BU/BMC Pre-Residency Fellowship Positions

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Boston University School of Medicine

Department of Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery Fellowship

The Department of Neurosurgery at Boston University is seeking physicians for pre-residency, post-graduate fellowship positions in neurosurgery beginning July 1, 2020. Pre-residency fellows work alongside 8 neurosurgeons, 6 neuro intensive care neurologists, and neurosurgical and neurology residents at Boston Medical Center (Boston MA) and nearby St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (Brighton MA). The program provides broad clinical exposure in the neurosciences, and the duties of the fellow are primary neurosurgery inpatient coverage including call, first assist in the operating room, rotating on the neurocritical care service, performance of bedside procedures, and outpatient clinic. Fellows also participate in weekly didactic sessions including neurosurgical core conferences, multidisciplinary tumor board, neuroscience grand rounds, and critical care problem case conference. Opportunities exist for clinical or basic research both within the institution and the fertile Boston academic environment. Accepted candidates must commit to a minimum of 2 years. Completion of an internship in surgery or medicine is preferable but not a requirement.

 

Previous fellows have gained residency positions in neurosurgery (4), anesthesiology (1), pathology (1), and radiology (1).

 

To apply, please forward (email) a letter of introduction and curriculum vitae to:

 

 

R. Tushar Jha, MD                                                           Hormuz Dasenbrock, MD

Pre-Residency Fellowship Coordinator                                Pre-Residency Fellowship Coordinator

Ribhu.Jha@bmc.org                                                        Hormuzdiyar.Dasenbrock@bmc.org

Department of Neurosurgery                                            Department of Neurosurgery

Boston Medical Center                                                     Boston Medical Center

One Boston Medical Center Place                                      One Boston Medical Center Place

Boston, MA 02118                                                           Boston, MA 02118

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[Guest]

These positions are predatory, blatantly trying to find desperate non-competitive students to fill scutwork positions by vaguely promising some possible future opportunity in neurosurgery. At the end of it, all these doctors are is 2 years behind where they would otherwise be. Horribly unethical

[Guest]

(04-27-2021, 08:13 PM)Guest Wrote: These positions are predatory, blatantly trying to find desperate non-competitive students to fill scutwork positions by vaguely promising some possible future opportunity in neurosurgery. At the end of it, all these doctors are is 2 years behind where they would otherwise be. Horribly unethical

sounds about right

[Guest]

(04-27-2021, 08:13 PM)Guest Wrote: These positions are predatory, blatantly trying to find desperate non-competitive students to fill scutwork positions by vaguely promising some possible future opportunity in neurosurgery. At the end of it, all these doctors are is 2 years behind where they would otherwise be. Horribly unethical

Agreed, it’s the neurosurgery equivalent of a predatory loan.

[Harvard / Yale Neurosurgeon]

Outrageous that they require a 2-year commitment min. They are exploiting vulnerable and desperate graduates. A bad look for BU and such programs must be shut down.

[Guest]

I see this as an awesome opportunity. If you do well and shine, I see no reason why a residency wouldn't want you!

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Does anyone have a list of pre-residency fellowships? I want to match! Graduated from a top med school with MD and MBA, near top of class. Good board scores. Need some research though.

[Guest]

The above comment ought to be deleted, as its obviously BU trying to put a positive spin on their vulture-like program. No self-respecting med student with halfway competent scores would go within a thousand miles of a "pre-residency fellowship". Appalling.

[Guest]

I'm a little confused. IMGs regularly do multiple years or research/fellowship before matching. This is another pathway for them to do that while getting at least decent pay and clinical exposure. Plus, they've taken their own fellows in the match before. Just because it'd be stupid for US MDs with decent scores to apply for this doesn't mean it'd be stupid for everyone. Is it less exploitative to make IMGs be lab-jockies for bottom-barrel pay for a few years?

[Guest]

(04-28-2021, 09:11 PM)Guest Wrote: I'm a little confused. IMGs regularly do multiple years or research/fellowship before matching. This is another pathway for them to do that while getting at least decent pay and clinical exposure. Plus, they've taken their own fellows in the match before. Just because it'd be stupid for US MDs with decent scores to apply for this doesn't mean it'd be stupid for everyone. Is it less exploitative to make IMGs be lab-jockies for bottom-barrel pay for a few years?

Yes, because there is an unequal power dynamic. They would not be able to exploit NPs and PAs like this, but they can do this to residents and these “pre-residency fellows”. The difference is the real residents progress toward graduation. The IMGs in labs are at least generating publications that have value as scientific currency and career advancement.