The Next Big Move!

It is official! As of 11 am this morning I matched at Cincinnati Children's for my hematology-oncology fellowship. Most of you have followed my trials and tribulations during the interview process and probably had to listen to me stress about my rank list. After much discussion, however, between Ari and I we knew that Cincinnati would be the best next step... maybe not the best place to live out of my choices but definitely the best from a career point of view. I was absolutely blown away by their program, they have everything I want: high volume, great research, and great mentors. The emergency department at the university is ranked in the top 5, so hopefully Ari will find what he is looking for as well. Kris, another peds resident, matched at her first choice as well at the University of Wisconsin.

For the big day, Ari surprised be by putting flowers in my mailbox at the hospital. Then I was excused from neurology clinic to wait by the computer for my match to appear. I was glad to share my good news with everyone at journal club this afternoon. The real celebration took place during NICU call. Yep, on call on match day. We made the best of it though... Jackie brought sparkling grape juice and I brought a cookie cake and all the on call residents and fellows ordered chinese food. Then I got even more flowers! Mom sent me a beautiful bouquet to the hospital. So now all is quiet and I am going to try to get some sleep... we'll see how that goes.