this generally possible? If you are in UCSF, could you arrange to work under a PI at Stanford (assuming you had funding) during your two research years? Other examples: UCLA resident at USC or Caltech, Baylor resident at Rice or Houston resident at Baylor, Columbia Resident at Cornell etcetc.


If there is no already-present consortium between two institutions, is this possible? Perhaps might be easier if you are working for two PIs - one at home institution and another at the other uni.

Besides spending 3.5 years at the NIH vs 2 years of research in the UVA program (which apparently can also be done at the NIH), are there any big differences between the two? I'm guessing both set you up well for academic neurosurgery.

Does anyone know what the clinical experience is like at the NIH?

What are considered good skull base fellowships, in terms of research vs clinical? I’m asking about skull base tumor and cerebrovascular programs. For example, Cornell’s seem like observerships.

https://www.nasbs.org/fellowship-registry/
https://www.aans.org/en/Trainees/Academi...-Directory

Acceptable as a MS2 to email faculty you have not met before about observing in cases, etc.?

Alright everyone! We're 2 days in and I'm seeing some updates trickling in. I'll keep this going throughout interview season. Good luck! 

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


From last year: (http://neurosurgeryhub.org/showthread.php?tid=1682)
10/23 - SUNY Upstate 
10/23 - Stony Brook 


Rejections
10/22 - VCU 

How many programs are y’all applying to? Personally I’m doing 75

Sup y'all. Five days left til residencies look at our ERAS. What's everyone up to, what are you most excited about, what are you most worried about. Good luck to everyone this crazy cycle