Fellowship Personal Statements Examples

Fellowship Personal Statements Examples
Breast Surgery Fellowship Personal

Statement
The numbers are staggering. Every year nearly 250,000 women will develop
breast cancer. More than 60,000 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be
diagnosed and, of that number, close to 50,000 women will die.
In many ways we have gone through a cultural transformation. Virtually
everyone knows someone friend, family, co-worker, fellow student who has
contracted this disease. As we see pink ribbons abound, unity strengthens the
fortitude of every involved medical professional, all resolved to see this
invasive killer defeated within their own lifetime. When I began my exploration
of breast surgery oncology, I soon learned that expertise was vital in imaging,
pathology, reconstructive surgery, radiation oncology and medical oncology as
well. While focusing on my role in the operating theater, I felt it critical that had
substantive knowledge of all aspects of disease management. Thus, in
residency, when introduced to classifying and evaluating mammographic
abnormalities or developing an understanding of the indications, techniques and
complications of image-guided breast biopsy or learning how best to counsel
patients on treatment options for the local therapy of breast cancer or becoming
proficient with common breast surgical procedures, with emphasis on
oncoplastic techniques, I felt far more empowered to assume the role in which I
so passionately sought advanced certification.
The turning point came early in rotations. Her name was Jillian, and she was the
mother of three gorgeous toddlers. As she sat propped up in bed waiting for the
double mastectomy to begin, her husband quietly told me that half their parish
had shaved their heads in support. The avalanche of cards from her kindergarten
class covered three walls in her room. One night as she was sleeping, I looked at
Jillian and realized this was the story of A Wonderful Life reborn. Every act,
every thought, every gesture she made had the wellbeing of others in mind.
Although the surgery went extremely well, and all were thrilled, within four
months she was gone. Many med students and residents speak of an afflicted
mother, sister, or friend when speaking of their motivation to join this fight. In
my case, her name was and will always be Jillian, and with the strength of
memory, I am ready to continue in many decades of giving my all to an
inestimably valuable cause.
Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship

Personal Statement
Cardiovascular surgery is innately an incredibly delicate process, so much so
that a series of subspecialties have taken form to ensure even higher survival
rates, from what is not infrequently precarious treatment. After spending a full
year as a Cardiology fellow and then a second year learning the intricacies of
Interventional Cardiology, I was drawn more and more to the element that
Anesthesiology plays in cardiovascular surgery. I studied the anesthesia aspects
of care related to surgical cases such as, but not limited to, open heart surgery,
lung surgery, and other operations of the human chest to include perioperative
care with expert manipulation of patient cardiopulmonary physiology through
precise and advanced application of pharmacology, resuscitative techniques,
critical care medicine, and invasive procedures. During my last fellowship I had
the opportunity to become involved in the management of the cardiopulmonary
bypass (heart-lung) machine, which most cardiac procedures require
intraoperatively while the heart undergoes surgical correction.
Through this involvement, I finally found the medical combination that most
resonated. Anesthesia, resuscitation, perioperative care all required a precision
and yet a delicacy that was unlike any other aspect of cardiovascular practice.
From the time I was a teenager, I was convinced that art and science were of
equal measure in medicine. In learning Cardiology, I found my colleagues were
far more interested in the operative physics and precision of physiological
functions, thus I began to look for the proverbial greener pastures. In observing
a tricky open heart surgical procedure, I found myself fascinated by the mastery
of the anesthesiologist. With that I began to seriously pursue bringing my
interests together in unison.
Your program, one of the finest nationally, will give me that opportunity and
confirm my belief that this acceptance represents a long sought professional
culmination.
Cardiology Fellowship Personal Statement

There are very few professions that embrace every aspiration. Medicine was
something of a revelation. When I commenced study, I knew that it would be
intellectually challenging and demand more of me than I ever thought possible.
What I did not foresee was how determining a diagnosis could be a fascinating
detective story, truly manna for an inquisitive mind. Moreover, who would
expect compassion to be a job requirement? Having this outlook, I could not
imagine a single specialty that would appeal to my range of interests as a
physician.
In the end, I turned to cardiology, in part, because of the elemental facts
--cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death, thus there can be no
greater professional challenge. Yet, at the same time my interest is very
personal, as since high school of all the sciences, physics held me fast. The laws
of electricity, volume, motion were at the core of my adolescent interests and
scholarly explorations. Nothing in medicine parallels this unique scientific
relationship than cardiology. Thus it is as much a focus of my professional
concerns as it is a locus of scientific interest.
With the completion of rotations through cardiology departments of multiple
institutions has only served to reaffirm my love for the specialty. This is not said
lightly, as throughout my internship and residency, Ive taken a robust amount
of cardiac care unit rotations where Ive been exposed to complex cases which
have ranged from a simple STEMI patient post PCI to the more complex cases
post-transplant and Left Ventricle assistant device implantation. Whatever the
case, I have learned and with every case, my interests have deepened
Should I receive this fellowship, it will mean much. I will come that much
closer to better understanding the most infinitesimal detail of what I believe to
be our essence of living, our heart. In turn, the door will open to greater
opportunities and yet more sub-specialized cardiovascular specialties such as
electrophysiology and intervention, which will mean my capacity for
contribution will markedly increase.
In the coming years, I not only see myself already improving my patients
quality of life, but also continuing to be a scholar of newer, innovative and
possibly nobler methods of treatment, devoting my career to helping these very
same patients.
Cardiovascular Fellowship Personal

Statement
There are many reasons to become a cardiovascular physician, some speak of
the delicate interrelationship between Cardiology and physics, and others speak
of addressing a global epidemic of disease, while others speak of the mystery of
the language of the wavy lines on an electrocardiogram. While all of these
factors resonate, my choice is centered on an event that took place when I was
just 14. In what seemed as mere moments, my father suffered a heart attack and
was lost in transport to the nearby hospital. While my reaction at the time was
simply the convulsions of grief, with distance, reflection and medical training, I
now appreciate that cardiac catheterization was then unknown, as were the tools
of echocardiogram and simple thrombolysis.
While the imprint of my fathers loss stays with me, one of reasons I will never
stop my efforts in the fight against cardiovascular disease is that it is ceaselessly
challenging at every turn, constantly requiring rapid pinpoint decisions with
issues of mortality, often, at stake.
Unlike other specialties, Cardiology requires a holistic approach premised on
primary and secondary prevention principles employing the diversity of
medical, percutaneous and an array of surgical approaches.
There are cases in a physicians career that may be seen as self-defining. When
serving as a resident in Internal Medicine, our team admitted a patient with
palpitation and pre syncope like symptoms. Everyone who had seen the
electrocardiogram, including my attending, didn't notice the minor changes in
the EKG which conceivably could have been due to a complex
electrophysiological problem. However, assessing all the data, I diagnosed that
the patient was suffering from "Brugadas Syndrome", which is very rare with
small, aberrant EKG findings characteristic of the disorder. On a professional
level, this was an affirmation to myself and my teammates of the acuity of my
skills as well as an ability to identify disorders beyond the norm all based on the
importance of noting even the slightest changes in an EKG.
When asked as to my strengths as a Cardiologist, I always reply that the answer

stems from my self-definition as a physician. My professional dedication has
been forged, and my commitment will always be unwavering.
Clinical Pharmacology Personal Statement

When making the commitment to a career in the pharmaceutical sciences, I did
not fully appreciate all the dimensions and facets of the profession. Upon receipt
of my professional certification, my thought was that, logically, I would devote
myself to a career as a pharmacist. Practical experiences seemed to ratify that
this was, in fact, my professional path. However, a series of subsequent learning
opportunities introduced the possibility of a range of career options to include
advanced practice experience and a host of possible scholarly contributions.
At the 3rd Pharmacist Day Symposium, I attended every session pertaining to
my burgeoning, but as yet unrealized, research interests and sought out
discussions with scholars in the field in order to deepen my background on the
topics that now comprise the core of current research investigations.
To broaden clinical skill sets, I promptly undertook a series of pharmacy
practice experiences in a range of medical disciplines: community practice,
critical care, institutional practice and internal medicine. The success of these
efforts made plans for additional practice experiences in early 2016 in oncology
and ambulatory care an immediate priority.
Over the course of the past year, I also made a number of presentations,
essentially exploring research concerns. Topics spanned an examination of
respiratory distress in premature infants, to the inhibitive effects of
angiotensin-neprilysin vs. enalarpril on heart failure, to the impact of aspirin in
conjunction with clopidogrel on acute minor stroke, to a consideration of the
role of calcium and vitamin D in postmenopausal women afflicted with
osteoporosis. In receiving a strongly positive reaction from audiences of
students and scholars, it was clear that the time had come to take the next step.
That step was and is fellowship training where I will not only be guided in
honing my clinical skills. but will be able to reach the scholarly plateau toward
which I aspire. While I will not be that neighborhood pharmacist, who
strengthens their community, I will do all to achieve new frontiers in clinical
pharmacology.
Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship Personal

Statement
In my sophomore year of college I had to take a years sabbatical for financial
reasons. There was a great comfort in returning to campus, seeing that college
life was essentially the same. The first class on my schedule was with a teacher
I had taken twice in freshman year. A brilliant anthropologist, she looked like
the quintessential academic with hair in a tight bun, oversized glasses and a
nondescript physique. Unkind fellow students would often mock her in being
brilliant but dowdy. Having a sense she heard these jibes, I felt very
protective. When I took my seat and looked up, I immediately grabbed my
books to leave as clearly I was in the wrong classroom. The woman at the
lectern was petite and lithe, youthfully attractive with an ebullient personality.
When she spoke my name and welcomed me back, I was astonished beyond
measure. How could this attractive, vibrant woman and my mousy professor
be one and the same? Several weeks into the class when I attended office hours,
she intuitively responded to the querulous look that I could not suppress. She
calmly told me that while a rare decision in academia, she was empowered
enough to decide she did not want to continue her life as an object of derision or
that the sum and total of who she was could be assessed by her scholarly
insights. When I matriculated to medical school I began with the single
question: how I could comparably impact individual lives?
In being committed to the improvement of aesthetic appearance, the work of the
surgeon is far from superficial in focus and orientation. As I began my
residency, the pieces of the puzzle truly came together. There was a young
woman receiving breast augmentation who had spent her life in the depths of
humiliation and social withdrawal. Then I worked with a young man pre and
post op who had an extremely prominent nose and could not remember a day in
his life when it was not mentioned. To see the tears coursing down his face as
the bandages were removed was truly a metaphor of what can be accomplished
in modern medicine. Watching the effects of liposuction on patients that had
futilely dieted and exercised throughout their adult lives, and then meeting a
youthful widow who felt that in the wake of facial rejuvenation she might find
companionship again were transformative experiences. What I realized in every
case was that the surgical changes were always treatments of deeper wounds
and those are the wounds I seek to heal.
Dental Fellowship Personal Statement

At the age of eight, I have this image of me, standing upon a wobbly kitchen
chair, stretching my mouth open wide with two fingers, while staring intently
into our bathroom mirror. I counted my teeth over and over again, having
climbed up that chair more than a dozen times. Everything fascinated me, from
hints of carries, to overall straightness to various shades in coloration. When I
think of the first appointment I had with my dentist, I dont think he knew what
he was creating with his friendly post-treatment tutorials. What he was actually
doing was planting the seeds of a future dentist.
As an endodontic specialist, my focus has been on learning meticulous and
precise techniques to best ensure that canals are cleansed in such a way that the
possibility of later infection is close to nil. Over the years, I have maintained
connection with former classmates and learning of the latest treatments in
prosthodontics, oral surgery and orthodontics innovations. Being current in the
overall field has allowed me to feel that while I have a specialty that suits me to
a tee, first and foremost, I am a dentist. At the same time, as my childhood
explorations suggested, I have always been of an academic bent. Journal reading
is simply what I enjoy doing and when I am working on my younger patients, I
am more than happy to devote time to their understanding of the procedure and,
most importantly, subsequent preventative care.
After much reflection, I realize that the full realization of my abilities lies
equally in a combination of my chairside efforts along with what I could
accomplish in the classroom. I am confident with the breath of my knowledge,
professional expertise and engaging manner of communication, I could move
young minds forwards in their discovery of the possibilities of a career in
dentistry. To do this, fellowship training is instrumental. As such I apply to your
program, knowing of the quality of its reputation, and also knowing several
select graduates who each and all have shared that, without reservation,
attending was a career transformative experience.
Dermatology Fellowship Personal

