(light music)
- My first C-section
that I went to was when
it really hit me, that I was a doctor
just examining those new babies,
you know, and greeting those new moms.
You know, you really
realize that, you know,
someone's most precious
little gift is in your hands.
(sirens wailing)
- This morning, I was doing a delivery
and then before I could
even drink something,
I went into a C-section and
then before I could have
something to eat, I was here
in clinic, seeing patients.
And really every day is different.
- The purpose of residency
is to have the student
go through individualized training
where they can become an expert in
their particular field of choice.
- What really determines
how successful you are
in medical school is
whether or not you match
into a residency program.
So SGU graduates have
been extremely successful
in the match, this is obviously
a very critical outcome.
Over the years, our numbers
have been exceedingly high,
over 90% for both US, as
well as Canadian residents.
- SGU did a good job of preparing us
for the matching process.
We had a lot of guidance counselors
and a lot of seminars, and it worked.
- My match day, two of
my best friends from SGU,
we all gathered together and we just sat
and we waited together and we
opened the emails together.
- I was sitting on Skype with my family
and opened up the email.
And I think I was just
in shock for at least
the first 30 minutes.
- I was just trying to pass the time
until the email came out.
And then I opened it and it was like,
just like that.
It was like, hi, you've matched.
And like, that was it.
You're in.
- I was president of
New York Presbyterian
Brooklyn Methodist hospital.
There, a lot of our residency programs
were actually populated
by a significant number
of SGU graduates and I
was incredibly impressed,
not only with the fund
of knowledge they had,
but the dedication they
had to their patients.
- We had a patient with
bleeding esophageal varices
who came into the ED.
It was my third day as a resident.
And I was up, I remember
that overwhelming sense
that all of a sudden, this
was really my responsibility.
You have a lot to prove to
both yourself and the patient.
- One of the things that
I think it's important
for all students who are
applying to SGU to understand
is there are no limits in
terms of what you can do.
We have graduates who
run critical care units
at top notch universities,
who are CT surgeons,
who are orthopedic surgeons,
who are neurosurgeons.
So really it's a question
of what do you want to do?
Nothing stops you from achieving.
- SGU is the best investment
I've made in my entire life.
Absolutely.
It actually got me further
than I thought I could get.
And I'm very confident that I
wouldn't be where I am today
if I had gone to any school
other than St. George's.
- I now this is a privilege,
a path that not everyone gets to walk.
And SGU is really the stepping stone
that enabled me to be here.
So right now, as I'm a surgical resident
and heading into radiology,
I will have to say that SGU
was probably the best decisions
I ever made in my life.
A hundred percent.
That's how I feel, exactly how I feel.
