Sunday, March 20, 2011

Match Day 2011



My friend Kemeni and I directly after opening our envelopes. We both got our first choices.

Here's the official add-on to the wife's initial real-time post below. I can't tell you how relieved I am after spending the last four years in pursuit of a favorable residency match. Just to reiterate - we matched at my #1 general surgery program choice - New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC (we could have matched at any one of the twelve programs on my rank list). It's a small program that takes only two categorical surgery residents/yr. Beautiful location right along the NC coast. I loved my interview day there and then Amy and I were able to make a trip back there prior to making our rank list so she could get a better direct impression. It's a big move, but we are excited to start the next phase of our life together and I'm looking forward to starting my training in earnest!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

And the winner is...

Wilmington, NC
This was our first choice so we are thrilled. It's all still a bit surreal!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

tick, tock, tick, tock...

The waiting is starting to get stressful!

Monday, March 14, 2011

Step One Down...

...one big step to go.

We matched!

Yay for not having to scramble!