Statement
Moments before adding the fresh boiling water, I pause and let the fragrant oolong
leaves pass gently between index finger and thumb. As I dab my cheek with fine white
linen having sipped from the bone china cup, I understand, yet again, that this is more
than a beverage, it is a total sensory involvement, and therein lies the beauty.
To be a dermatologist requires a host of specialized skill and knowledge, but in

addition to the scientists eye you must have a rarefied sense of touch. As you pass
your examining fingers over a hemangioma, acne pustules or an angry carcinoma,
there is an intuitive knowledge in the sheer tactility used that often renders lab
findings a confirmation of what you already know. Yet this is one of the primary
reasons I love dermatology. In that the skin is the largest organ in the human body and
that every health malady to include jaundice, spider nevie, palmar erythema, angular
stomatitis, petechiae, and more is expressed through the skin, I view the specialty as
its own way of dealing with questions of health and illness. With respect to diagnoses
and treatment, the manual skills of the physician can be as determinative as any test in
modern medicine. Moreover, there is the interrelationship to almost all other
specialties including mental health. However, dermatology services can take many
months to get for patients with good insurance, and this type of care is almost unheard
of for patients with government subsidized insurances like Medicare and medical
assistance. Thus, a specialist who seeks to reach out to the impoverished can make a
profound difference.
I wish to expand my practice beyond the confines of my comfortable office and the
sanitized environment of a hospital clinic. In light of the more than 3,000
dermatological diseases and conditions that requires treatment of patients of every age
afflicted with inflammatory, inherited, environmental, occupational and malignant
skin diseases, I know that in the barrio and the projects there are many who suffer in
silence. To have the ability to effectively treat every derm condition as well as gain
access into new research venues, I know this fellowship is instrumental to realize the
choice to devote my skills in the service of all who are in need. What may be lost in
income, I have no doubt, will be gained in far greater riches.
Diabetology Fellowship Personal

Statement
A much loved maiden aunt deeply impressed my 10 year old view of the world.
She was elegant and always wore long sleeves and bright white gloves, even
when the summer temperature hit 90. One day, my mom sent me over with
fresh baked goods and new fabric. As I stepped into her parlor, entering through
a cracked back door, I couldnt quite comprehend what I was seeing. She had
hiked up her skirt and had a small injection at the ready. In light of how I
respected her, the image was difficult to process. Not knowing what to do, I
finally went to my teacher who slowly and meticulously told me of the scourge
of diabetes. How it changed sufferers everyday lives to regimens of glucose
injections and maintenance and how if you didnt live by a routine dictated by
the illness, the results could even be fatal.
As a primary care physician, I have long sought to attend this fellowship
program focusing on training; like physicians in clinical diabetes care and
research. With training, I can envision a career as a diabetologist, and look
forward equally to clinical challenges while working with faculty to publish
articles in national peer review journals. The prospect of working alongside
diabetes related specialists including endocrinologists, cardiologists,
nephrologists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists and wound care specialists, will
give me a truly rich perspective as to approaches and strategies. Above all, I
would gain new expertise and insight to manage diabetes in a systematic
manner and be recognized among leaders in diabetes care.
The facts are stark and compelling. In 2014, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of
the population, had diabetes. Moreover approximately 1.25 million American
children and adults have type 1 diabetes. To complicate these pervasive
problems, of the 29.1 million, 21.0 million were diagnosed, and 8.1 million
were undiagnosed. Seniors remain a problem population at 25.9%, or 11.8
million seniors (diagnosed and undiagnosed) and over 1 million cases are
diagnosed every year. Diabetes remains the 7th leading cause of death in the
United States, with 69,071 death certificates listing it as the underlying cause,
and a total of 234,051 death certificates listing diabetes as an underlying or
contributing cause of death.
These are statistical realities that cannot be ignored and every statistic is a
human being that deserves the quality of care I am preparing to offer.
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Fellowship Statement
Deeply fascinated with the science of medicine, I am never more engaged than
when unraveling the mysteries of the human body. With a focus on the
trajectory of growth, appreciating the most basic art of history taking and
physical examination becomes a point of departure in the growing use of
state-of-the-art technology in diagnostics and therapeutic applications. The
ability to not only visualize human anatomy in three dimensions and in real
time, but to also manipulate and analyze structures from captured
multidimensional imaging data affords the physician a vantage point to what
was once unknowable and now has resilient depth and clarity. The subsequent
development of interventional radiology has been equally revolutionary,
opening new non-invasive treatment options that complement the insights of
diagnostic radiology.
During my medicine rotations, I came across a case that really highlighted the
indispensability of advanced imaging techniques in the practice of medicine. He
was a teenage boy who was brought in for what appeared to be seizures and
other vague symptoms. Routine tests were done and his seizures episodes
managed appropriately. Apparently he had been treated at different hospitals
repeatedly. He was a nice young man, a high school dropout who confided in
me about his hopes and plans of returning to school using the financial gains
from their farms produce. A few days later on surgery rounds, I learned that my
patient had died of neuro-cysticercosis. Realizing now that his life would have
been saved with the right diagnostic tools in place, like CT or MRI was both a
moment of quiet sadness as well as a realization of what Radiology can mean.
In the years that have followed I have also come across numerous patients that
have been overwhelmed by gratitude in knowing the pain and discomfort they
were spared by the skilled techniques of an interventional radiologist.
Between the range of advanced tools, the capacity to effect change, and the
impact of collaboration with other doctors, Radiology represents the ideal career
path as well as comprising an amalgam of all that I value service, problem
solving, science, and mastering the art of diagnosis. As I look to fellowship
placement, I envision joining an enthusiastic team that balances academics and
research in an innovative environment that expects only the pursuit of

excellence.
Emergency Medicine Fellowships Personal

Statement
In the wake of graduation from medical school in 2009, I found myself initially
gravitating toward General Surgery, however with considerable practice in the
field, it was clear the fit just wasnt quite right. Now, in search for what I had
termed my soon-to-be discovered specialty, I turned to Emergency Medicine.
In the ED you may be immersed in rapid intervention with a gunshot victim,
then moments later, lead a coordinated team response to a cardiac arrest. As
such, you must be conversant about virtually every aspect of medicine, as you
often the first to start case management.
To date, most of my career has been spent honing clinical skills, but now I wish
to pursue research endeavors seriously as well. While the clinician brings theory
to life, it is the scholar that crosses new frontiers that will advance our ability to
treat and heal with increasing acuity and precision. Acceptance to this
fellowship program will mean that I will have both in-depth patient involvement
while deepening research interests through developing theoretical dimensions.
With completion of this program, I will pursue masters certification in medical
research and seek to contribute to the literature of medicine, building upon these
acquired skillsets and my own knowledge as a skilled ED physician.
Ten years from now, I hope to be at the helm of a top ED team. I would also
seek myriad ways to improve ED medicine in the developing world as well as
having a wealth of published findings. I will seek to find ways to aid future
medical students and residents in getting the best up to date training by learning
from the best, helping my people and serving underserved nations.
Endocrinology Fellowship Personal Statement
Endocrinology Fellowship Personal

Statement
The evolution to my development as a specialist truly took form in last final two
years in medical studies. While most of my attention was spent in the study of
general medicine, I began to become progressively intrigued by abnormalities
related to the glands and the hormonal imbalances that trigger disease. Whether
determining the protocols for treating a developing case of diabetes mellitus or
dealing with far more rare manifestations such as Acromegaly or Cushings
syndrome, I was constantly fascinated.
During that time, I dealt with a number of patients dealing with
endocrinological conditions and, at times, seemingly unfathomable problems.
Often witnessing struggles with non-functioning pituitary tumors, hypo- and
hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus and the complications of obesity, and I
realized that the strong appeal to specialize in this area stemmed from the
almost detective-like investigative focus required to understand how far the
illness had progressed and the deductive analysis needed to determine an exact
approach to treatment.
After completing medical school, I then collaborated with a UNICEF/ICCIDD
international study group that studied healthy 6- to 12-year-old primary school
children living in 12 countries and generated a report with findings that
thyroglobulin is a sensitive measure of both deficient and excess iodine intake
in children and a urinary iodine concentration (UIC) range of 100-299 g/L
indicates no adverse effects on thyroid . I was proud to receive acknowledgment
when these findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology
Metabolism.
I seek this fellowship as it would prove instrumental in advancing my
knowledge and skill sets in my chosen subspecialty. In addition to working with
highly talented faculty on cutting edge ideas and technological innovations, it
will enable me to be thoroughly current in my understanding of endocrinology
today, the field I know best suits all of my aptitudes as a physician. As such, I
trust you will seriously consider my candidacy and, hopefully, offer

membership into the elite group of fellowship recipients.
Family Planning Fellowship Personal

Statement
Having witnessed families of seven or more in food pantries or watching a teenage
girl dissolve in shame because of a pregnancy that she believes to be the end of her
life, the idea of becoming deeply involved with the strategies of astute family planning
became immediately attractive virtually as soon as I learned of their existence. In the
inception of the term in the mid-1960s, the immediate association by many was that
this represented an anti-child mentality, but now it is commonly known as the most
intelligent way to create a healthy and resilient family unit. During my Ob/Gyn
rotations, I had the opportunity to mentor women in the ward who had just given birth
and who sought guidance as best as possible as to next steps.
Should I be accepted I know that I will work in a top flight abortion clinic that deals
with every contingency from issues of maternal health to appropriate medical and
counseling responses to induced and spontaneous abortions. In that your program is
strengthened by the educational strengths of an integrated service with additional
expert medical, social, psychological/psychiatric, genetic and Maternal-Fetal medicine
components, the opportunities for learning are rich and multi-faceted.
The offering of comprehensive academic family planning/contraception clinics that

are fellow-run, under supervision/consult by the family planning attending, offer yet
another venue to understanding the field. The fact that these are structured as teaching
clinics that serve as a referral center for community and UNC physicians for
management of complicated contraception such as difficult IUD insertions or
removals, implant removals and insertions, other consults, sterilization counseling and
surgery scheduling, underscore the significance of their role in effective training. With
independent practicing gynecologists as part of program staff and the opportunity to
run our own gynecology service, to include teaching and operating with residents and
medical students, is a rare opportunity, offered in few like programs.
In sum, such a comprehensive program would prove instrumental in learning all facets
of family planning to then enable me to integrate such knowledge into my future
Ob/Gyn practice in the service of many lives here and those to come.
Gastroenterology Fellowship Personal

Statement
My introduction to fascinating field of Gastroenterology came in my first year
of college. It was a Friday afternoon when my father held a family meeting and
said, Girls I have bad news for you; I have Hepatitis C and it has affected my
liver. Following his diagnosis, my father was seen by multiple physicians,
however, due to the advanced state of his cirrhosis and the side effects of his
treatment, his options were limited. Through this experience, I had the
opportunity to appreciate Gastroenterology as demonstrated by the skiils of
specialists as well as witnessing the frustrations of the field. As I watched my
fathers battles in his specialists office, I realized this had profoundly changed
my view of the world and inspired me to pursue a career.
One of the most interesting cases I faced during my residency was a patient with
an aortoesophageal fistula status post repair. It was a very complex case of
gastrointestinal bleeding with limited options in which our patient had
essentially been sent home with hospice. Given his acutely ill state, the GI
service at our hospital performed a heroic procedure wherein a stent was placed
in order to stop the bleeding coming from the fistulous tract. In observing the
procedure, I felt pride in my colleagues as well as my chosen profession
When I consider as to what defines me as an excellent Gastroenterology

physician the short answer is I wont stop. I will do whatever it takes to make
sure my patients receive the best care possible, communicating with a positive
rapport that encourages, listens, and reassures. I will speak to every family
member in a way that calms and informs. With respect to my peers, I am a
highly effective team member, have a tireless work ethic to assist in times of
need and can handle emergency situations very efficiently.
If selected for this honor, the fellowship program will gain a reliable and
hardworking fellow who will go out of their way to make sure all work is
effectively and competently done. If taking care of my patients requires I stay
an extra three hours past shift, I will do so willingly even as I immerse myself in
new scholarship. As both a strong and detailed clinician with determination to
prevent unwarranted hospitalizations as well-as being as being a
patient-centered researcher with a passion to find new answers, my professional
dedication will always be a driving force.
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Personal

