It is a new year and spring has sprung! We are honored by the sheer number of medical students who applied to our program, and creating a rank list was no easy feat. We cannot wait to meet our residents in July.

In other news, we have chosen our chiefs for next year! We would like to congratulate Drs. Michelle Hernandez and Keegan McNally. Both have already started their on-the-job training and are taking on chief responsibilities. They are dedicated and brilliant, so we are excited to have them at the helm.

Further congratulations are in order for our graduating PGY-3s, who are also the second graduating class from our program. They all are moving on to wonderful opportunities. Dr. Andrew Hanna matched into Pediatric EM fellowship at UF Health Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Joshua Tsau matched into EMS fellowship at UT San Antonio, TX. Dr. Nick Fusco will be continuing his training with us as one of our new Ultrasound fellows. Dr. James Chiang will be working for the Kaiser system in the San Francisco Bay Area as clinical faculty for a new residency program. Dr. Alexandra Craen is joining the USF/HCA Brandon Regional Hospital faculty in Brandon, FL. Dr. Jessica Houck will be clinical faculty at University of Kentucky’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington, KY.

Last but not least, we would like to congratulate our inaugural fellows on their new positions. Our ultrasound fellow, Dr. Leoh Leon II, has accepted the position of ultrasound director at UCF/HCA Ocala’s Emergency Medicine Residency. Dr. Amanda Webb, our research fellow, will be the research director and clinical faculty at USF/HCA West Florida GME Consortium at Brandon Regional Hospital in Brandon, FL. We wish all our graduates the very best and good luck as they start new chapters in their lives.

In addition to carving out post-graduate paths for themselves, our residents continue to pursue research avenues, PGY-2 Drs. Mary Cate Slome and Sherwin Thomas will be presenting at SAEM this year. Dr. Jessica Houck, PGY-3 presented her research on racial disparities in stroke at the International Stroke Conference in February. Ultrasound Fellow, Dr. Leoh Leon, lectured on ultrasound at the Yosemite Post Graduate Institute in beautiful Yosemite National Park. There, he instructed primary care physicians on how to use ultrasound in-clinic to spot emergencies or conditions that need further evaluation in the emergency department. Our residents continue to have a strong interest in research, and we cannot wait to see what the new year has in store. ■