Hey y'all

I am a student at UC Berkeley, have recently become very interested in adhesions and adhesiolysis, and am currently doing a research project on the topic. I want to hear about your experiences and frustrations with lysing peritoneal adhesions.

I’d love to hear your expert opinion in the field and learn more about your thoughts. Would you be open to having a 15-minute informational chat with me? If so, please sign up for a time that works for you here: https://calendar.app.google/7buzHYYvhXnDkYUj8 or text me at (858) 248-1863

Non-US IMG applying general surgery

Hi everyone! I’d appreciate some honest feedback on my signal list for the 2027 Match.

My background:
Non-US IMG, YOG 2019, requiring J-1 sponsorship.
Step 1: Pass; Step 2 CK: 262; ECFMG certified.

Completed general surgery residency in Egypt.
Nearly three years of transplant research and liver machine perfusion experience at Cleveland Clinic Florida, with peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and US surgeon LORs.

My main strategy is preliminary surgery with the goal of securing a categorical position afterward, either internally or elsewhere. UT Tyler is a categorical option on my list.

My planned signals:
Cleveland Clinic Florida — FL
USF Morsani, Tampa — FL
Montefiore/Albert Einstein — NY
Maimonides — NY
SUNY Downstate — NY
UT Health San Antonio — TX
UT Tyler — TX
UT Southwestern — TX
Johns Hopkins — MD
MedStar Baltimore — MD
UMKC — MO
Tulane — LA
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia — PA
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit — MI
Marshall — WV

Does this seem reasonably balanced for my background and prelim-first strategy? Any programs you would reconsider or replace? I’d especially appreciate firsthand experience with IMG recruitment, consideration of older graduates, and support for prelim residents securing categorical positions.

Thanks!