I grew up in Maryland and attended college at Mount Saint Mary’s University. My medical journey began in Erie, Pa., where I graduated from medical school in 2019. I had never heard of Allentown prior to applying here for residency, but I am grateful to have called it home for the past few years.

To date, I have had a wonderful training experience at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN). I completed internal medicine training here, which included a rigorous and robust intensive care unit experience. With access to a plethora of pathology and interventions, my interest in critical care became a new focus for my career. This also was catalyzed by the attendings who I worked with, both in the unit and on pulmonary consults. They pushed me and inspired me to learn more and be the best physician possible.

Although I am now a fellow, my interest in learning and growing, both professionally and personally, has never been stronger. That is the wonderful part about working here as a trainee: everyone has the same goal, which is to make you into the best person – not just doctor – that you can be. You will train alongside attendings, not behind them. You will do as a pulmonologist does, because at LVHN you are one. I am happy to say that choosing to stay and practice fellowship at LVHN was the best decision I have made in my professional career. When you come to work and are treated as an entity with agency rather than just another fellow, it truly inspires you to work hard, learn more and be better.