1:1 ERAS and Match advising across your entire cycle — program selection, signaling, your ERAS application, personal statement, letters of recommendation, interviews, and rank-order strategy. Not a marketplace of advisors. Just you and a former PD.
A limited number of applicants accepted each cycle.
A Program Director reviews your ERAS application packet in minutes, looking for the skills, qualities, and accomplishments that don't just clear the bar — they set you apart from the hundreds of other signalers to that residency program. Most applicants never surface them — not in the ERAS application, the personal statement, the letters, or the interview.
I know what residency programs look for, because I'm the one who looked. Signaling is your path to the residency program. Your ERAS application, personal statement, letters of recommendation, MSPE, and transcripts earn the interview. And the interview is what gets you ranked. Each stage feeds the next — which is exactly why I work all of them with you, end to end. I'll show you how to surface the skills, qualities, and accomplishments Program Directors are searching for — and turn the parts of your candidacy you're unsure about into reasons to rank you.
For many years I served as a residency Program Director. I reviewed the applications. I read the personal statements. I conducted the interviews. I chaired the rank-list committees and submitted the rank order lists that decided who matched.
Most advising services connect you with attending physicians, fellows, or recent graduates who went through the Match. That has value — but it's the view from the applicant's side of the table. When you work with me — an experienced, formally trained former Program Director — you get the expertise from the other side of the table: what programs are actually assessing, how they weigh you against the program's needs, and how the decisions really get made. The Match isn't a black box. I'll pull back the curtain — because I know what Program Directors are looking for, and how to help you provide the proof you already possess.
What I guarantee is direct, one-on-one guidance from an experienced former Program Director who sat on the deciding side of the Match. The work is yours. The perspective — the one almost no applicant ever gets — is mine.
Every application I review, every personal statement I direct, every mock interview, every rank-list strategy session — that's me, the former Program Director. My team handles scheduling and logistics so your time with me is spent entirely on the work that decides where you match.
We start with where you apply and how you signal — building a program list that fits your candidacy, and using your signals to open the right doors. Signaling is your path to the residency program.
Most applicants complete the ERAS application. We'll build one — together, field by field — that actively exhibits the skills, qualities, and accomplishments Program Directors are looking for. Complete gets it submitted. Effective gets you the interview.
Most personal statements read like an autobiography. Yours should complement your ERAS application and make a Program Director want to interview you. You write it; I review and direct it for one specialty — guiding your revisions until it does exactly that. Up to three revision rounds.
Letter strategy from the reading side: who to ask, how to set them up to write you a strong one, and how your letters fit the rest of your application. Together, these earn the interview.
Mock interviews with a former PD and feedback on what committees actually weigh — because the interview is what gets you ranked. Then rank-order-list strategy from the person who chaired rank committees, through to submission.
Every package includes my Program Director Series — the same field-by-field guides I built from inside the evaluation room. Not generic templates. The actual standards I assessed candidates against.
Field by field — what a Program Director evaluates in every section of your ERAS application: what earns confidence, what creates quiet doubt, and exactly what to do about it. Written from the Program Director's side of the table.
Included with every package — delivered the moment your engagement begins.
Programs look for specific signals most applicants never surface — and it's judged in seconds.
There are patterns that trigger quiet doubt. Most applicants never know it's there — they just don't get the interview.
The lens most applicants overlook entirely — and the one programs most want evidence of.
Underneath all three sit the six ACGME core competencies. But no two candidacies are read the same way — I look at every dimension of yours and apply what programs actually seek. IMGs in particular face different scrutiny — visa and licensure realities, US clinical experience, time since graduation — and get the specific, individualized attention that demands.
Not ready for a full package? Begin with one focused service — each delivered personally by me.
Two more services that come into play as the cycle moves forward — available on their own, and included in The PD Package.
No outcome guarantees. What you get is direct access to an experienced former Program Director — and the perspective of someone who sat on the deciding side.
No — and be wary of anyone who does. What I guarantee is direct, one-on-one guidance from an experienced former Program Director who sat on the deciding side of the Match. The work is yours; the perspective is mine.
Yes. The PD work — personal statement direction, application review, mock interviews, rank-list strategy — is always me. No AI, no junior editors. My team handles scheduling and logistics only.
Yes — and IMGs aren't an afterthought here. IMGs face different scrutiny than US medical students: visa and licensure realities, US clinical experience, time since graduation. I read every candidacy individually and give IMG applicants the specific, focused attention that situation demands — not a one-size-fits-all checklist.
Start with a standalone strategy session, or add individual services à la carte. You don't have to buy a full package.
Absolutely. Many people begin with a strategy session or a single review, then move into a package when they're ready for full support across the cycle. Each service stands on its own — there's nothing to track and no deadline to decide.
I take a limited number of applicants each cycle, so paying reserves your spot and my time. Fees are non-refundable once we begin, and packages are priced as a whole rather than by individual sessions. Have a question before you commit? Just ask.
Because every session is 1:1 with me, I take on a limited number of applicants each cycle. Choose the level of support that fits where you are — and let's build the strongest version of your candidacy, together.