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Undergrad: University of Kentucky

Medical School: University of Pikeville

Hometown: Pikeville, Kentucky

Career Interests: Hematology/Oncology

Hobbies: Sports, fitness, outdoors, video games, movies

Why MCG?: The people! Supportive culture with awesome coworkers.

Undergrad: Rochester Institute of Technology

Medical School: Ross University SOM

Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica

Career Interests: Undecided

Hobbies: Gardening, Axe Throwing, Unofficial Food Blogger, Dog Lover

Why MCG?: I could feel the family atmosphere that would make a time such as residency not just a time of learning but a time to also build lifelong connections. This has proven true since I have been here!

Undergrad: University of Georgia

Medical School: Mercer University

Hometown: Augusta, Georgia

Career Interests: Cardiology

Hobbies: Hanging with friends and family, being bad at golf, taking my dog on walks he doesn't even want to go on

Why MCG?:  Family feel of the program. Being from Augusta, I am close to friends and family

Undergrad: College of Charleston

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Hometown:  Charleston, South Carolina

Career Interests: Cardiology

Hobbies: anything outdoors, pretty much any sport

Why MCG?: best schedule, best people, supportive co residents and faculty

Undergrad: Elon University

Medical School: Edward via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Hometown: Cary, North Carolina

Career Interests: Undecided

Hobbies: Golf, hockey, skiing, tennis

Why MCG?: Great culture with people invested in helping you succeed with a schedule/curriculum that focuses on resident wellness and growing as a physician.

Undergrad: University of South Carolina

Medical School: University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Hometown: Bronx, New York

Career Interests: Hospitalist/Cardiology

Hobbies: Soccer/spending time with family

Why MCG?:

Undergrad: Augustana College

Medical School: St. George's University

Hometown: Wilmington, Illinois 

Career Interests: pulmonary critical care

Hobbies: weightlifting, PC gaming, hiking

Why MCG?:  I wanted a place where the culture of the residency was a succeed together mentality and I felt that at MCG. They also had my significant others residency and MCG is couples match friendly.

Undergrad: University of South Carolina

Medical School: University of South Carolina

Hometown: Suwanee, Georgia

Career Interests:  Cardiology

Hobbies: Swimming and hiking with my 2 dogs, Golf, College football

Why MCG?: Close to family in Atlanta, has essentially every fellowship in house to build resume and research, work with students at MCG, cost of living

Undergrad: Augusta University

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Hometown: Johns Creek, Georgia

Career Interests: Nephrology

Hobbies: Spending time with friends and family, trying out new food places, hiking, working out, road trips/traveling

Why MCG?: The people you work with here are all amazing. Everyone is so supportive and everyone has your back. The work-life balance in this program is great too! Also, there's lots of fellowship programs here as well, which can lead to opportunities for yourself as well.

Undergrad:  Rollins College

Medical School: Ross University SOM

Hometown: Destin, Florida

Career Interests: Hematology/Oncology

Hobbies: Spending time outside with my wife and 1 year old girl. Anything on the water especially fishing and diving. Playing soccer and tennis.

Why MCG?: Truly great people and supportive culture. Dedicated faculty and access to virtually every fellowship training program along with excellent internal medicine training.

Undergrad:  St. Francis College 

Medical School: University of Queensland

Hometown:  Queens, New York 

Career Interests: Hospitalist, Pulmonary/Critical care 

Hobbies: Basketball, Gym, Cat Dad 

Undergrad: Belmont University

Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University

Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee

Career Interests: Undecided

Hobbies: Spending time with my husband, friends and family. Hiking, reading, playing piano and Tennessee Vols football

Why MCG?:  Academic teaching program, faculty who are invested in our learning, co-residents who are kind to one another and look out for each other. Our program is vital to MCG and we are known for providing high quality care to our patients. We are valued by our specialists and have

Undergrad: University of North Carolina

Medical School: Mercer University

Hometown: Cumming, Georgia

Career Interests: Rural Medicine subspecialty

Hobbies: Home projects

Why MCG?:  I am a native Georgian and MCG historically has a strong reputation within the state

Undergrad: Georgia Tech

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Career Interests: Cardiology

Hobbies: Reading, Cooking, Hiking, Video games

Undergrad: Wofford College

Medical School: University of South Carolina

Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina

Career Interests: Cardiology/Critical Care

Hobbies: Golf, back yard tailgates, spelunking

Why MCG?: My wife (OB/GYN) and I wanted a larger academic center with fellowship exposure in the southeast.

Undergrad: Bethune-Cookman University

Medical School: Ross University SOM

Hometown:  Deltona, Florida

Career Interests: Cardiology

Hobbies: Axe throwing, hiking, playing VR, traveling, Youtubing and creating podcasts

Why MCG?:  I love the comradery amongst residents, fellows, and attendings. It was important to be apart of a program that values wellness that will allow engagements outside of the hospital. It's also the icing on the cake that I'm able to see my family twice a month since they're in Florida.

Undergrad: Clemson University

Medical School: University of South Carolina

Hometown: Piedmont, South Carolina

Career Interests: Hospitalist/critical care/ultrasound

Hobbies: Running, playing with my kids, going to the lake

Why MCG?: Matched with my husband who is army EM, this is the only hospital in the country we could have done residency together at the same hospital! Thrilled to be here! I am from the Southeast so I like it here with medium-sized city vibes and lots to do outside.

Undergrad: Georgia Tech

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Career Interests: Cardiology

Hobbies: Enjoy watching sports, guitar, golf

Why MCG?: MCG has a strong emphasis in cardiology which aligns with my person goals. Additionally, I graduated from MCG and saw an opportunity to help establish a strong medicine foundation at my medical school which helps with a variety of specialties.

Undergrad: Valdosta State University

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Hometown: Macon, Georgia

Career Interests: Cardiology

Hobbies: Soccer, video games, spending time with loved ones.

Why MCG?: Coming into medical school, I had my eyes set on Internal Medicine with some type of fellowship to follow. Internal Medicine was by far the most educational clerkship and it was partly due to the residents who thoroughly enjoyed teaching. I knew this place would allow me to

Undergrad: University of Central Florida

Medical School: University of South Florida/Morsani

Hometown: Altamonte Springs, Florida

Career Interests: Pulmonary/Critical Care

Hobbies: Spending time with my family, playing guitar, gardening, reading

Why MCG?: Strong clinical training, great environment to work in, emphasis on work/life balance and wellness

Undergrad: Mamsoura University

Medical School: Mamsoura University SOM

Hometown: Mansoura, Egypt 

Career Interests: Cardiology

Hobbies: Tennis and Soccer

Why MCG?: MCG is one of the few programs in the nation that offers an integrated research clinician IM track. Unique opportunity to work with mentors preselected based on our research interest.