I Want To Pursue A Degree In The Medical Field

While entering college, I was interested in philosophy and the profound concepts life provides, as well as the utility and beauty of the sciences. Through balancing my interest in science and my aspiration to lead a life full of meaning, I decided on medicine as the career that best merges these two. In this career I am able to employ my knowledge in the sciences and cultivate my desire for meaningful human experiences.

During medical school, we all have to make the pivotal decision: “Which field should I pursue?” For me, it was early on that I realized my interest in the surgical specialties. The operating room felt like its own world. The surgical team has such an intense focus- time stops, the world melts away, and the surgeons are “in the

My interest in the profound was fulfilled while seeing patients in the clinic and hospital floors. Hearing the patients’ stories and seeing the gratitude after their cancer was removed, their sinuses cleared, their voice restored, their hearing improved- filled me with a sense of joy. I wanted to be the reason a man could hear his family again, a woman could sing in the choir again, a grandfather could boast he was cancer-free. These stories inspired me to excel in my studies, to serve as a medical volunteer in rural villages, and to give back as a patient advocate at student-run health clinics. Some of the greatest benefits of medicine in our world are due to selfless patient care, and I hope to follow in the footsteps of the compassionate physicians I’m learning from and practice with these ideals in

However, I realized during my time on the otolaryngology service that this was a much better fit. Otolaryngology had the variety of procedures, the mix of excellent surgical skill and commanding knowledge of medical management, and the most positive people with strong drives that I had the privilege to meet. Otolaryngology also appealed to me as unique in treating not just one organ system, but a complex anatomic region. As an otolaryngologist, I would have the unique ability to help people hear with clarity, speak with confidence, breathe with ease, sleep with comfort, and feel satisfied with the sense of identity placed in their facial