Career Advisor's Background and Career Information

Background

Name: Kristina W. Rosbe, M.D.
Career Advisor for: Otolaryngology
Title(s): Assistant Professor
Best way to contact (e-mail, phone?): krosbe@ohns.ucsf.edu
Undergraduate & Graduate Degrees/Institutions: B.A./Wellesley College M.D./Dartmouth Medical School Otolaryngology/University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Pediatric Otolaryngology/Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Clinical Interests/Duties: Pedatric airway reconstruction Pediatric sinus surgery Pediatric neck masses
Research Interests/Duties: Otolaryngologic disease in children with cystic fibrosis
Personal Notes or Comments:

Career Information

1. What can students do in the 1st and 2nd years to explore and/or prepare for this career? Set up a LCE with an otolaryngologist

2. What common variations exist in the length/content of residency programs for this career? Residency is 5 or 6 years. Fellowships are 1-3 years.

3. What common variations exist in this career after training? Can go direct to general practice (private, managed care, or academic) or do a fellowship. Usual fellowships include Head aned Neck Oncology, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Otology, Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinology and Sinus Surgery

4. What is a typical work day for you (or someone else representative)? Better is a typical work week: two days in the OR, two days in the office seeing patients, and one day for research/administrative duties.

5. What is the "culture" of this career?

6. How compatible is this career with raising a family? How is this different for men and women? Easier for time with family in this surgical subspecialty versus other surgical specialties but more challenging than non-surgical subspecialties.

7. How important, individually, are each the following for admission to a competitive program:

a.Extra-curricular/volunteer work? somewhat
b. Research/publications? very
c. Honors in third year? very
d. AOA? very
e. A sub-internship? very
f. An externship? somewhat
g. (Other important elements to the application?)

8. What are the most important qualities or character traits for a person in this field? Enjoys operating is dark holes, enjoys the anatomy of the head and neck

9. How competitive are the residency programs in this field? Very competitive.

10. How competitive is the job market after residency?

11. What programs would you consider to be in the 1st tier, 2nd tier, and 3rd tier? Always changing

12. What resources (web, books, etc, besides the AMA and AAMC sites) would you recommend for students interested in learning more about this field?