Statement
The great historian, Edward Gibbon spoke words of insight about out last years,
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine
thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. Over the years I have spent
seeing patients in nursing homes, I have been increasingly convinced, it not the
lost memories of Alzheimers, the tremors of Parkinsons, or the weakened
vessels around the heart that speeds the path to toward death. It is far more the
belief in abandonment, or the reality that loved ones have passed or simply are
too busy with their lives that hastens the end of life for many of our elderly, not
a few, far too soon. Thus comprehensive Geriatric Medicine necessitates caring
as much a prerequisite of treatment as any medication or cutting edge
procedure.
As I spend my days treating injuries from falls, memory loss, incontinence,

stroke recovery and issues managing self-care, I often find myself in the role of
making the decision as whether its time for an elderly patient to leave their
home of 40 years and have them transferred to a public facility, where instead of
being surrounded by memories they are sharing a hospital-like room with sterile
walls. These are difficult moments and I do not make such decisions lightly, but
knowing how much these patients mean to me as well as all my accrued skills,
there are few more qualified. Then there is that amazing first word you hear
during stroke recovery or the transformation witnessed in the course of physical
therapeutic treatment for osteoporosis. When your patient of a decade comes to
you for counselling after the loss of a spouse she has been with since pre-school,
you will find the way to be a source of strength and comfort. When a weathered
hand reaches up from a frail body on a hospital bed, you will clasp it and cover
their hand with your own.
In sum, there is nothing in medicine I would rather do, and with fellowship
training I will gain the skills to better serve my cherished patients a goal that
sums up all that I professionally seek.
Global Health Fellowship Personal

Statement
Planning for a career in private practice, I discovered the potency of endocrinology.
Engaging in the constant interplay of stimulatory and inhibitory factors and its elegant
feedback mechanisms, it simultaneously challenged as it mentally stimulated. In
encompassing different endocrine organs scattered across human body, I found the
ongoing promise of a good mixture of pathology which is constantly provocative and
engaging. However, in the midst of this burgeoning fascination, a medical mission to
the Horn of Africa radically impacted this perspective. After caring for countless
numbers barely clinging on, and having become profoundly aware of the vibrancy of
epidemic spread, I realized that it was imperative to have an impact on the health of
entire populations, thus, I turned to the study of becoming a Global Health
practitioner.
Part of my decision stemmed from the fact that serious illnesses did not respect
national borders and, as such, tens of thousands, would fall through such health care
gaps. In attending a conference in Zurich, discourse focused on worldwide health
improvement, reduction of disparities, and protection against global threats that
disregard national borders. In listening, I felt for the first time that I was among
medical kindred spirits and, rather than moving from patient to patient, I would be in
dialogue with representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO). UNICEF,
the World Food Programme, and the World Bank among others. Practicing Medicine
would be blended with activism and advocacy and, though when leaving medical
school it was not what I envisioned, it is now, what I fully embrace.
As I look to the future I see a time of immense preparation focusing on knowledge

from fields as diverse as epidemiology and public health, to demography, sociology
and economics. I will work with area experts to plan out projects of health and hope,
fiercely challenging justifications of health inequities. Although I did not anticipate a
career travelling to sub-Saharan climes, there is nothing I would rather do, and the
receipt of this fellowship will bring me one step closer to the realization of the future
ahead that I now see.
Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship

Personal Statement
As an only child, the bond you form with your parents is unbreakable even with
maturation and life distance. In the absence of siblings, when you think of
immediate family, there are only two individuals that come two mind. As
such, when I called my mom, after moving half way across the country for
residency placement, I was deeply touched at the tremor in her voice, in the
knowledge that I was so far away. As we continued the conversation, I knew
there was something not being said. An hour later, I learned that she had to be
hospitalized for severe constipation. Although concerned, I felt certain the
problem would soon be solved. The next phone call left me nearly prostrate
with shock and dismay. In wake of a CA-125 blood test, it was found that she
had stage 4 ovarian cancer
Although she has been gone for several years now, she continues to inspire me
every day. In training to become a gynecologic oncologist, I realize that my
lifes work will be helping women like my mother in dealing with every form of
cancer that appears on female reproductive organs, and thus serve as the
captain of a patients gynecologic cancer care team. In this furious battle
where life itself is so often at stake, I am seeking the knowledge to shape and
implement successful treatment strategies. Of the more than 100,000 women in
the United States that are annually diagnosed with ovarian cancer, uterine
cancer, vaginal cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer, every year, the
triumphs continue to number.
There are other problems to be dealt with that are greater mysteries such as
gestational trophoblastic disease and pre-invasive diseases of the lower genital
tract. To ensure that any pelvic masses are removed promptly and that patients
are ovarian and endometrial screened represents my philosophic commitment to
preventative medicine. Women at high risk will be asked to come in quarterly in
my practice. To fight this battle, every resource known must be employed and
the most potent is the knowledge I will gain through your fellowship program.
Hand Surgery Fellowship Personal

Statement
One of the most treasured memories from childhood is the knowledge that my mother was
the most beautiful woman on earth. While other children had similar feelings, in my case I
had proof. Every Sunday, without fail, she would take out a vial of a liquid the color of
rubies, then one by one, she would paint each perfect nail on the fingers of a perfect white
hand. From that time on, I became fascinated with the study of hands. Whether burly and
thick with tufts of hair or elegant and graceful in expression, my thought were that these, not
eyes, opened the window to the soul.
Later on in college when everyone I knew seemed to be glued to a computer keyboard, the
complaint of carpal tunnel seemed to be evoked at every turn. It was then that I realized that
hands were far more than a body part to be admired, the breadth of their utility, meant that if
an injury was sustained the consequences could impair the normal functioning of a life or far
worse.
As I began to contemplate hand conditions and modes of treatment in my second year

internship, I seriously devoted attention to issues of the delicate anatomical structure that
enabled its functioning. With learning of its 5 fingers and 27 bones, the imperative of
understanding medical care assumed a new level of importance, motivating me to continue in
my studies.
When a grandparent told me of the constant pain of rheumatoid arthritis in her hands, I
responded as both a loving grandchild and concerned physician, unified by a high sense of
professionalism and lifelong devotion. What made the final career-track decision was
encountering a case of Dupuytrens contracture, a highly disabling hand disorder where thick,
scar-like tissue bands form within the palm and extend into the fingers. The patients slightest
movement of their fingers, was obviously agonizing. It bends the fingers into an abnormal
position. Watching such pained contortions, the decision to press on became firm.
I turn to this fellowship because this is an area of medicine where only the highest level of
training will suffice and I know in this program I will thrive clinically and grow
intellectually. I still believe that my mother was the most beautiful of all, but it is high time
such beauty in motion was shared.
Head and Neck Radiology Personal

Statement
The history of radiologic treatment spans the better part of a century, from the
time the first image was observed in the late 19th century the more medicine has
seen the potential of this incredibly versatile field. However, when Radiology
met the head and neck region, cutting edge technology met biological
complexity. The result is a specialty that informs and teaches at every turn.
Indeed, the multifaceted complexities of these areas, particularly in an
oncologic context, have often challenged conventionally trained radiologists.
My original choice was Cardiology. The importance of the heart to the human
organism, the co-existing strength and delicacy of the mechanism and the daily
life and death transitions was a compelling combination. The caseload was
wildly diverse and it seemed to require a level of insight and sensitivity not
required in other specialties. Then, in my third year I completed an elective in
Diagnostic Radiology focusing on bariatrics, and what had been a somewhat
awkward and clumsy, mode of diagnosis was effectively transformed and
became wholly engaged in its non-invasive approach to treatment. The choice
of Radiology became a natural transition, particularly when I witnessed what
was being accomplished by Interventional Radiology in cardiovascular issues.
In an internship I will not forget, I did extended work in Head and Neck
Radiology. What I realized at the end was that those patient experiences were
the ones that would become indelible.
In my first case, the patient was a 19 year old male with a massive malignant
tumor lodged in his neck. In strategizing our approach we had to factor in,
seemingly, a million variables. A cancer that begins in the sinus cavity will
behave very different than a tumor on the vocal cords or wedged under the chin.
In time, I became intimate with the squamous cell carcinoma, arising from the
cells that line the inside of the nose, mouth and throat. When I visited the
patients room, shortly before he passed, he smiled and asked me what I had
learned from him today. I smiled and thought, I learned more than youll ever
know.
Heart Failure Fellowship Personal

Statement
The seeds of Cardiology took root at the end of my undergraduate freshman
year. As I walked through the door, there was my mother on a ventilator, having
been resuscitated in the wake of cardiac arrest. The overwhelming feeling was
one of total helplessness. The cause of the attack, her prognosis, all was a
mystery. Once diagnosed and treated for prolonged QT syndrome, and upon
receipt of a pace maker and defibrillator, she went on to resume a normal life.
Yet, in the wake of what had occurred, I was permanently changed.
These life events became catalysts for the initial choices of both medicine and
specialization in Cardiology, however, a confluence of factors strongly
reaffirmed this decision in the course of medical studies, albeit with slightly
different focus. The shift to an exclusive focus on Heart Failure was logical in
that it represents the end stage of all other cardiac diseases. With such focus as a
specialist, I knew I would have the latitude to diagnose and manage many
cardiac pathologies resulting in heart failure as well as having access to the most
advanced therapies including experimental treatments. Moreover, the urgency
for skilled physicians in this field is undeniable. The heart failure population is
growing due to increased longevity of patients with cardiovascular diseases. As
you are dealing with a patient population on the brink of the line between life
and death, treatment of this growing population often defies traditional
cardiological approaches and underscores the need for increased specialization.
I have chosen this life course for several reasons, one of them being the
consequential formation of long term doctor patient relationships which are
realized through the need for constant monitoring in cases where advanced heart
failure is at issue. That connection with your patient builds from the initial
evaluation and then continues for the life of the patient. To see a patient ill,
weak and debilitated with low quality of life, and then watch them improve post
intervention, increasingly regaining health in follow up, is immeasurably
gratifying. So often, when I have been able to treat a patient effectively, I think
of my younger self frantically trying to peer at my mothers recumbent body in
the ICU. With the training I will receive, I am confident that I can contribute to
making a young man or woman less desperately concerned about a parents
welfare.
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
Personal Statement
The transition is what I most remember, On my 8th birthday, my uncle came in as happy as
ever, swooped me up in his arms and sang a birthday serenade at the top of his lungs to an
adoring albeit embarrassed -- me. One year later as I looked the emaciated form trembling
on the hospital bed, I couldnt come to grips with the fact that here was my beloved uncle,
unrecognizable and about to die at 40. The Hodgkins that had taken him became my arch
nemesis and with his passing, I gave up any presence of wanting to be a lawyer. I not only
needed answers as to what had occurred and why, but how to take steps to counter the horror
I had witnessed.
In medical training, terms like leukemia, sickle cell, and every form of cancer became my
day-to-day vocabulary. In Heme-Oncology rotation. I saw the toll not only of the disease, but
the treatment itself and as I stopped to pause and speak with the many chemo patients, I was
struck by the seeming barbarity of the way modern medicine was forced to deal with these
diseases, almost as if I was in the midst of a group of patients undergoing bloodletting.
As I realized my growing anger and bitterness might derail my career before it ever
beginning a chance conversation with an international pediatric oncologist had a dramatic
impact. In the last 40 years, the overall survival rate for childrens cancer has increased from
10% to nearly 90% today, he told me. But for many more rare childhood cancers, the
survival rate is much less. 12% of children who are diagnosed with cancer do not
survive.60% of children who survive suffer devastating late effects such as secondary
cancers, muscular difficulties and infertility. While I heard the good news shared, it was
feint in the wake of the other jarring statistics. I then asked almost humbly, How do you it?
And he said, without a hint of pride or arrogance, If I turn away, what then?
What I learned at that moment is that to be a Heme/Oncology physician you must be every
bit as courageous as your patients. Now resolute, I almost consumptively began searching out
every iota of new information on treatment and scientific progress. The use of vaccines and
radioimmunoconjugates were making real headway as well as high dose therapy with bone
marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation. Moreover, if a patient did have incurable
cancer my task was to help with the passage to the very best of my professional skills. In
seeking fellowship training, I look to be certain I know all there is to know to be of service to
my patients.
Hepatology Fellowship Personal Statement

