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Hello everyone. I'm Farah.
I'll be doing orthopedic surgery at
Johns Hopkins.
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So my first day of medical school
I was interested in going either into
emergency medicine or cardiology.
And then got into my clinical rotations third year
and just realized there was so much more out there
that I was interested in.
So I'm going to OB/GYN at
Baylor in Houston.
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One second.
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University of Michigan!
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So I was exposed to so many different career paths,
so many different specialties.
But ultimately I decided to apply for  internal medicine
and do primary care.
I'm going into internal medicine
at NYU.
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I came in always saying
I want to work with a sports team.
Morning.
[Crowd laughs]
And then I kind of found a different path
through some of the experiences I had here.
And I'm applying to plastic surgery
and I matched at
UCLA.
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I matched into Pediatrics
here at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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I was interested in something surgical.
I didn't know what exactly.
This is where Dean Diemer
and all of the Deans were great
in terms of calming me down and telling me that it's ok.
I matched into
Hopkins for prelim surgery
and Barnes-Jewish for radiology.
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Many students, when they come in
to discuss their career choices are concerned
because they haven't made a final decision
on their specialty choice.
And I always tell them that's ok.
You'd be surprised how many students
haven't made a final decision.
But that's what we're here for:
To help them explore options, to make decisions.
And we have so much support,
whether it's in the career counseling office
or with our other faculty.
Hi.
I'll be doing general surgery
here at Barnes-Jewish Hospital!
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