Residency

With the conclusion of my final year of residency training comes a time for reflection. I've written similar posts at the end of my intern year, CA-1/PGY-2 year, and CA-2/PGY-3 year, but this post...

I'm sitting at home a few hours before my residency graduation reflecting on the many memories of residency while writing brief introductions for the faculty awards I'll be presenting at the ceremony. I still...

In less than six days, I'll be graduating from my four year categorical anesthesiology residency at Baylor College of Medicine. The ceremony will be at River Oaks Country Club. My co-chief-residents and I will...

In our anesthesiology residency program, we rotate across six hospitals in the Texas Medical Center. Our county hospital, a level 1 trauma center, is also our primary teaching hospital and where senior residents do...

From a young age, I was fascinated by the stories my mother, a former registered nurse, shared about nursing school and working in the neonatal intensive care unit. Assimilating unclear plans from (rude) doctors to...

This will be my third dedicated month of regional anesthesiology in residency, and coupled with all the peripheral nerve blocks I've performed on call, it's amazing how far I've come in three short years. I...

Tomorrow morning, I begin my last week at Texas Heart Institute (THI). Had I chosen to stay in Houston, this is likely where I would have done my fellowships in critical care and adult...

I got home early this morning after spending Monday afternoon and Tuesday looking for places to live in Boston. It was a great opportunity for me to explore the city, navigate the (extensive) public...