To say that I adored my uncle would be an understatement. Every Christmas he
would sit beside me at the foot of the fireplace, making wondrous sounds as I
removed every small wrapped present from within my overflowing Christmas
stocking. Small wonder that the first time he did not make a holiday appearance,
instead of thinking of the holiday splendor, I deeply felt his absence, knowing if
he possibly could, he would be here.
The next time I saw him he was in the hospital, as I peeked around the corner of
his room I could barely contain my shock and sadness. Besides the loss of near
50 pounds, the perpetual smile that he wore was gone and his skin had the pallor
of parchment. Although I was told to go down the hall, I lagged enough to hear
that he was suffering from acute liver disease. While I didnt know exactly what
it meant I knew that it was very serious. Nine months later when I kissed him
for the last time, I knew I would never forget the reason for his untimely loss.
Before I finished my first term in medical school, I knew hepatology would be
my specialty. As I learned in depth knowledge about the liver, gallbladder,
biliary tree and pancreas, the nature of my interest only expanded and deepened.
In coming to see the millions of individual affected by hepatitis alone, globally
and its direct connection to liver transplants and liver cancer, I began to look in
depth to correlations to alcohol consumption and the overall problem of
physical neglect.
Over the course of rotation, I had exposure to cases of fatty liver disease, liver
cirrhosis and hepatitis A, B, C and E. What astonished me was the fact that over
two billion individuals have been infected with hepatitis B at some point and
around 350 million people are persistent carriers. Although widespread
vaccination and blood screening, have reduced the incidence of hepatitis B
itself. At the same time the stark reality is that, hepatitis B and hepatitis C are
accountable for up to 80% of liver cancer cases.
Looking at these facts with a sober eye, the calling to this specialty was
compelling. In following that call, I hope to make inroads in reducing such
disturbing statistics. Moreover, with each patient served, I will look upward and
thank my uncle for his career guidance.
Hospital Medicine Fellowship Personal

Statement
At the age of 11, the moment I had been waiting for had arrived. There I was
perched on edge of the sterile table, opening wide to insure my doctor could
appreciate just how inflamed my tonsils had become. He shook his head a bit
and told my mother, This time they have to come out. He then turned to me
and said the magic words, Young lady, I see a lot of ice cream in your future.
Within two hours of my hospital admission, they were wheeling me down the
long corridor. Even with a surgical mask on, I recognized my doctor and had no
hesitancy in falling fast asleep. When I awoke, I felt I was having an outer body
experience, the soreness was far beyond everything I had anticipated. Worst of
all, there was no ice cream. However, what was there was a team of doctors,
nurses and PAs who all worked together to make sure this was not only a
memorable but even a pleasant experience.
To be a hospitalist, dedicated to the delivery of comprehensive medical care to
hospitalized patients, was seeded during my tonsillectomy, and stayed with me
all my years of college and medical school. It is a world of clinical care,
teaching, research, or leadership in the field of general hospital medicine.
Beyond managing the clinical problems of acutely ill and hospitalized patients,
hospitalists have system wide responsibilities spanning the employment of
quality and process improvement techniques as well as collaboration,
communication and coordination with all physicians and healthcare personnel
caring for hospitalized patients as well as the efficient use of hospital and
healthcare resources. Most important, is the safe transitioning of patient care
within the hospital and from the hospital and to the community at large.
The hospital is the womb of medicine and to devote myself to helping it realize
its mission not only feels most natural, but shapes my purpose as a physician
with clarity and the commitment of my professional efforts.
Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship Personal

Statement
Medicine is filled with complex remedies and treatments, many that are difficult
to even pronounce. From surgical innovations, to invasive chemotherapy
attacks, to exotic combinations of medicine, medicine remains at the forefront
of seeking new ways of healing, relieving pain and discomfort and, often,
restoring life itself. Who would have thought something as simple could be as
potent as using oxygen? Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is astonishingly simple.
The patient simply breathes pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube. Long
established as a well-established treatment for decompression sickness, a hazard
of scuba diving, modern science has found that other conditions treated with
hyperbaric oxygen therapy include addressing serious infections, bubbles of air
in your blood vessels, and wounds that won't heal as a result of diabetes or
radiation injury. It is this combination of simplicity and impact that draws me in
so strongly.
The modality of treatment is straightforward mathematics. Air pressure is
increased to three times higher than normal air pressure. Under these conditions,
lungs can gather more oxygen than would be possible breathing pure oxygen at
normal air pressure. This precious substance is then carried by the blood
throughout the body, thus fighting bacteria and stimulating the release of
substances called growth factors and stem cells, which promote healing.
There is no question in my mind this is a specialization on the cusp of
phenomenal growth. My hope is that this will lead to further exploration of
healing more naturally and minimizing the use of what can be toxic substances.
As we look toward the midpoint of the 21st century, physicians must be willing
to advance beyond existing parameters and staid designations defining the best
means to treat patients. My commitment to hyperbaric medicine, largely rests on
the belief not only in its worth but in the promise that it holds for future
developments.
Infectious Disease Fellowship Personal

Statement
In high school Microbiology, I had an epiphany. Microscopic study has always
been my favorite part of the curriculum. As I was watching a teeming hoard of
organisms propelling themselves by their flagella, it suddenly occurred that
other organisms bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites would look as benign
as these, but were responsible for the deaths of billions, particularly, the most
helpless in the developing world.
When I later did a research study on the WHO, I learned that some 20 million
people died from infectious diseases. Prominent causes in underdeveloped
nations included an array of lower respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS, diarrhoeal
diseases, malaria and tuberculosis, collectively accounting for almost one third
of all deaths in these countries. When I read of the 6.6 million children that
never reached their fifth birthday and of the prominence of infectious diseases
in that death toll, I quietly resolved that in the War against Inhumanity, often
caused by poor hygiene, inadequate nutrition and the lack of basic medicine, I
had just joined the fight.
In seeking an extensive Infectious Diseases Fellowship I looked for in-depth
training and extensive experience in clinical practice, education and research. In
addition, I sought to be accepted in a major tertiary care center involved in the
management of infectious diseases in patients from locations around the world.
It would mean dealing with the management of common and uncommon
infectious diseases which would also provide excellent educational experience
in clinical and laboratory research opportunities. In that there are over 30
world-renowned faculty members to ensure fellowship growth in clinical care,
research and education at your globally renowned institution, significant
advancement would be assured. Your referral laboratory alone serves the
microbiologic and serologic needs of medical centers globally.
Your long-standing tradition of practicing both the art and science of medicine
was founded on the belief that the needs of the patient come first. This is an
institution that in its commitment to the fight against infectious disease, is only
matched by evident skill and abundant humanity.
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Personal Statement
It began during my cardiovascular fellowship in over the course of a nine month
rotation in Interventional Cardiology, I suddenly realized that all that I was
seeking was right before me. There was nothing that didnt compel my interest
spanning the skills required for the deft procedures to the immediate satisfaction
of knowing that with the insertion of a single catheter, a patient would be
walking out of the hospital, to the rare blend of scientific acuity and team spirit
that filled the Cath Lab.
When I reflected, in the wake of completing rotations, the virtual instant results
and patient reaction going from abject fear to complete relief was unlike any
other aspect of the practice of Cardiology. Besides decreased pain, the
advantages of minimally invasive Interventional Cardiology are multifold, to
include less risk of infection, avoidance of large scars and shorter postoperative
recovery times. In many instances, patients require only a local anesthetic with
numerous procedures performed on an outpatient basis, it allows patients to go
home within hours of the procedure. With this being a field that was also
evolving virtually on a daily basis transcatheter aortic valve replacement,
mitral valve repairs alone I knew I was embarking on a career where I would
be saving lives with minimal pain or discomfort while learning about my
changing field every day. One attendings quiet observation encompassed all
that I felt. Two decades ago what we do would not only be inconceivable, it
would border on the miraculous. Each time I perform a procedure, I keep that at
in mind.
The moment I knew where my future lay involved a patient encounter. A patient
with pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade with pulseless electrical
activity and a decreasing level of consciousness -- recovered after successful
immediate pericardiocentesis. I will never forget the medical team working by
my side and holding their breath as I systematically brought the patient back and
affirmed to all, but especially myself, that this was my intended future.
Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship

Personal Statement
My interest in the human body began with the lungs. By the age of eight I had
seen three close relatives afflicted by lung cancer. One responded well to a
chemo/radiation treatment regime and fully recovered, two caught it at stage
three and four respectively and the memories of them flailing to fight what they
knew was the inevitable, both broke my heart and inspired me to do something.
At first I thought that would mean becoming that research scientist who finally
found a cure for cancer, but then I realized I not only wanted to discover
answers, I wanted to intervene, to treat, to care for and to just be there.
Pulmonology was my obvious choice, through this specialty I could devote my
career to addressing what had taken my family members and so many others. It
all was set in my mind till fourth year rotation, when I was introduced to the
cutting edge specialty of Interventional Pulmonology. Here I would have all the
resources of thePpulmonologist, but have the added resources of endoscopy and
a host of other tools to diagnose and treat conditions of the lungs and chest.
I could now do flexible bronchoscopies and save patients much discomfort and
waiting time. Through bronchoalveolar lavage I would diagnose infection,
cancer, bleeding, and other conditions far more effectively. Perhaps what
resonated most deeply was the ability to be able to conduct biopsies through use
of a needle or forceps and thus with minimal invasiveness detect cancer,
infection, sarcoidosis, and other conditions. In this vein, the capacity to readily
detect the spread of lung cancer into lymph nodes could easily prevent
unnecessary surgery or help determine the best choice for treatment.
When I considered all the ways I could assist patients, many going through
inordinate stress through diagnosis and treatment that provided little or no
discomfort, I knew that I had found the way to fulfill my career goals as well as
honor the memory of two beloved uncles and the countless thousands before
them.
Interventional Radiology Fellowship

Personal Statement
My choice of Interventional Radiology stemmed largely from the decision of
the American Board of Medical Specialties to elevate IR to a full medical
specialty. It was immediately clear that the insurance of quality care would be
strengthened markedly, thus resulting in improved patient outcomes. It also
guarantees that the Interventionist Radiologist will no longer lack a formal
mechanism for evaluating patient outcome, satisfaction, and feedback. They
will not only provide consultation with clinical colleagues, but also be far more
involved in patient care and the determination of treatment regimens. In
assuming a level of comparable importance with Surgery, Internal Medicine,
Cardiology and other specialties, this demonstrates a tacit recognition of the IR
physicians clinical expertise whether in imaging, technical or periprocedural
capacities. The difference between being subspecialty and primary certification
not only speaks to the way the practitioner is regarded, but, through board
certification, it assures the patient and others as to a practitioners qualifications.
In sum, I genuinely believe this will elevate the very meaning of the profession,
with respect to how it is incorporated in medicine, yet, at the same time
retaining the vital symbiotic tie between IR and DR.
Upon completion of fellowship training, my focus will be exclusively on
gaining further insight into the uses of IR as cornerstone of my professional
practice. Initially, much attention will be devoted to mastering the procedures
learned over the course of four years as a Radiology resident and insuring that I
am fully conversant with all that is needed as an Interventional Radiologist.
After a period of 5 years, where I am confident in my abilities to utilize all the

tools of IR, I will move to integrate Diagnostic Radiology practices at a level of
about 30%-35% of my time. Just as the basis of Interventional Radiology is
non-invasive alternatives to surgical treatment, accurate readings of
radiographic images could prevent unnecessary invasive procedures, a central
concern for the trained Radiologist. What is most exciting is that the potential of
Interventional Radiology is yet to be fully realized. It is a rapidly expanding
field, demanding a solid command of biotechnological knowledge to include
physics and the ability to learn and apply new knowledge rapidly. In many
ways, this transition is a time for medical pioneers. I seek to be one of them and
to dedicate myself in service of all that can be accomplished through the tools of
Interventional Radiology.
Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship

