1) Loved seeing our wonderful division chief @ERAlpernMD win the professionalism award we nominated her for 🥰 she’s the epitome of grace under pressure.
2) Fellowship is a very different experience than residency and it’s been evident how invested @LuriePEM is in us!
Hearing @kmangold_NU tear up talking about us (her first class taken all the way through fellowship) was really sweet and special.
3) Having cofellows who have your back is clutch! Wouldn’t have made it through without @AmyZhouMD and Selina Varma Thomas to both complain and celebrate with.
Sometimes you get lucky enough to make friends in other divisions. @DrRissman I cannot wait to see what you do in LA!
4) Finally, I would be nothing without the support of my family.
They all insisted on zooming in to the ceremony - including my (very #Punjabi) dad’s loud shout out at the end & my octogenarian Nani watching from New Delhi (yes, took a zoom screenshot of that).
In spring of 2014, I was an aspiring pediatric surgeon (and a categorical surgical intern) wondering whether surgery was for me. I liked taking care of sick surgical patients, but didn’t love the rest - the culture.
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@KBrookeGolisch Prior to being an intern, I wasn’t sure how much this stuff mattered. I thought I could handle most things, which wasn’t untrue.
But I fantasized about leaving. I even wrote myself a letter through @futureme that winter, timed for my graduation from surgical residency…
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@KBrookeGolisch@futureme I discussed considering leaving with my family. My dad (also a physician) said two things that helped me make my decision: 1) if you don’t love it now, you’re not going to love it in 40 years
AND (when I protested that - well, I was kind of good at being a surgical resident)…
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