Re: Neurosurgery
adonis123 - 10-22-09 09:09



The gist for IMGs trying for neurosurgery is:

It is extremely competitive,less than 5% of the applicants MATCH.
You will need quite a few peer reviewed publications & presentations at national or international conferences.
You will need USMLE scores in the 90s(>250's) without attempts.
You will need excellent LORs.
You will need to work in a research lab in a well known neurosurgery program in the US for a couple of years before you break into a residency.
You may need some contacts & networking.
You may need some basic postgraduate training in neurosurgery in your home country before coming to the US.
You will need US Clinical Experieince in the form of Electives/Clerckships in Surgery with outstanding USLORs

This is the only specialty legally allowed to have 88hr/wk as compared to 80hr/wk for residency training.

Even with all this & being a good & deserving candidate the chances of matching are 25-50%.

Good Luck!

Re: Neurosurgery
bingousmle - 06-21-10 10:51



congrats for your interest in neurosurgery!! along with the essentials that adonis has mentioned above you can further get an insight from the following link

http://www.uncleharvey.com/index.php/forums/