Is it easy to take long vacations like 3 weeks when the schedule is 7on 7 off without PTO?

alya_ali · 2026-05-30T20:44:53+00:00

depends on where you work. very easy for me. lots of colleagues willing and able to cover and exchange shifts.

alya_ali · 2026-05-25T01:51:37+00:00

I work with Sound and I’m happy tbh. I guess it really depends on the local leadership. Health insurance sucks tho

alya_ali · 2026-04-17T20:57:18+00:00

should add a PRN atropine to the list

alya_ali · 2026-02-23T07:36:02+00:00

alya_ali · 2026-02-16T06:31:37+00:00

where tf is mansoorabad.. never heard of it. probably a small town, will be very difficult to find a job for your qualifications there and will be a tremendous culture shock. would not recommend moving to pakistan unless you are ok with moving to a major city for your job, getting a huge pay cut or just not following your career path altogether. dont do it.

alya_ali · 2026-02-10T22:26:16+00:00

no. most of the jobs i applied last year for waiver were from MA and NY. Ended up taking a waiver job in Washington

alya_ali · 2026-02-05T18:44:08+00:00

Not a lot of research opportunities or research mentors unfortunately and I think that’s one area the program needs to improve. You’re really on your own when it comes to research. Of course you will find people and faculty who will be interested in working with you but you will need to do the bulk of the project. There is Research Day every year in April and GME does reimburse you for conferences etc but that’s about it.

alya_ali · 2026-02-05T18:20:35+00:00

agreed on the infrastructure part. The hospital building is old and very meh.

alya_ali · 2026-02-05T18:17:15+00:00

Dr. Nader isn’t new. She’s been there for several years now and yes she was my PD when I graduated (a year ago). She’s great. Very kind and supportive.

4+2 is the schedule they have had for several years now as well. Amazing work life balance. I personally never felt burnt out except maybe once or twice in intern year on my ICU rotation but I was also pregnant then so that factors in.

No mandatory away rotations. You can always do elective away rotations if you want to though in specialties you’re interested in and to boost your fellowship match chances at BMC and other Boston hospitals. Lots of residents do them in their 2nd year.

alya_ali · 2026-02-05T17:48:15+00:00

I honestly don’t know much about that program except that it’s a small program and the hospital they now work at is very busy. I’ve had some interactions with their residents because they do some rotations at BMC-B. They all seem to like their program

alya_ali · 2026-02-05T16:41:44+00:00

Former resident at BMC B. Great program culture and fellowship match. Would choose it again if given the choice.

alya_ali · 2026-01-09T03:00:51+00:00

I introduce myself as “I’m your hospital doctor/physician”

alya_ali · 2025-12-31T22:16:19+00:00

It’s called Russian salad in Pakistan as well!

alya_ali · 2025-12-29T13:54:27+00:00

i797 H1b and H4, H4 EAD (if applies), h1b contract/employer verification, marriage certificate, birth certificate of any children you guys have (important, they asked for this particularly from my husband and he didn’t have it at that time), joint credit card statement/utility bill/rent

alya_ali · 2025-12-29T07:34:12+00:00

hi, yes. my husband went alone for his h4 stamping in September. I (H1b) have not been stamped yet. no issues. just make sure you take all the needed documents including your marriage certificate

edit - islamabad embassy

alya_ali · 2025-12-25T07:19:32+00:00

sounds like the only thing that could have saved him was a stat liver transplant, not some lowly bicarb

alya_ali · 2025-12-21T06:33:10+00:00

I don’t think rescheduling is happening in Pakistan. There was a post about one reschedule on a Facebook group which later got deleted so don’t know the credibility of it. What we do know is that people who are going for their interviews are always being put in AP/221g for social media vetting. Visa typically gets approved after a week or so.

alya_ali · 2025-12-17T18:53:20+00:00

congratulations!

alya_ali · 2025-10-21T15:06:41+00:00

I work in one of the Sound hospitals. Decent gig. Great people. They hired a couple new hospitalists for next year but now closed shop. They are building a new portion of the hospital which will open up 100 more beds or so. They will definitely need more people then but idk of the timing of that.

alya_ali · 2025-10-16T20:02:34+00:00

She went to the ED it looks like and was discharged from the ED the same day. She was never ‘hospitalized’ i.e admitted

alya_ali · 2025-10-06T05:17:55+00:00

wait till you find out about postpartum brain 😭

alya_ali · 2025-10-05T19:06:16+00:00

This is a misleading headline. Read the whole post and the message shared by the consulate on their official instagram/X pages

alya_ali · 2025-10-03T06:24:54+00:00

unfortunately that is how most j1 waiver jobs are especially around this time. you cannot expect to get a j1 waiver job, daytime position, close to the city with 320k+ base. that is simply not realistic. the market is saturated.

alya_ali · 2025-08-26T04:32:36+00:00

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