June 15, 2011

  • Fellowship Match

    9am. The alarm goes off.

     

    Of course, I have already been awake since 6am. But the alarm is not to wake me up. It is a reminder to check the computer for the results telling me the future path of my life.

    Nothing in my email…I begin to get a little nervous.

     

    I log in to NRMP. I check the results

     

     

    I MATCHED!

     

    Starting July 2012, I will begin my training as a gastroenterologist at cook county chicago. 

     

    For a while there I was worried. GI is one of the most competitive subspecialties in internal medicine, exceeded only by Cardiology. You have to be among the top of the top to secure one of the very few available positions. And despite applying to 10 odd programs, I only recieved 2 interviews. And of those interviews, each one will evaluate a total of 5-600 applications, offer 30 interviews and accept 2-3 fellows a year.

    I managed to pick both my location and my specialty. An impressive feat, and I couldnt be happier that I will spend the remainder of my career doing something I love and find endlessly fascinating.

    Momentous enough that I felt like coming back to xanga to share with you all

     

    -Dr J (almost Dr GI J.)

     

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