Statement
At the age of two, my favorite game was Mommy. Whether it was a stuffed
spotted puppy, a porcelain doll or the newest Barbie, I would immediately
cradle them and tend to feeding and other imaginary needs. As I grew into
adolescence, I would have my mother drive me across town to volunteer at a
local orphanage. In designing new variants on Twister and conducting
effervescent sing-a-longs, I had the sense that there could be nothing more
important. In first semester of medical training, I was certain, I would become a
pediatrician.
Peds rotation was everything I hoped for, especially in the nights spent in the
PICU. Then as one semester moved into the next, I found myself concerned
with the questions of genetics as determinants in the shaping of a human life
equally with the treatment and care of neonatals. I began to center my interests,
striving to become proficient at performing and interpreting ultrasound,
amniocentesis, CVS and other antenatal procedures. The questions of genetics
as it relates to preconceptional counseling, abnormal fetal ultrasounds,
abnormalities in the neonatal period, advanced maternal age, and other related
genetic conditions became the key questions I wished to explore in depth. I
knew that I wanted the training to be able to provide, appropriately and
accurately, consultations for complicated maternal and fetal conditions using
evidence-based medicine.
With respect to treatment, I found myself drawn to the care of high-risk patients
during the antepartum, delivery and postpartum periods as well as needing to
understand the implications and outcomes of obstetrical complications (preterm
birth, fetal growth restriction, fetal anomalies) on neonatal care. This all came
together when I realized what a specialization in maternal-fetal medicine had to
offer. There was the element of delivering care for those most fragile, while
scientifically grasping the underlying factors that led to abnormal births,
postpartum withdrawal, and an array of fetal genetic conditions that were often
precursors to fatal ailments. Thus, I could be the specialist that would allow
giving expression to an innate tenderness toward my patients while requiring the
acute judgment of a highly trained medical professional. The confluence of all
these factors overwhelmed like an inner tsunami, and suddenly the future was
clear beyond doubt, leading me here to your proverbial doorstep.
Microsurgery Fellowship Personal

Statement
Paramecium are members of the phylum Ciliophora. They share many common
characteristics with the rest of their phylum, but are also unique. For example,
their shape is quite different from that of many other Ciliophora. They are also
famous for their predator-prey relationship with Didinium. Paramecium are
known for their avoidance behavior. If an encounters a negative stimulus, it is
capable of rotating up to 360 degrees to find an escape route.
And so I began the presentation that would win the regional science fair and
enable me to bring home the 3rd place trophy to my school. The words
exceptional and gifted were often used to describe my abilities, but my
biology teacher knew the truth behind my scientific accomplishments. No one
loves using a microscope as much as you do. Indeed, the sheer act of beholding
something, anything, indiscernible to the naked eye, swim move dance across a
tinctured slide, made me feel as if I was looking into a universe of life known
only to the very few. As I moved toward medicine, I realized that I was most
attentive when the discussion turn to the surgical union of torn arteries or veins.
On one occasion, I was fortunate to attend a weekend long presentation on all
that was involved in the reconstruction of a hand crushed in a climbing accident
only to be followed by a fascinating discussion on the optimum protocols when
severed limbs and digits were rushed to the ER, to be reconnected by a skilled
surgical team.
Thus when introduced to reconstructive microsurgery, the surgical field where
specialized operating microscopes and precision instrumentation are utilized to
perform intricate operations on tiny structures, I instantly knew I was home.
In residency using magnification up to fifty times than that produced by the
naked eye and stitches finer than a hair, I held my breath watching skilled
surgeons repair transected blood vessels and nerves less than 1mm in diameter.
With constant advances in the reestablishment of continuity and blood flow to
small, severed nerves and vessels the potential to restore form and function to
individuals impaired by trauma, cancer and congenital differences, this field has
grown exponentially, in just the past decade alone. Revolutionary advances are
being made, and this is one revolution I wanted to join. With particular interest
in the emergence of hand and face transplantation, many patients are being
given a new lease on a restored life. With development in advanced computing
and robotics, the possibility to biologically engineer missing tissues and
structures makes a future in this field a limitless horizon.
Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship

Personal Statement
Everyone in the old neighborhood was a DC Comic fan, I was the lone reader of
Marvel. While I dutifully followed the adventures of Ant Man, Panther and
Blade, I never missed a story about Hyperion. As a member of the Squadron
Sinister who believed the 3rd planet from the Sun was responsible for the
destruction of his home world, his destructive vengeance knew no bounds and
his most feared power was his X-Ray vision. As he would peer through concrete
walls or into towering steel skyscrapers no one was safe. Moving into
adolescence with all my geekiness intact, I felt sure if given the chance I could
harness his amazing power for the good of all. When my little brother broke his
wrist playing peewee softball, I accompanied him, along with my mother, and
was struck dumb when I beheld the image of a clearly broken carpal bone.
Beyond a fascination with Radiology in general, a musculoskeletal residency
further redirected my course. The sheer fact that Orthopedists, Radiologists and
Neurologists worked collaboratively in this specialty gave it an exciting creative
dynamism. High resolution imaging of the joints in tandem with precise joint
and weight-bearing evaluations of the knees and ankles, assessment of the
peripheral nerves, and evaluation of bone and soft tumors were all within the
treatment purview of the specialty.
Having completed rotations in both Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, I
have an in depth understanding of every tool it affords, from CT scans to MRIs
to the use of MR Arthrography in the evaluation of ailments and injuries of the
shoulders, hips, knees ankles, elbows and wrists that defy other modes of
diagnosis. I look forward to a career working with patients as diverse as
secretaries with nagging carpal tunnel syndrome to major league athletes with
torn rotator cuffs. While Hyperion still seeks to punish the Earth and all its
dominions, I now have harnessed his secret weapon and will use it till the end of
my career for the benefit of fellow humans who inhabit this planet.
Neonatology Fellowship Personal

Statement
Over the course of a rotation and an internship in the Pediatric Intensive Care
Unit, I have come to see every acute and chronic condition impacting the
wellness, indeed, the life expectancy of hundreds of neonates and infants. In
light of what I have witnessed, and those for whom I have cared, I now seek a
Neonatology fellowship.
I have seen critically ill infants frequently with an unstable, life-threatening

condition, often involving severe heart and lung disease. There have been many
nights of checking neonates on respirators and managing medications and
treatments for children with brain trauma. While seeing such conditions in any
patient, in a frail, tiny infant it is much more affecting and motivating. Their
helplessness touches the heart as in no other medical specialty. In the eight
years of acquired expertise working with the infant or term or near-term
neonate, frequently a situation of support of physiological functions suddenly
erupts into a case of intense critical care management of life-threatening organ
system failure from causes both medical and surgical. These are the times you
realize whether you have the capacity to spend a life doing this work or whether
you do not.
In addition to clinical expertise and dedication to your patients, research in this

field is vital. I am currently studying post cardiac arrest in neonates, as I had
three infants who suffered from cardiopulmonary arrest in succession during the
first two weeks of life. This is the nature of investigation that I would seek to
continue with fellowship support.
With considerable experience in the NICU as resident team leader, then

additional time in the PICU in a like decision making capacity, I have seen what
this medical world view encompasses. As such, I make this professional
commitment to fellowship responsibilities fully aware of what I will be facing
every day and welcoming it.
Nephrology Fellowship Personal

Statement
It began with dialysis. Every day I would see hundreds endure this discomfiting
daily ritual--not a few on the brink of death. Yet over the course of months of
treatment, you could see the transformation in many -- energy restored,
personalities brimming with humor and hope. To observe this restoration of
health, was positively inspiring, and the way in which I first contemplated a
specialty in nephrology.
Nephrology offers so many intellectual and clinical challenges that to identify

the specific why I chose it as a career has taken some thought. There are the
complexities of fluid/electrolyte and acid/base disorders which I have addressed
on numerous occasions in my current position as a hospitalist. Thus, abilities to
establish a trusting patient rapport are always at the forefront and, at the same
time, you must use the range of your internal medicine skills for astute medical
management, There is also the immense professional satisfaction of working
with kidney transplant patients who deeply appreciate the fact that they have
been given a new lease on life.
Last winter, I admitted a young patient with altered mental status, presumably
from alcohol intoxication. A day after admission, the patient remained
obtunded. Fortunately, I was able to check his blood gas and osmolality again
which now was showing anion-gap metabolic acidosis and high osmolal gap.
His renal function also worsened considerably. Suspecting ethylene glycol
poisoning, the nephrologist and poison control were notified. The patient's
condition improved remarkably after administration of fomepizole and
hemodialysis. In the rapid determination of cause as well as insightful and deft
resolution, I walked away with a depth of conviction that this was my lifes
work.
The next clear step is fellowship training, to be able to work in a balanced way
clinically and through research, to become the skilled nephrologist I have
envisioned. In the years to come, I see myself excelling in private practice,
serving in both outpatient and inpatient settings and, going back to my
beginnings, managing several dialysis units, working with the lives to be saved.
Neurointerventional Radiology Fellowship

Personal Statement
At the age of 15, I had to have a cysts surgically removed. As soon as I hung up
the phone, I wailed so loud that everyone in our two story home could hear me.
Regardless of the reason, they were going to render me unconscious then incise
at will. Terrifying thoughts abounded. The procedure was comparatively
uneventful, but then came the recovery. While alone in my hospital bed, I
pressed the switch to adjust my headrest, but instead the middle section began to
arch and I could not stop it. What happened has now become a part of family
legend. The bed rose straight to the top and my stiches ripped open. While the
story has regularly produced a few comments around the dinner table, behind
my blushing embarrassment I vowed I would never undergo a surgical
procedure again. When I began medical school, I found myself wondering how
many out there felt just like me.
Neurointerventional radiology was a natural choice in specialty. This is the

doctor patients would see precisely because they wanted the least invasive
option for treatment. With far less risk, less pain and shorter recovery time for
the patient, it seemed the natural alternative to many surgeries. Moreover, the
treatment addressed major medical problems, ranging from brain aneurysms and
other abnormal blood vessels, cause of seizures, cardiovascular disease, benign
and malignant tumors and many more like conditions.
The tipping point came in observing the treatment of a patient with
Arteriovenous Malformation-AVM. The patient, a decorated veteran, had a
seizure and experienced changes in his vision. An angiogram revealed he had a
large AVM, a tangle of abnormal plumbing connecting his arteries and veins.
As such, his blood was coursing very quickly, starving his brain of oxygen and
creating an intense pressure against the brain, resulting in serial seizures in
response to this pressure. An embolization was promptly done to seal off most
of the connections between the AVM arteries and veins with the rest of the
AVM deftly removed. The patients eyesight returned to normal and his
seizures ceased. When I left the treatment room I knew I was now a convert.
Since then I have participated in many like procedures, and I always come away
convinced that this is no less than a medical marvel. To obtain Fellowship
training would give me the edge to excel in this breakthrough field, ensuring
that countless patients will have a choice other than an incising scalpel.
Neurology Fellowship Personal Statement

As my grandparents grew older, monthly visits became increasingly painful. I
helplessly watched my grandmother walk into the street in her nightdress
immediately forgetting where she was and what she was doing. While the
demons of Alzheimers were consuming her brain and the remainder of her life,
my grandfather sat in his ancient plaid recliner, shaking so badly that the swift
onset of Parkinsons felt like an emotional tsunami. While I hid my tears as best
as I could, I could not help but feel overwhelmed at such ignominious ends to
human lives. The memory never receded as memories should and so as I began
first year of medical school I knew that despite all the rotations and clerkships
that lie ahead, nothing could be more necessary and important as grappling with
the intricacies of the brain and neural system, and in my case, nothing could be
more worthwhile.
The problem was that I was viewing my choices of lifes work as if battling an
enemy. I did not believe I could sustain a career if believing that neurology was
simply the source of debilitating health problems. One night, however, while
working a night shift, a twenty six year old woman was admitted in light of the
first onset of multiple sclerosis. She was showing many of the early symptoms.
Her vision was blurred, she was grappling with a lack of coordination and a loss
of balance. As she trembled in her bed, it was clear that she was not reacting to
what was happening but the spectre of what was to come. Over the course of the
night, I made several visits to inform her about the disease and all she could do
to maintain optimal health and self-empowerment.
At the moment of discharge she turned toward me and said Im ready for
anything now. In that moment my approach to being a neurologist changed, I
saw what a positive force I could be in this field. In a commitment to enhancing
this aspect of my professional self, I know that this fellowship will advance
such a commitment in myriad ways.
Neurosurgery Fellowship Personal

