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Elfil M, Morsi RZ, Ghozy S, Elmashad A, Siddiqui A, Al-Bayati AR, Alaraj A, Brook A, Kam AW, Chatterjee AR, Patsalides A, Waldau B, Prestigiacomo CJ, Matouk C, Schirmer CM, Altschul D, Parrella DT, Toth G, Jindal G, Shaikh HA, Dolia JN, Fifi JT, Fraser JF, DO JT, Amuluru K, Kim LJ, Harrigan M, Amans MR, Kole M, Mokin M, Abraham M, Jumaa M, Janjua N, Zaidat O, Youssef PP, Khandelwal P, Wang QT, Grandhi R, Hanel R, Kellogg RT, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Sheth S, Nguyen TN, Szeder V, Hu YC, Yoo AJ, Tanweer O, Jankowitz B, Heit JJ, Williamson R, Kass-Hout T, Crowley RW, El-Ghanem M, Al-Mufti F. Factors Affecting Selection of TraineE for Neurointervention (FASTEN). Interv Neuroradiol 2024:15910199241232726. [PMID: 38389309 DOI: 10.1177/15910199241232726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE Neurointervention is a very competitive specialty in the United States due to the limited number of training spots and the larger pool of applicants. The training standards are continuously updated to ensure solid training experiences. Factors affecting candidate(s) selection have not been fully established yet. Our study aims to investigate the factors influencing the selection process. METHODS A 52-question survey was distributed to 93 program directors (PDs). The survey consisted of six categories: (a) Program characteristics, (b) Candidate demographics, (c) Educational credentials, (d) Personal traits, (e) Research and extracurricular activities, and (f) Overall final set of characteristics. The response rate was 59.1%. As per the programs' characteristics, neurosurgery was the most involved specialty in running the training programs (69%). Regarding demographics, the need for visa sponsorship held the greatest prominence with a mean score of 5.9 [standard deviation (SD) 2.9]. For the educational credentials, being a graduate from a neurosurgical residency and the institution where the candidate's residency training is/was scored the highest [5.4 (SD = 2.9), 5.4 (SD = 2.5), respectively]. Regarding the personal traits, assessment by faculty members achieved the highest score [8.9 (SD = 1)]. In terms of research/extracurricular activities, fluency in English had the highest score [7.2 (SD = 1.9)] followed by peer-reviewed/PubMed-indexed publications [6.4 (SD = 2.2)]. CONCLUSION Our survey investigated the factors influencing the final decision when choosing the future neurointerventional trainee, including demographic, educational, research, and extracurricular activities, which might serve as valuable guidance for both applicants and programs to refine the selection process.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mohamed Elfil
- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Sherief Ghozy
- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
| | - Ahmed Elmashad
- Department of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
| | - Adnan Siddiqui
- Neurosurgery and Radiology and Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
| | - Alhamza R Al-Bayati
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburg, PA, USA
| | - Ali Alaraj
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Allan Brook
- Department of Neurosurgery, Montefiore Medical Center and Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), Bronx, NY, USA
| | - Anthony W Kam
- Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA
| | - Arindam Rano Chatterjee
- Interventional Neuroradiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
| | - Athos Patsalides
- Department of Neurosurgery, North Shore University Hospital, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, USA
| | - Ben Waldau
- Neurosurgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
| | - Charles J Prestigiacomo
- Department of Neurological Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
| | - Charles Matouk
- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
| | | | - David Altschul
- Department of Neurosurgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
| | - David T Parrella
- Interventional Neurology, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Gabor Toth
- Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Gaurav Jindal
- Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Hamza A Shaikh
- Department of Radiology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA
| | | | - Johanna T Fifi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
| | - Justin F Fraser
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
| | - Justin Thomas DO
- Department of Neurosurgery, McLaren Northern Hospital, Petoskey, MI, USA
| | - Krishna Amuluru
- Interventional Neuroradiology, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
| | - Louis J Kim
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Mark Harrigan
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
| | - Matthew R Amans
- Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
| | - Max Kole
- Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
| | - Max Mokin
- Neurosurgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
| | - Michael Abraham
- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
| | - Mouhammad Jumaa
- Department of Neurology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, USA
| | - Nazli Janjua
- Asia Pacific Comprehensive Stroke Institute, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona, CA, USA
| | - Osama Zaidat
- Department of Endovascular Neurosurgery, Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA
| | - Patrick P Youssef
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Priyank Khandelwal
- Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
| | - Qingliang Tony Wang
- Departments of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Maimonides Medical Center/SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
| | - Ramesh Grandhi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - Ricardo Hanel
- Lyerly Neurosurgery, Baptist Medical Center Downtown, Jacksonville, FL, USA
| | - Ryan T Kellogg
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Thanh N Nguyen
- Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Viktor Szeder
- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Yin C Hu
- Department of Neurosurgery, UH Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Albert J Yoo
- Department of Radiology/Neurointervention, Texas Stroke Institute, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, USA
| | - Omar Tanweer
- Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
| | | | - Jeremy J Heit
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
| | - Richard Williamson
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Richard W Crowley
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Mohammad El-Ghanem
- Neuroendovascular Surgery, HCA Houston Northwest/University of Houston College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Fawaz Al-Mufti
- Department of Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA
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