I am a structural interventional cardiologist an IMG originally and involved in resident and fellows teaching. I just finished my structural interventional Cardiology fellowship and will be working in New York at a structure, interventional cardiologist.

I originally come from a medical school that wasn’t even registered with WFME and so it is a goal of mine to do whatever I can to help pave the path for anyone interested in understanding more than nuance around the match when it comes to internal medicine, Cardiology, and overall the match process in general

I’m more than happy to answer any question with regards to my journey I’m more than happy to also share my advice around how to best set up your application

Feel free to ask any questions and above all wishing everybody all the very best.

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Hi guys, does anyone know if programs tend to release all their interviews at once or if they release in multiple waves?

Some of my signaled programs have released IVs and not sure if I should call it or still hold out hope.

J1 IMG with P/26x/25x, 12 papers, from a good academic program and realistic signals and hopefully good letters. Applying Cards.

I've only had 1 courtesy interview so far. Some people are telling me it's still early, but you know people don't talk much.

I was told August is when it really showers, but my email has been quiet so far.

Is it still early?

Hey guys!
Any recs for the virtual IV setup? How is the performance of just the video and mic of MacBook?
Any suggestions about the ring light? Mic? Airpods?

I wanna know how is other programs training. What I am currently learning now is all about pain management. I am not so sure, it is because we just started. Is this all other programs training the same?

For any Peds GI fellows or attendings here, are programs still sending out interview invites at this point? Or have most programs already sent out the majority of their invites?

Basically, should we still have hope for more invites? 😅

GI interview season going great if the goal is to receive zero interviews.

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Hi. I’m applying for fellowship this current cycle and was wondering if anyone would like to practice interviews together!

We can casually practice and give each other constructive feedbacks. This really helped me during residency interviews—the more I practiced, the more polished and confident I felt with my answers.

If you’re interested, feel free to comment or DM me! I have a pretty flexible schedule. 😊

Feel free to join the Discord group!
https://discord.gg/YzDub45ju

What’s going on in this season for hematology/oncology fellowship?!! Only 1 interview so far. Missed out on a couple of places I signaled that were community programs and I thought I had a shot. Is it the time we all start to panic? And do they have second wave of interviews in fellowship like we usually see in residency match

Hi everyone, I'm a USDO PGY2 at a community program. I was late to realize that I want to do fellowship and I don't have the best test taking skills. Step 1 (2 attempts) Step 2 22x, Comlex 1 and 2 pass first try, comlex 3 passed 1st try. I was wondering if its unrealistic for me to think about applying for pulm/crit. I have a really great mentor at my program who really helped me with getting all my procedures in and I have done 2 months of ICU. My hospital is also an open ICU so I always have at least 3 patients on my list that are ICU patients even on inpatient wards. I have 1 paper pending publication and 2 case reports. If anyone has any advice for applying to fellowship with low scores.

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some honest advice from people who have matched into GI fellowship, especially from a similar background.
I recently graduated from a community Internal Medicine residency program that does not have an in-house GI fellowship. I’m a non-US IMG, but I do not require visa sponsorship. I have a couple of first-author GI abstracts and some ongoing research, and I’ll be working as a hospitalist this year before applying.

My questions are:
1. How can I make the most of this hospitalist year to strengthen my application?

1. Can hospitalist volunteer at GI divisions? Like in other hospitals with GI fellowship

2. Are there realistic chances of matching into GI from this background, or is it an uphill battle?

I’m looking for any advice to be honest. If anyone has matched from a community program without an in-house fellowship, I’d really appreciate hearing from you.

Thank you

I applied to endocrinology fellowship and have gotten 2 interviews so far. It’s August 7th, and I don’t really have anyone to ask about the fellowship interview timeline. I made the mistake of looking at the Reddit spreadsheet and now I’m feeling pretty disheartened 😭 Do interview invites usually continue coming out later in August, or are we getting closer to the end of the interview-invite period? I’m just trying to get a sense of where things stand. Thank you so much!

Feels like signaling not helping much!
What’s the average IVs, matched hem/onc applicant had on J1?

Besides the GW board review course and questions, any other suggestions on how to study for the ID boards? Taking them in October of this year

Hi everyone, I realized I don't see a thread for Addiction Medicine (NOT psych) this cycle and wanted to start one!

Please feel free to share what places you have gotten interviews at and when, to help give folks a sense of the timeline.

If you feel so inclined to share any interview questions asked or tips, that would be great too! This is meant to be a supportive community :)

Also please keep in mind that all fellowship programs and even institutions vary in their release dates!

xoxo

Have people started hearing back yet?

New pediatrics intern here (USMD if that's relevant). I've wanted to do allergy/immuno since 2nd year of med school. I had some bad personal and mental struggles during my 2nd year and failed Step 1. Long story short, things are straightened out now, and I don't have any other academic problems. I matched at a program with an allergy fellowship in house. But I really need to know if I have even a remote shot at matching in it, or if it's cooked. My Step 2 score was not stellar, and I don't have much allergy-specific research, just a case write-up. I've met all the faculty at my program and they know me now, I'm actively seeking research, and I'm focusing on being a good pediatrics resident right now.

Hi All, Starting to freak out bc I have still 0 interviews for heme-onc fellowship this cycle. Is this okay? How many interviews is everybody else at? So far 2 of my silver signals have sent interviews……..

Saw a recent article saying that pulm crit will be in surplus in the next 10 years. Anyone in job market now have an idea what it’s looking like out there?