Statement
One day in my Neurology rotation during IM residency, a patient came in with
acute stroke with neurological deficits. After giving him a thrombolytic therapy,
he recovered within a few hours and I was quite surprised by his sudden
recovery. He was, to say the least, very happy with his restored health and I,
also, felt great to see such a quick and total recovery. It was that feeling of awe
and satisfaction as I watched an amazing turnaround in a single day that
stimulated my interest in Neurology.
Neurology was always offering inroads of discovery, just the in use of EMG to
test several nerves, I was profoundly impressed by the way such a little machine
can diagnose the vast complexities of the nervous system. The common thread
was that unlike other specialties, neurology astounded, surprised, revealed
whether through treatment responses, or attendant technology, I felt I was
constantly on the cusp of something new.
One if my most respected mentors was a neurosurgeon, and I went to the OR to

observe his surgical expertise in the anatomical region which compelled. As the
hours moved on I found myself approaching closer and closer to be certain I
captured it all. The removal of the tumor was done with brilliant precision and,
there and then, I, too wanted to be in command of such extraordinary methods
of treatment. As I began to explore the field, I learned it was rich and diverse
with choices. vascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery, stereotactic
neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, and epilepsy surgery where but few of
the professional direction. In epilepsy surgery alone, just the severing part or all
of the corpus callosumt could lessen of even stop such seizure activity. In my
options as a Neurologist, I had no similar options with comparable
effectiveness.
As I envision a future of progressively advancing in specialty knowledge, I seek

a fellowship in Neurosurgery. . A comment by attending stays with me, It is
fitting that neurologists are at the forefront of treating brain related conditions,
because their work is so mentally challenging. Every day as I grapple with the
challenges of neurological conditions, I am gratified by the measure of not only
intellectual reward but each patients gratitude in the ability to resume the
course of a life.
Nuclear Radiology Fellowship Personal

Statement
While I had completed challenging rotations in Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn and
Hepatology, nothing quite prepared me for the impact and versatility of
Radiology. The use of ultrasonography illuminated the developing child that
made a mother go limp with joy, heart sonography told much about cardiac
functions and state, while CT scans somehow visualized the body in slices. The
first time I examined a high contrast X-Ray, it was if I had just realized why I
was studying medicine. The idea of having the ability to examine every crevasse
and aperture that makes us human, gave me a sense of empowerment, as if
every goal in medicine was achievable. At the end of residency, I had put in so
many extra hours working with any attending who had a spare moment that I
felt confident in my abilities and was frequently commended for astute
interpretations. Realizing that the Radiologist is essentially the point person for
all other specialists, anything save a hyper-attentiveness seemed only slightly
short of professional dereliction.
Having an acute sense of curiosity in tandem with an abject need to learn, my
introduction to the power of radiopharmaceuticals to diagnose and treat disease
became one of the most important moments in both my education and career to
date. . Soon I was using scintigraphy to probe visually into the body's organs
and for conditions such as hyperthyroidism, thyroid cancer, solid tumors or
painful bone metastases, I had found a mechanism of astonishingly incisive
perspective. I often smiled as I would determine the mode of administration. It
could be orally, by injection, dropped in an eye corner or even inserted into the
bladder. This reinforced a sense that a Radiologist could cross any threshold for
the benefit of a patient. As I moved into a deeper engagement with the
subspecialty, the diagnostic opportunities via bone marrow examination were
phenomenal as were the ramifications for advances in brain disease.
In the final analysis, the appeal of Nuclear Radiology is quite simple it gives
the physician new windows to accessing and, thus treating what had been
conceptually impossible. Through fellowship training I hope to work with top
experts in the field in this amazing new re-definition of what physicians can do.
Oncology Fellowship Personal Statement

Each day I pause to read these words by a noted Oncologist, Cancer is not a
death sentence, but rather it is a life sentence, as it pushes one to live. I hold
fast to this thought as it reminds me every day there are new possibilities for
treatment, and I intend to learn them all in service to my patients.
As an Oncology physician, patients and their families and other cherished loved
ones place a life in your hands, and you must be willing to be there when there
are uplifting breakthroughs and when there are devastating results. You must
listen, and you must genuinely care. As I have experienced, it is quite simply the
best field in medicine in establishing an unparalleled doctor-patient relationship.
Cancer survivors are increasing exponentially and most cancers are curable.
This is now possible because of breakthroughs in research and new drug
development. Indeed, over the course of just the last three years, the word
cancer has no longer the medical stigma of incurable, it is no longer a death
sentence, but to have the public embrace this message, much education is
needed.
My personal path to this realization began in medical school. Somewhere along
the way I realized that cancer was a universe. You can devote your entire life to
it without ever getting bored, for the biology of cancer is the biology of life.
Then came the human component, from my very first rotation, cancer patients
were the ones who touched my heart, There are so many nights I sit by a
bedside and listen to patients hopes and dreams and walk away making a silent
vow I will use all my abilities to make them come true.
Seeking a fellowship, I hope to build a strong foundation by obtaining excellent
clinical experiences and devoting efforts to exploring research questions to
advance this amazing field even further. With certainty borne of a passion for
my field, I am confident that my skills, knowledge and unwavering dedication
will prove an asset to your program.
Ophthalmology Fellowship Personal

Statement
We were walking down 33rd Street in New York City, surrounded by buildings
wrapped as giant Xmas presents, 10 feet toy soldiers and glimmering reflections
in every department store window. I kept tagging my mothers hand with
amazement and glee and with each tug, she looked down at me with affection.
The day could not have gone better, when we passed a doorway and there
crouched in a corner was a man in filthy, torn clothes huddling tightly in the
corner. What made me even sadder was the sight of him clutching a frail, soiled
yellow lab. Looking closer, I saw that the dog was wearing a bent and twisted
harness. Overwhelmed by what was before me, I suddenly realized, the man
sitting there was totally blind. The moment I made the connection instinctively I
pulled every penny of Xmas money out of my pockets and through tears placed
it between Mr. Stevens hands, My mother, who had been talking to a
policeman, returned and started to pull me with a stream of admonishments.
Then, instantly, she apprehended what had actually occurred and let me linger
in conversation only leaving to bring Mr. Stevens and Jack a couple of hotdogs.
I did not realize it then but that was the most moving and indelible moment of
my childhood. As the years went by, the gift of sight and its loss stayed with me
through high school and college biology projects and whenever I did charitable
work this was my cause. Thus the choice to specialize in ophthalmology during
clinical rotations, was so natural it felt I been on this road my entire life. As I
began formal study in the anatomy, function and diseases of the eye, knowing I
was preparing for challenges as diverse as the right contact lens prescription to
decisions whether to undertake delicate eye surgeries. The choice to
subspecialize in Pediatric Ophthalmology was a direct product of my
intolerance that any child should be so afflicted. As I studied the medical and
surgical management of strabismus, amblyopia, genetic and developmental
abnormalities and a wide range of inflammatory, traumatic and neoplastic
conditions occurring in the first two decades of life, there seemed a sense of the
completion of a cycle. While Mr. Stevens and Jack were both long gone then,
every day I entered the pediatric wards I imagined them both smiling at me.
Orthopaedic Fellowship Personal

Statement
The memory of my mother writhing from back pain, bedridden from profound
weakness in her lower limbs still stays with me. That unforgettable time, three
years past is a stark reminder of the seriousness of such a condition, with the
only comfort being the day we found an Orthopaedic spine surgeon who
diagnosed her as suffering from spinal stenosis and decided to do
decompression surgery. After the procedure, almost miraculously, her life
returned to its normal.
While this was the first step on the path to a career in Orthopaedics, the idea
repeatedly resurrected. In mastering an understanding of the biomechanics of
the bones, and the action response/ counteraction between joints and muscles,
I gained a depth of knowledge about human anatomy and physiology that far
exceeded what was learned in coursework. As a further incentive, I soon was to
discover thereafter that Orthopaedic doctors are in constant demand on the
medical floor.
In the career of every doctor, there are memorable patient encounters. For some
time, I followed an osteosarcoma patient. She was 19 years old when she was
diagnosed with cancer. She seemed resigned to a life not knowing if the next
day would result in a re-evaluated terminal prognosis. Suddenly, she was
referred to a well-trained surgeon from a Canadian program who did an excision
of the whole bone and replaced it with a long prosthesis. This innovative
procedure changed her entire life as well as inspiring as to how I should always
conduct myself in the operating room and meticulously attend to patient
histories.
There are qualities I will bring to such fellowship placement. As the oldest in
my family I have been oriented to leadership since a child, the culmination
being when as chief intern I acquired insight into personal psychology and team
building. If a physician is comprehensively informed , scholarly in research,
cares about the surrounding society and wishes to share that knowledge with
future generations of doctors, then the potential is there for not only personal
success but to be of great service to others, which is my definition of practicing
medicine.
Pain Fellowship Personal Statement

Growing up, whenever I would visit my grandmother, I was keenly aware of her
pasty complexion, her inability to eat normal foods and the way she always
walked, slowly and clearly hunched over. Years later, I realized she epitomized
the life of an individual that was defined by chronic and relentless pain. With
limited resources, she could not afford to see a specialist, and back in the 60s
there really wasnt much that they could do. Years later, I developed an
abdominal inflammation. After seeing an internist and a gastroenterologist there
was still no respite and I thought, if I had to live this way, it would not be worth
it.
I didnt realize it then but I had made a professional decision, that final year in
medical school. To live in agony is not to live at all, what better course in
medicine could I choose as a meaningful career. Algiatry is somewhat akin to
alchemy. Both rely on combinatory approaches to realize intended medical
aims. In alchemy the true apothecary comes up with ointments and poultices to
heal a suffering patient,
The typical modern pain management team includes medical practitioners,
pharmacists, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists, therapists, physician
assistants, nurse practitioners, and other specialists. At times mental health
specialists are needed in pursuit of the deeply embedded trauma or pathology,
efforts to find that one analgesic or anxiolytics that will bring the patient a
measure of relieved calm. The tools employed may include interventional
procedures, from vastly different specialties to include physical therapy and
psychological measures such as biofeedback and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Working with a number of patients, I see that this team collaboration approach
ideally complements the way I can best serve as a physician, as inherently I
firmly believe when medical minds work together, the chance for success is
infinitely more promising. Now when I remember my grandmother, I envision
walking her to the surety of help from a host of gifted doctors and then I reflect
on all the grandmothers and grandfathers who will know relief after living with
a thousand pain-defined moments and affirm yet again that I made the right
decision, the next step now is taking the steps to learn more.
Pathology Fellowship Personal Statement

The first microscope I had, was given to me at the age of eight. The strongest
memory of it was my disappointment as I was expecting a grand and elaborate
instrument, much like those used in real laboratories. Yet as soon I unwrapped it
I began looking for specimens to examine. Soon, I was watching the graceful
movements of amoebas and paramecium. Within a month petri dishes were in a
row on my dresser, each and all teeming with life. Although I replaced that
faithful instrument with a far more complex instrument in my late teen years,
from that time on a microscope was always close at hand.
The moment I hit medical school I knew I would be a pathologist as the idea of
specializing in the diagnosis and management of human disease by laboratory
methods profoundly compelled. Knowing that pathologists functioned in three
broad areas: as diagnosticians, as teachers, and as investigators, the fit seemed
perfect from the start. The analytical challenge to integrate clinical information
with physiological, biochemical and molecular laboratory studies, together with
observations of tissue alterations, essentially created a world that would help
many, while also being somewhat hermetic and private, befitting my quiet
persona. To function as a consultant physicians, developing and applying
knowledge of tissue and laboratory analyses to assist in the diagnosis and
treatment of individual patients spanned so many of my professional interests.
In the role of teacher I would impart this wealth of knowledge of disease to
medical colleagues, students, and trainees at all levels. Using the tools of
laboratory science in clinical studies, disease models, and other experimental
systems, to advance the understanding and treatment of disease was the way in
which I wanted to serve medicine and how I felt most capable of as a scientist.
In the final analysis, I choose pathology for its almost indescribable special
appeal for those of us who enjoy solving disease-related problems, using
technologies based upon fundamental sciences ranging from biophysics to
molecular genetics, as well as tools from the more traditional disciplines of
anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, physiology and microbiology. As I
intuited when I was only a child, there could be no more fulfilling career path.
Pediatric Fellowship Personal Statement

