I chose emergency medicine for the chance to have a positive impact on society as a whole by helping the broadest variety of patients I can. It excites me that every day, I get the opportunity to help people from every race, socioeconomic class, gender, etc., with a scope that involves every specialty of medicine, and requires constant adaptability and the ability to act quickly. Every day brings academic, ethical, and moral challenges, and it’s a specialty that always seems to be pushing the limits. It’s fun to be a part of a dynamic specialty like this. And the people who go into it are pretty dang cool.

I enjoy the camaraderie that comes from residency. At Regions, there’s a constant draw to helping each other, and learning more, with the most basic of goals to do what is right for our patients and our community. Residency is a time of growth and constant change. I also enjoy that it is a time to let your reflections on patient care impact you on a fundamental level, and adapt who you want to become as a future independent physician.