Residency Update

Last month Eric interviewed at two hospitals for his Orthopedic Residency . His first interview was at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, VA. He found out they were doing their second large interview session only a few days before so he ended up having to make the drive up. He was able to stay with my sister in Fredericksburg on Friday night and then interview Saturday morning. He really liked everything about the program and felt really good about the interview as well. There were 60 candidates interviewing for 5 spots so it is very competitive. His second interview was two weeks later at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He was able to fly up for this trip which was nice. He also really liked this program and felt confident with the interview. For this program there were 23 candidates for 2 spots. Their Ortho program is 6 years instead of 5 so it would have to be approved by the military if he is selected. This would also extend Eric's required time in the military by 2 years. We hope Eric's 3 years of experience post-med school will help him get selected to either of these programs. A lot of the other programs he had hoped to interview with had already held their interviews and selected their candidates and did not want to take on an additional resident. Eric says he would be very happy at either program but its looking like we may rank Richmond as our first choice and Union Memorial second. The official match is March 18th so now we just wait! We will let you know as soon as we find out!