There is something magical in the act of gently bending slightly and extending
your arms to swoop up and rock a child. During medical course work, I realized
that such moments of joy could be part of my daily routine in my medical
practice. Knowing the difficulties medicine often brings, I wanted to infuse my
work with the exuberance that came only in working with children.
Having a special bond with your patients and their families and watching them
grow from energetic toddler to rambunctious adolescent to mature teenager
considering college, you see the passage of life before your eyes, knowing you
are playing an important role in theirs. Beyond the long-term relationships and
the intriguing challenges, it is the field of medicine that brings out the best in
me, completely engaged with what I do. Whether dealing with a bad case of
influenza, German measles or even hookworm disease, I would have the
confidence to arrive at the exact diagnosis and treatment plan, because I had
given my all to learn and because I so valued my patients trust.
A doctor is often defined by the cases that will always linger. A 5year old boy
was brought to the emergency department, his mother said he had received a
puncture wound 3 days prior, but didn't seek medical attention. Our team
cleaned the wound and wanted to administer tetanus toxoid to the patient,
however, his mother refused to consent to the procedure. Her argument was that
previous vaccines were at the cause of the childs delayed speech. We did all we
could to persuade her, but she insisted on taking him home. A few days later, he
was brought into the ER with muscle spasms that could not be controlled.
Despite all the care, he later died as a result of excessive muscle damage. That
day I fully understood the magnitude of the meaning of the loss of one of my
patients and became twice as resolved to do my best to ensure that happened as
infrequently as humanly possible.
With a firm purpose learn all so that no child will unnecessarily suffer or worse,
I apply to your fellowship program. If accepted, I would acquire the tools and
skills to realize every facet of the career I have sought, virtually, my entire life.
Physiotherapy Fellowship Personal

Statement
Although they said I was too frail for track and field, I had strategized how I would, make the
high school team. Right before the start of the hundred year dash, I would take a long puff
from my asthma inhaler and just take off running with all of my might. As I bent over at the
finish line, savoring my new won victory, I would sneak in a second inhalation then stand to
wave at the cheering crowd.
Determined, I somehow managed to be allowed to represent the school in this exciting short
distance event. In my first race, I burst out of my crouched stance, having followed the
routine I had so diligently practiced. But when I got half way down the track, the finish line
began to look blurry. The next thing I remember is waking up in the recovery tent and
learning that I had reached the end of my high school athletic career.
My response was a pervasive sense of failure and dejection, feeling my life would be defined
by what I was not. To my surprise the coach visited me and with my parents present, told me
about what could be accomplished with the help of a physiotherapist. No, I would never
make the team, but I could live a far healthier life not focused on limitations.
When I saw the physiotherapist, the first thing he told me was that as he would lead me in
therapeutic exercise and deep breathing work, was that I would soon be taking brisk walks
the length of the park and that with effort there would soon be little or no need for
medication. While this was invaluable, what was most life-changing was the new
understanding of myself that I had reached. It was a determination born of seeing paraplegic
veterans doing pull ups, and geriatric men and women curling fingers and toes for hours to
conquer the advent of crippling arthritis. When I saw an eight year old fighting the pain of a
severely strained ligament to insure he would walk normally again, I felt more than inspired,
I felt ashamed over my inundation of self pity.
Everything my therapist promised as being possible actually happened, but something else
happened as well. Looking beyond myself, I saw a vast amount of methods being used to
improve breathing, mobility and strengthening muscles ranging from joint manipulation and
mobilization to reduce pain and stiffness to muscle re-education to improve airway clearance
for breathing exercises and soft tissue mobilization (massage). Then there was also
acupuncture and hydrotherapy offered as well as assistance with use of aids, splints, crutches,
walking sticks and wheelchairs.
With residency training, I worked to learn all the tools and options physiotherapy offered,
realizing the myriad ways I would impact so many lives. When I now look back on that high
school race now, the story has a different ending. In introducing me to a career I am
passionate about, there is no question that I won.
Plastic Surgery Fellowship Personal

Statement
It was half way through residency and I was called in with the entire surgical team to
discuss a special case. Flying in from Guatemala, his name was Miguel and he had
just turned five, at first he sounded like a typical child. Then the lights dimmed and
the images were projected. What I saw dissembled all pretense at professionalism and
left me near tears. Where there should have been a nose and a mouth there was a
twisted flesh protrusion and a thin slit, his right ear adhered to his skull and the left
simply wasnt there. As the lights came up we were told that our work would likely
mean not only restorative work but the probable continuation of a human life. The
surgery lasted 19 hours and I have never seen such committed professionalism, I had
never been prouder to call myself a doctor. Over the ensuing weeks, while clearly
many more surgeries were needed, I came to know a little boy who could breathe far
more normally and no longer felt the need to wear hats all the time or constantly hide
his face.
This is the miracle of plastic surgery. In the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of
physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system,
cranio and maxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external
genitalia, it regularly transforms lives. Balancing aesthetic surgical principles with
reconstructive techniques, it is the medical specialty that not only improves
undesirable qualities of normal structures but accomplishes no less than the amazing
through complex reconstructive procedure.
Over the course of that residency I realized that being a plastic surgeon necessitates a
special combination of basic knowledge, surgical judgment, technical expertise,
ethics, and interpersonal skills in order to achieve satisfactory patient relationships and
problem resolution. Moreover, it has been prominent in the development of innovative
techniques such as microvascular and cranio-maxillofacial surgery, liposuction, and
tissue transfer. The foundation of surgical anatomy, physiology, pathology, and other
basic sciences is fundamental to this specialty.
Over the course of training I learned much. Special knowledge and skill in the design
and transfer of flaps, in the transplantation of tissues, and in the replantation of
structures are vital to these ends, as is skill in excisional surgery, the management of
complex wounds, and in the use of alloplastic materials. Most of all, even if you
master every one of these skills, high moral and ethical character is absolute to be a
member of a profession with such potential impact. These all comprise the reason this
is, beyond any measure of reservation, my professional choice.
Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship

Personal Statement
In senior year in high school, I was suddenly transferred from the department
where I had volunteered since I was a Candy Striper. From Geriatric Care, I
suddenly found myself in the maelstrom of Critical Care. Having been used to a
pace where I would move from bed to bed of a kindly octogenarian dealing with
cardiac complications to a grandmother with COPD, I realized that I had
defined all of medicine through this comfortable flow. Then I abruptly learned
that a bullet would require split second responses and that the cardiac arrest case
in the next bed over was equally urgent. At first it was overwhelming and I
stood back in a state of helpless immobility, but soon came a raft of demands
from the attending and nursing staff and I realized I was now an intrinsic actor
in the process of saving lives in Critical Care..
Years later and with the completion of medical training imminent, and several
positive rotations in ICU, I realized intensive care and the desperate struggle for
breath that defines pulmonary care fit the pace and form of how I wished to
practice. A conviction I had held since day 1 of medical school was that nothing
surpassed the need for breath. As I observed respiratory patients struggling for
air, it evoked a level of compassion unlike I had ever known. It brought me back
to the final visit to my uncle in the last stages of lung cancer. As he struggled to
maintain his composure in the face of a worried 8 year old, all I wanted to do
was help.
Pulmonary medicine also requires a sound understanding of physiology.

Pulmonologists are likely to perform and interpret pulmonary function tests,
cardiopulmonary exercise tests and sleep studies as part of practice. Outpatient
procedures, including diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, can make up a
significant portion of some pulmonary practices. Thus between complexity and
intensity of work life to be a Pulmonary/Critical Care fellow would open the
door to the practice of medicine that would best complement my interests and
aptitudes, confirming every day that I was making a difference in my work.
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Fellowship Personal Statement
Our new neighbors were a wonderful couple, adding much to the neighborhood from
the day they moved in. John was a successful lawyer and a youth counselor and any
free moment he had he was doing something to improve the life of a troubled
teenager. Maryann, a university professor, was at her husbands side in his dedicated
volunteer commitments. As busy as they were, every time wed stop by we were
warmly welcomed and, honestly, everyone felt that way. They had a breathtaking
home, two gorgeous Pomeranian pups, the only thing that was strangely missing were
children.
One day my mother and I popped by and Maryann was nowhere to be found, until we
entered the kitchen and saw her sitting at the dining room table, sobbing. In a gush of
words she poured out the tale of three failed embryo transplants and the desperate
feeling of time running out. In that moment, I realized that despite all their blessings
they felt life was largely hollow and I first appreciated what having a child meant to so
many.
Years later when I was a board certified Ob/Gyn, I knew I had to go further into the
realm of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. As the branch of medicine that
identifies and treats infertility in both men and women, I soon learned than 15% of all
couples were facing like fertility problems. As an Ob/Gyn, I simply did not have the
command of knowledge to offer the full range of possible solutions to those couples
who sat in my office in plaintive desperation.
When I began residency training I was learning about overlapping issues of fibroids,
endometriosis, and general congenital anomalies in far greater depth. The problem
might be the residue of ovarian cysts, a need for hormone replacement therapy or even
hirsutism. One of the reasons I had come to love such specialization was the plethora
of possibilities. With each failed test there seemed always somewhere else to look and
I saw my work as a variant of hope springs eternal only here, many times, those
hopes were fulfilled.
Through fellowship training I hope to now enter the frontier of genetics as a way to
optimize a couple's chance of having a healthy baby. In that some forms of infertility,
particularly male infertility, have a genetic basis, this means not only is a couples life
affected, infertility conquered, may be passed to their offspring, In light of the many
transgenerational levels of impact and all that can be done in this field, I feel
profoundly affirmed that is the career I have long been seeking.
Rheumatology Fellowship Personal

Statement
Rheumatological diseases are largely multisystem inflammatory autoimmune
conditions. In the nature of their manifestation and chronic expression, the
patients quality of the life is significantly affected. As such, in-depth
understanding of its pathophysiology and molecular biology is necessary to
understand patterns of presentation and diagnosis of the condition. Proper
diagnosis is critical as it will significantly improve the quality and the future of
a patients life. Thus, to be a Rheumatologist means not only having a genuine
affinity for helping patients in treatment and the management of chronic, often
acute, illness, but also gaining satisfaction from wrestling with the many
questions that remain unanswered despite recent breakthroughs.
One patient of recent memory markedly affirmed my choice of specialty. A 40
year old female had been admitted with altered mental status, acute renal failure
and significant abdominal pain and multiple purpura. Initial differential
diagnosis was possible menicococcal meningitis and the patient was started on
broad spectrum antibiotics after the lumber puncture. As the lumber puncture
results were not suggestive of meningitis, we reconsidered the diagnosis. When
we reconnected the dots, we made the diagnosis of catastrophic
antiphospholipid syndrome. The patient was subsequently transferred to the
facility in order to have plasmaparasis. In that this condition carries a high
mortality rate, the result of the correct line of thinking and prompt reaction led
to the probable prevention of patient mortality. There are few experiences a
doctor could have that could be so deeply gratifying.
The receipt of this fellowship will strongly facilitate a far better understanding
of the biological, molecular, pathophysiology of Rheumatological disorder
in-depth, as well as exposure to new targeted therapeutics and improved skills
in hands on Rheumatological procedure. At the same time, I would seek explore
research interests and strengthen myself as an academic teacher. In the years to
come, I hope to establish a center for Rheumatology care, as it is vitally needed

in my homeland.
Sleep Medicine Fellowship Personal

Statement
Perhaps because it was an escape for all the chaos that defined my household,
perhaps it was that when I folded back the covers and crawled between them,
the pain of the world of childhood ebbed away, perhaps it is because it has
always been a lifelong restorative, I have always revered sleep. In college, when
exams required sequential all-nighters finally collapsing in bed was the
confirmation my work was done and had been done well. It wasnt till second
year of med school that I realized that I had been fascinated by the sleep process
virtually all of my life. Indeed, when on rotation with fellow students, the lack
of quality rest clearly impacted their professionalism as well as emotional and
physical well-being.
In the wake of an internship in the field of sleep medicine. The deeper meanings
of sleep, sleep disorders, and sleep-related conditions were so complex in its full
understanding, it required expertise in neurology, pulmonology, internal
medicine, and psychiatry. In my time at the sleep laboratory center I worked
with patients suffering from a chronic lack of sleep, many in the grips of
epilepsy, asthma, heart disease and depression.
Then theres the sheer largesse of the problem, as sleep disorders affect
approximately 40 million people in the United States alone Many of these
sleeping problems often go undiagnosed and untreated and can occur in people
of all ages, including children, teenagers, young adults, middle-aged adults, and
seniors. Beyond disease, there are many parasomnias, which impair life quality.
Whether it be bedwetting, nightmares, periodic limb movement disorder/restless
legs syndrome, REM behavior disorder or teeth grinding, one of the strengths of
the field is taking every manifestation with equal seriousness as all are parts of
an immense puzzle, Sleep is a vital component of a long and healthy life and my
commitment is to make certain a fundamental requisite for every man, woman

and child is better understood and safeguarded through my vigilance.
Spine Surgery Fellowship Personal

