Super nervous about my first day as a doctor tomorrow, especially since I'll be working with really sick patients in the SICU. Send prayer and positive vibes for tomorrow please~

Crazy to think that I'm already half way done with anesthesia residency! Cheers to more growth, progress, and learning this upcoming academic year. CA-2 year here we come!

Finally got to meet the amazing @reece_nguyen in-person today at Columbia anesthesia’s grand rounds! His talk was phenomenal and I was glad that so many people in our department had the chance to learn about this very important topic! 😃

From putting in epidurals in laboring patients to being a part of the organ transplantation process to helping patients get through difficult times- I gotta say, anesthesia was definitely the right choice for me!

When a patient is extremely grateful to you for placing their epidural and giving them comfort during their pregnancy 😭 Gotta love anesthesia! – at Manhattan, NY

Probably going to say this to myself throughout my career, but it's so cool being someone's anesthesiologist! Truly an amazing field!!

When the pediatric pre-op nurse tells you that you'd be a great match for pediatric anesthesia after seeing my interactions with patients and families. Made my day!! 😭

Had a much needed retreat weekend with my fellow CA-1’s in CT! Grateful to be part of such an amazing, talented, accomplished, and intelligent class!

Intubated my first pediatric patients (DL and video laryngoscopy), did my first pediatric IV’s and did my first fiberoptic intubation within the past week! Excited for more growth to come! Peds anesthesia is truly my calling 😭😭 – at New York, NY

Excited, but nervous about tomorrow! Will be intubating my first pediatric patient. Best of luck to my fellow CA-1’s! – at New York, NY

My colleagues and I are officially done with intern year 😭🙌🏾

Last day of intern year tomorrow! What a journey it has been so far. Excited for the next set of anesthesia interns to take my place 😂 In all seriousness though, best of luck to the incoming interns. Take care of yourselves and prioritize ALL aspects of your health!

T minus 9 days until the end of intern year! Also found out who my 1:1 attendings will be next month! Can't wait to be in the pediatric OR's in July doing what I love 😭

About 10 more weeks until I’m done with intern year! Crazy how fast time flies. Super excited to be in the pediatric OR’s this upcoming July! Can’t wait to be doing anesthesia things 💉🩸 – at New York, NY

Extremely proud of my mentees who matched today! Super excited for y’all and congrats especially to the Howard University College of Medicine class of 2023! @HUCM2023 – at New York, NY

As an aspiring pediatric anesthesiologist, I'm super grateful that Columbia anesthesia has us do rotations in general pediatrics as well as pediatric cardiology during our intern year. It helps confirm my interest in the field and you get really cute patients as a bonus 😭😭

Officially done with SICU as the intern 🙌🏾 It was a bit of a rough start and there was definitely a steep learning curve when I first rotated through there in July, but I’ve grown and learned a lot since then! Grateful to the SICU staff for being so welcoming and patient with us – at New York, NY

As always, proud of my HBCU!!!! So deserving. Can't wait to see what y'all bring to the world of ophthalmology 🙌🏾

Had such a fun time baking cookies with my lovely co-class reps. We'll be distributing these to our fellow anesthesia co-interns tomorrow as a token of gratitude for everyone's hard work and to celebrate finishing half of intern year!

Finally started my first anesthesia block of intern year! It feels great introducing myself as “Brian from anesthesia” as opposed to “Brian from the cardiology” or “Brian from oncology” 😂 – at Manhattan, NY