Start Year: 2023

Fellowship Track: Research

Graduation Year: 2026

Originally from: Dallas, TX (but did all of my schooling in Providence, RI) 

Education and Training: 

• Undergraduate: Brown University 
• Medical School: Alpert Medical School at Brown University 
• Residency: Duke

Reasons I chose Duke: 

• The Duke Endocrinology fellows I spoke with during my interview day were very enthusiastic about the program and the training environment. They spoke highly of their attendings and Dr. Crowley, the Program Director. Even as a new fellow, I already can tell you that I feel very supported and welcome. 
• I am a research fellow, and Duke has a great infrastructure for clinician-researchers. We have great role models of attendings who have crafted a career in both clinical and research spaces, including Dr. Crowley, Dr. Batch, Dr. Spratt, and many others. 
• There is a large emphasis on fellow learning. The structured learning is high yield, concise, and well presented. And fellow education is not compromised by patient volume. 
• When we rotate on the Duke inpatient consult service, a lot of the straightforward consults are handled by our APP service, allowing fellows to concentrate on the more complex patients and learning cases. 

Happy surprises: 

• My husband, daughter, and I love living in Durham. It's green, has great weather, is not too far from the mountains and ocean, and has a liberal and progressive socio-political atmosphere. 
• The fellowship program is very supportive of trainees starting families and having children during fellowship!