Greetings from Sarasota! We are extremely excited to welcome our second class to the FSU family. They had orientation during the last week of June and started in July with all of their certifications. We have also had the privilege of welcoming another new member to our FSU family: resident Dr. Kevin Raymond and his wife, Laurel Raymond, gave birth to their third child, Emma Grace, in May.

We have continued to make a name for ourselves at Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System. Julio Arrieta and Dr. Darrell Ray, one of our residents, recently published a study on the first 30 patients at our hospital with COVID-19. Another one of our residents, Dr. Tom Cox, will be partnering with our emergency department pharmacists for an innovative study on phenobarbital used in alcohol withdrawal.

Unfortunately, with social distancing measures in place, we have been unable to have many group activities in person, and many events have been canceled. Our residents and faculty have adjusted to the changes without much resistance, as would be expected in true emergency medicine fashion. We have been very lucky with PPE at our hospital, including being provided with P100 respirators by our faculty for which we are incredibly grateful.

We are looking forward to growing as a program with our second class of residents. While we were hoping the COVID crisis would settle down, we are prepared for anything now that cases in Florida seem to be growing significantly. I think I speak for everyone in my class when I say that we have come so far from the beginning of our intern year. It has definitely been one to remember. ■