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I am a osteopathic orthopedic trauma surgeon.
For undergrad I went to the State University of New York at Oswego. I was a biology major with chemistry minor. I took the MCAT in my senior year and applied the summer after I graduated. I felt my MCAT was good enough to apply with for DO schools, but a reach for MD. I applied to both MD and DO schools. I only received a handful of interviews, so I spent part of my gap year studying again for the MCAT and retook in early Spring. I got a significantly higher score and was preparing to reapply to schools when I got a late April interview for LECOM - Erie. I got an acceptance notification two weeks later and accepted it to start in Fall-2011.
I was in the LECOM - LDP program. I knew that I was interested in pursuing a surgical specialty. Because of the low acceptance rate of DO's into MD surgical programs I focused all of my efforts of the COMLEX and did not take USMLE. I was able to setup my early 3rd year rotations to explore a few different surgical subspecialties. I did clinical rotations in multiple locations in Pennsylvania and New York. I ultimately decided on orthopedics. I was able to audition at three programs. I matched at Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie. I completed my fellowship in Orthopedic Trauma at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH. I am now practicing at a Level 1 trauma center in Virginia.
I have been a member of SDN for 11 years now with 5 posts. Over the years this forum has been extremely helpful to me in regards to applications, clinical rotations, and residency selection.
Ask me anything!
For undergrad I went to the State University of New York at Oswego. I was a biology major with chemistry minor. I took the MCAT in my senior year and applied the summer after I graduated. I felt my MCAT was good enough to apply with for DO schools, but a reach for MD. I applied to both MD and DO schools. I only received a handful of interviews, so I spent part of my gap year studying again for the MCAT and retook in early Spring. I got a significantly higher score and was preparing to reapply to schools when I got a late April interview for LECOM - Erie. I got an acceptance notification two weeks later and accepted it to start in Fall-2011.
I was in the LECOM - LDP program. I knew that I was interested in pursuing a surgical specialty. Because of the low acceptance rate of DO's into MD surgical programs I focused all of my efforts of the COMLEX and did not take USMLE. I was able to setup my early 3rd year rotations to explore a few different surgical subspecialties. I did clinical rotations in multiple locations in Pennsylvania and New York. I ultimately decided on orthopedics. I was able to audition at three programs. I matched at Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie. I completed my fellowship in Orthopedic Trauma at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH. I am now practicing at a Level 1 trauma center in Virginia.
I have been a member of SDN for 11 years now with 5 posts. Over the years this forum has been extremely helpful to me in regards to applications, clinical rotations, and residency selection.
Ask me anything!