Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx

[Dru]

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx

[spyyder]

Does Ross still have this site? Supposedly it has all cores and electives, acgme. It might not be in the nicest location, but its always convenient to do everything in one place. Anyone have any info?

[joopnight]

Hi, I created a Family Medicine Core rotation at this hospital recently by contacting their Medical Education department. I was wondering if anyone out there could please provide any information (experiences in rotation, surrounding area, subway access etc.) about this hospital? Thank you very much!! :0) ~Joopnight

[TheeeGod]

Originally Posted by joopnight

Hi, I created a Family Medicine Core rotation at this hospital recently by contacting their Medical Education department. I was wondering if anyone out there could please provide any information (experiences in rotation, surrounding area, subway access etc.) about this hospital? Thank you very much!! :0) ~Joopnight

hey can you share how your experience was?

anyone else care to share ANYTHING about this hospital?

[joopnight]

Hiya, I'm actually in the middle of my Family Medicine rotation. I'm beginning to like it a little bit more than when I first started. Let me start from the beginning...I live in Queens, so getting to the hospital is a biotch. I drive to save time (since it would take 2-3hrs to get there in the morning via bus & subway = hell no), but it totally burns a hole in my wallet. First, crossing the bridge back and fourth costs $9 total everyday. Second, the parking is $103 a month, but you can only buy the pass on the 1st of the month, if you start on say June 26th like I did, you get screwed at $10/day for parking. And don't get me started on gas.and ridiculous traffic...i think i calculated that it costed almost $25/day just to get to work and back during the first week.

Besides this crap, the rotation is not too bad. I work with an Australian attending, he's very intelligent and I've learned a lot about outpatient medicine, which is quite different from the internal medicine rotation i had prior to this one. If you would like to learn about HIV/AIDS, then this clinic is the one for you. 1 out of 3 patients I've seen so far is an HIV patient. There is also a very high incidence of STDs here. I've also seen other interesting cases, like diffuse scabies infection, hereditary elliptocytosis, and I dx case of SLE clinically (few days after blood test was +ANA, +dsDNA) which was really exciting, and assisted & performed like 20 pap smears so far. The best thing though is sharpening interviewing skills; lol, less use of Maxwell booklet

The clinic on Fulton Ave. is a bit aged, but there's still a good working environment (FYI: surgery rotation is in newer hospital on Grand Concourse Ave.). Unfortunately, at this time there are no lectures for Ross students (or should I say 'student,' since I'm like the only Ross student in the whole building), so this kinda sucks. Best thing is to take advantage of the down time, and pull out "boards and wards" or "first aid" and read about the case right after patient visit is over...pda is very helpful in this sense.

If you work at Fulton, then I highly recommend that you pay for the parking, which is right across the street from the hospital. The area is not very safe at all , I especially say this for female students; I guess a one block radius is ok in the morning and afternoon, but walking around w/ a white coat there in the evening seems risky (of course, I write 'seems' since i'm not silly enough to try it).

Bronx Lebanon is one of the only hospitals that Ross is affiliated with that is ACGME-accredited for every core rotation and many of the electives. In fact, if your schedule permits, you could probably do every single rotation and elective at this hospital if you wanted to; I heard that one Ross student had done this, and actuallly did his residency there. You can request rotations at Bronx Lebanon through the Ross Clinical office, but you have to do a small interview at the hospital w/ clinical coordinator Gladys (and no, I don't have her number). Sorry, don't know too much about the rotations at Grand Concourse, but if y'all have questions about Fulton Clinic you can send me a msg or reply. Cheers. ~Joopnight

[AxlFoley]

Thanks for all that info girl. I had a quick question for ya though (or anyone) is there a list of electives up anywhere? I called up Gladys, but shes on vacation for another week or somethin...

[AxlFoley]

Does anyone else have any thoughts/experiences regarding this hospital? either dealing with cores or electives?

thanks

[joopnight]

Originally Posted by AxlFoley

Thanks for all that info girl...

LOL, why'd you assume a gal wrote the statement? Wrong gender, Axl. ~Joopnight

[spyyder]

Originally Posted by joopnight

LOL, why'd you assume a gal wrote the statement? Wrong gender, Axl. ~Joopnight

your feminine font choice?

[ross_student05]

It seems there are actually only a few surgery rotations in NYC that are ACGME approved (Peninsula, St Barnabas, St. Johns Episcopal, and Wyckoff are all DO programs as far as I have seen). Anyone have any information about the surgery rotation here? Personal feedback would be greatly appreciated. Variety of cases? Good attendings and residents? A valuable experience?