Statement
By the time I was reaching my late 30s, I could see clearly the degree of change.
Through a childs eye, my dad was another John Wayne. Strong and seemingly
invincible, every neighbor seemed to want to be enveloped by his protective
kindness. He was the proverbial roaring lion who would weep at the sight of a
wounded fly. As he moved into his 60s I noticed a gradual diminishment in his
volunteer spirit, becoming far quitter as he would sit for hours a time in the
leather recliner. At the same time there was a change in his stature and he
appeared much frailer and smaller. Being in my second year of med school, I
finally confronted him saying, Papa, what is it? Wordlessly, he touched the
small of his back.
Having suffered from COPD for years, the doctor recommended against
surgery. but despite a regimen of anti-inflammatory medications, heat, gentle
massage and physical therapy, the pain progressed till his final days.
Knowing what I know now about what spine surgery can do, I might have
offered different council, believing he had serious disk problems, and there is
ample research that herniated disks respond well to a surgical approach. Spinal
surgery has known an array of successes in treating the bone spurs of
osteoarthritis or in relieving nerve pressure through laminectomy. The discovery
that spinal fusion, in permanently connecting two or more bones in your spine,
can undo much of the damage of a spinal fracture, yet again, opens new options
to enhance quality of life and mobility.
Remembering that first college biology class, I watched the instructor trace the
curvatures of the spine. There was the short yet graceful c-spaced curves of
the neck, moving on to the lumbar region, then there was an elegant progression
of kyphosis as we examined the reverse c-shaped curve of the chest. When
contemplated the intricate relationship of these independent spinal sections in
context with what they are capable of became an irresistible pull. That was
almost a decade ago, and the strength of my interest hasnt ebbed.
Sports Medicine Fellowship Personal

Statement
His name was Len Dawson and it was a week before Christmas. The Kansas
City Chiefs were pulling out a squeaker in the midst of a wicked blizzard. As
Dad and I passed the Jiffy Pop pan from side to side, stuffing our faces with
popcorn, I may have been only 10, but I felt that life couldnt get any better. So
many Americans curl up in front of the TV to watch a football, basketball, or
baseball spectacular, few realizing the importance of the routine in which they
are participating. Sports bring families together in celebration of athletic events
often far away. Every four years the nations of the world are politically
redefined as the Olympic torch illumes the host countrys night sky.
I felt all this before I knew of sports medicine, but an internship proved
informative and, in many ways, decisive. There were little league players whod
sprained an ankle or torn a rotator cuff alongside semi-pro tennis players with
heel spurs and an important match on the horizon. What was most effecting was
the fact that every patient received not only treatment, but in depth guidance as
to how to be involved athletically in the healthiest possible way. Moreover, you
didnt need to be a pro or semipro contender to gain the attention and expertise
of these highly trained professionals. As I was to learn, sports medicine
professionals treat people who participate in sports just for fun or want to get
better results from their exercise program, those who suffered injuries and want
to regain full function and others who have disabilities and want to increase
their mobility and capabilities. The idea that I would be working with athletic
trainers, doctors of osteopathy, exercise physiologists, kinesiotherapists, and
nutritionists made me feel I was entering a realm of medicine few doctors see
and I enjoyed the very idea of being so professionally privileged. To work in
sports, medicine would mean I would go well beyond traditional diversity
boundaries in the patients I treated. Not only would I treat every age, race and
gender, the amateur vs. the professional distinction would dissolve as I stepped
into the treatment room. Moreover, every day I would remember this all
stemmed from my Dad and Len Dawson, therein beginning my work with a
smile.
Transplant Fellowship Personal Statement

The year my mother was born, 1954, was the same year Dr. Peter Medawar met
the identical twins, Richard and Ronald Herrick, They were identical in all
ways, but Richard was dying of kidney disease. Under the auspices of
Medawars keen medical knowledge and acumen, Ronald donated one of his
kidneys, and it was successfully transplanted into Richard who lived decades
beyond. Less than twenty years later, a South African grocer received a living
heart through the genius of Dr. Christiaan Barnard. As I sat in my anatomy class
and listened to precisely how the procedure was done, I remember my mouth
being agape at a medical wonder that had taken place 40 years in the past.
While transplantation has been infused throughout mythology by the Greeks
and even older civilizations, the countless problems posed by complex organs
made it practically unfathomable in modern medicine. Indeed, by the 1950s,
most experts had decided the pursuit to be futile, which is one of many reasons,
these accomplishments remain Nobel-winning scientific marvels. As this began
crystalizing in a career path, I received word that my uncle who had been
devastated by cirrhosis for years, would not survive without a transplant.
Eighteen months later I was standing in the operating theatre observing what I
had studied for years, first hand. What most impressed me was the seeming
seamlessness of the procedure and with advancements in immunosuppressants,
he had his life span extended by a probable twenty additional years. My sole
thought was, what it would mean to have the privilege of giving such a gift to
others?
With this I turn to you, perhaps, one of busiest clinical transplant centers in the
country. Your active intraabdominal programs in liver, kidney, pancreas and
islet cell transplantation are known for providing exceptional comprehensive
care for the transplant recipient.
As I was once told, by a field pioneer, the best way to judge the success of a
transplant program is by its outcomes. With an extraordinary history of
outstanding outcomes for both organ and patient survival, this is the ideal
location for the superlative fellowship training I seek.
Trauma Surgery Fellowship Personal

Statement
Serving in the ER during rotations, I was absorbed by the intense activity that
surrounded. In time, I came to focus on a dyad unique to this incredibly
demanding, high adrenalin environment: the ER doctors and the trauma
surgeon. The ER doctor was always the first to reach the patient. In sequence,
the trauma surgeon would be called in only after an emergency room doctor
determined the necessity of emergency surgery to save the life of a patient or
prevent the onset of disability. Once brought in as if calling slapping in a
teammate the surgeon is then responsible for all surgical procedures that are
necessary on an immediate basis, as well as for follow-up surgery and directing
the patient's follow-up care. Having a strong inclination towards surgery yet
loving the energy and professional challenge of the ER, instinctively the role of
the trauma surgeon spoke to me
Treating acute physical injuries on an emergency basis, requires a depth of
knowledge that I believe transcends traditional surgery practices. You had to be
able to make the call on the spot without hesitation or without any scope for
inaccuracy. With a five-year residency in orthopedic surgery, followed by
two-year acute care surgery residency, I believe I have realized the level of
professionalism to enable me to consistently enter the ER and make that critical
call.
One April night the call came, and listening to the whispered comments in the
corridor I knew it was going to be bad. When I separated the curtains, there lay
a young girl about 18 years old who had been impaled when her car sped out of
control, virtually every vital organ had been damaged or crushed. As I scrubbed,
I realized fully this was the test of my career. Nineteen hours later, I removed
my mask and stepped into the waiting room where a terrified family huddled.
As soon as the words passed, Shes going to be ok, I was swept up in the
embrace and tears of loved ones who had been convinced they had lost their
daughter. These are the moments that affirm every sacrifice was a small price to
understand what life means each and every day. This fellowship means
unlocking the knowledge to enable ongoing growth and aware of my role, I
must be prepared to meet every contingency possible.
Urogynecology Fellowship Personal

Statement
As a very impressionable teenager, I did not know how to react when I walked
into our kitchen on a memorable January afternoon. There warming themselves
with two cups of cocoa was my mother and favorite aunt exchanging stories of
episodes of dislodged IUDs which apparently wasnt uncommon in the late
60s. The residue of that exchange stayed with me for years and when it was
time to consider a form of birth control myself, Intrauterine Devices were not a
candidate. As the years went by I found myself devoting volunteer hours
counseling women seeking best birth control methods or pondering an abortion.
The reality that those of my gender had an onerous responsibility associated
with a pleasurable act, seemed a disproportionate burden and so I gravitated
strongly to Ob/Gyn studies by my second full year in med school. That became
a fairly set idea until I saw a skilled Urogynecologist deftly remove a faulty
transvaginal mesh implant. When I engaged the physician after the procedure, I
took my first steps on advanced knowledge in the treatment of pelvic floor
dysfunction in women.
The realization of the high level of specialized knowledge needed to practice
Urogynecology in tandem with the fact that it is a fairly new and a fast-growing
subspecialty, was immediately intriguing. Upon learning that in the last decade
alone the rates of pelvic floor disorders had been vastly increasing, created a
sense of need for my services as a physician that I didnt feel in the practice of
Ob/Gyn. To illustrate, in 1996, there was one board-accredited fellowship
program for advanced training, however, by June 2010, according to the
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the number of accredited
fellowship programs offered by leading academic institutions had grown to 37.
In the months to come after that fateful conversation with the specialist, I
virtually inhaled new knowledge learning about disorders such as stress urinary
incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. I realized that part of my practice would
have to be comprised of patient education, but as I define the practice of
medicine this is what I am supposed to do. As such, I turn to your program as
effective education and intervention depends on the quality of state-of-the-art
knowledge your program provides.
Vascular Medicine Fellowship Personal

Statement
My father reared back and for one of the rare times in my life, he did not know
what to say. My birthday was coming, and this year, like every year, we sat
down to discuss what present would send me over the moon with abject delight.
I knew that to ask for that dachshund puppy again would be a forlorn cause, but
when I deferred to my next choice a very close second -- I could read his mute
astonishment. If I had any say, no Barbies were in my future, no Easy-Bake
Ovens would do. I wanted a clear plastic anatomically perfect model of a human
being to call my own. I wanted to look at the placement of each organ, to gain
an understanding of anatomical symmetry and proportion and, most of all, I
wanted to trace every vein and artery that made up the 62,000 mile wonder that
is the cardiovascular system.
In med school I determined to explore every nook and cranny of the specialties
that interested. Oncology evoked a deep compassion, radiology impressed with
the capability of cutting-edge technologies, and family medicine caused me to
envision a practice in the midst of suburban Americana, but nothing impressed
me more than the intricate meandering of the human cardiovascular system. In a
single life the heart beats around 3 billion times even as 8 million blood cells die
in the human body every second, and as massive as the system is, it takes only
20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body. I read these facts, time
and again, and always with the same sense of awe.
In residency, I first began to appreciate the component dimensions in the
evaluation and treatment of all forms of arterial, venous, and lymphatic
disorders, in conjunction with cardiovascular risk factor management,
thrombotic disorders and hypercoagulable states and wound care. When I think
back to that birthday that I spent hours in rapt fascination with my very own
Visible Man, I had no idea of the seeds that had been sown. As I look to
fellowship training, the feeling is somewhat familiar to the amazement of that
small child. I still seek a life time of wonder, and, in conjunction with a sense of
professional dedication and patient concern, this feeling comprises all I seek in
career in medicine.

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