Osteopathic EM programs

I'll post some reviews - It's been a while, so I'll try to highlight as best I can from what I remember. This is all off the top of my head, so I hope my info is correct, although I might be confused about some things. Not going to be as awesome as EM2BE's, but hopefully helpful.

Sparrow Hospital / MSU - Lansing, MI
Associated with MSU's COM and CHM, so you get a lot of perks from that. 4 year program, 4 spots/year. Combined AOA/ACGME. Lvl 1 Trauma Center. Sparrow is 587 Beds, Ingham is 483 Beds. Combined 120K Visits. Pay is average, starts at ~44K/yr I think. I don't remember the exact shifts, but I don't have any terrible memories of it (i.e. not 24/month or anything). All the rotations are in Lansing, between Sparrow and Ingham. Sparrow ED is ~70 beds, Ingham I think is ~35. Sparrow has a Peds ED. Everything is computerized and new and spacious. Moonlighting in house. Everyone I encountered was very pleasant, and the dinner the night before with the interns was nice enough, though a little awkward. I don't remember hearing anyone griping though. Lansing is a nice town (I went to college at MSU), college town, with plenty of culture and whatnot at MSU and downtown. Cost of Living is fairly low, as it's a college town, but if you're in East Lansing, it can get a little loud certain times of year (game day).

Genesys Regional Medical Center - Grand Blanc, MI
4 year program, 7 spots. Combined AOA/ACGME. Lvl 2 Trauma Center. 400 Bed hospital. Approx 70K visits/year. Pay is average starts at 43K/yr. Kind of heavy on the shifts (~20/month 1st year I think). Out rotations at both Hurley in Flint (for a lot of penetrating trauma) and various in Detroit. The ED is nice, and fairly busy. All the Doctor's are nice, and the Residents are all nice as well. I think there was only one person I had issue with the whole time I was there. Moonlighting allowed, and quite lucrative from what I hear. I've heard internship year can be rough. Grand Blanc is a nice area, but is a suburb of Flint, which is the armpit of Michigan.

Botsford Hospital - Farmington, MI
4 Years, 7 spots/year. AOA Program. Lvl 2 Trauma Center. 336 Beds (crowded though). ~60K visits/yr. Pay starts at ~44K/yr. Shifts are 18-18-17-16. Lots of pathology, kinda urban. Out rotations around Detroit, and Trauma at Baltimore Shock Trauma. The hospital was frequently full, with frequent ER Holds. The ED was ~35 beds, kinda cramped, but newly remodeled. Never enough computers. The residents seemed kinda run down, and just weren't as friendly or helpful as other places. Internship year was hellish I'm told. Farmington is kinda ghetto, but not quite as bad as downtown Detroit. I rotated here and didn't really like it.

Garden City Hospital - Garden City, MI
I'll defer to EM2BE on most of the detail for this one. Pay is low ~41K. Hospital was nice, resident's were very nice. ED was nice enough. Rotations all around Detroit. Trauma in Las Vegas. Garden City is kind of a nice area of Detroit, but is still Detroit.

Oakwood Southshore - Dearborn / Trenton, MI
4 years, 5 spots/year. AOA. I would like to make a special note on this program, that it is at a brand new hospital in Trenton, MI, which is downriver (i.e. South Detroit). All of your non-EM rotations are at the super nice, pristine, new hospital, but after your first year, all your EM rotations are at the Big Level 1 Trauma Center in Dearborn. Pay is good ~46K. Dearborn ED is a busy Detroit ED, ~60 beds, Pod Based, and you get your own Pod of approx 12 beds. Rotations at the Dearborn Hospital, with Trauma in Toledo, which is about 1 hr away. Everyone seemed very happy to be there, and everyone was awesomely friendly. Internship year is Cushy I hear. Unsure about moonlighting. Trenton is nice for Detroit, kinda rural is, and is very close to the airport, which is nice.

Henry Ford Wyandotte - Wyandotte, MI
4 years, 4 spots/yr. AOA. Not a trauma center. Also in downriver Detroit. 379 Beds, Unsure of the ED size. 65K visits per year. Unsure of shifts although again, I don't have any bad associations with it. Pay starts at 45K. Out rotations and trauma go to Henry Ford Main Campus in Detroit. Residents were all very friendly. The hospital was nice. Wyandotte is like Trenton, except closer to Detroit.

St Lukes Hospital - Allentown, PA
4 Years, 4 Spots/yr. AOA, but it also has an MD program there, and the students all mingle in everything. Bethlehem is a Lvl 1 Trauma Center, Medium Size ED (Maybe ~40+ Beds?) Large Hospital with all services. Allentown is smaller, with a brand new ED, also a nice hospital. 10 hours shifts, 21-19-18-17 (I think). All rotations between Allentown and Bethlehem. Residents were friendly, PD was super nice. Bethlehem is a nice area, medium sized town, mildly run down, but nice. Pay is good, 48/yr to start. COL is average to slightly above. 90 minutes from NYC, 60 from Philly, both of which are pluses.

Conemaugh Memorial Hospital - Johnstown, PA
4 years, 4 spots per year. AOA. New program, I think this is their 4th year. Lvl 1 trauma center, giant hospital, in a small town. Medium sized ED, I think around 35 beds. 85000 visit's per year. 800 Bed hospital, although not filled. 18 shifts all 4 years, 8s, 9s, and 10s I think. in 3rd and 4th years, you can moonlight up to 3 shifts per month, and they are removed from your 18, so it's like doing 15 shifts, + 3 moonlighting shifts. Everyone was super duper nice, PD was cool. Out rotations 1 per year in Pittsburgh. Everything else is in house. Small group style lectures. Cafeteria rocks. In house Gym. $5000 reloaction bonus and starts a ~46K/yr. I really really liked this place, except for the location. Transplant it someplace that's not johnstown, and it'd be a 10/10.

That's all for now. There are more places, but I'm tired of typing. Hope this is a help!

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Osteopathic EM programs