Extremely blessed to announce that I have matched in Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University Teaching Hospital in Long Island, New York!!!!! I am honored to join such a stellar program committed to training some of the best EM physicians!
I already spoke to this some in my ords can’t describe how elated I am. Not matching last year broke me, and I spent most of the past year depressed after being ripped from my support system and thrust to a place where I know nobody while doing a TY that, while great, is not what I had hoped to achieve during the SOAP. And overall, I spent a lot of time questioning my place in Emergency Medicine in general.
One year later, I finally know what it feels like to match to a program that I truly wanted to be at, but more importantly, that truly wanted ME. I am a more confident physician, and more confident in myself and my ability to do hard things. It took a while to see the silver lining, but I truly believe things happen for a reason—and I now know I was meant to take this path, despite it not being what I initially had envisioned. I have been blessed to be surrounded by incredible colleagues and new friends both within and outside of work, finding a small, loving, supportive community here in Fayetteville during the hardest year of my life and slowly recovered from the trauma of the 2025 Match and SOAP process. And, I have had such incredible support from new and existing mentors as I worked tirelessly to achieve this goal.
It still doesn’t feel real. I keep rechecking my email and the NRMP website to make sure there wasn’t a mistake, even though my PD has emailed us all and personally called me already. I am so incredibly proud of myself and the hard work I put in to claw my way back from failure, of my perseverance borne of my decades of martial arts training.
Now, the real work begins as I look towards this exciting next chapter of becoming a BAFERD. I couldn’t be more thrilled, but I also couldn’t be more thankful for the challenges that have led me to this point. Time to begin planning my move…but first, time for some well-earned celebration and PTO the next few days. LET’S FREAKING GOOOOO!!!!!! 😎🏥🚑🚨🩺🩻
👨🏼⚕️ #Ma
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