Katrina's Exam, Match Day, etc.

Two news items to report:

1. Katrina passed her nurse practitioner certification exam yesterday morning

2. I matched in pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's hospital this morning

We are, of course, very excited about both pieces of news. Cincinnati is a great city for raising children, has many opportunities for Katrina to begin working as a nurse practitioner, and has a wonderful pediatrics program and Children's hospital that serves a large area and is a terrific place to train. We are sad, of course, to be further away from family...but we'll make the effort to travel as much as possible.

Katrina's passing her certification exam was an admirable feat... She spent the past couple of months squeezing in hours of study between babies needing feeding, to be put to bed, and her own lack of sleep. To learn more about what she is now certified in, the following link is helpful:

http://www.jobprofiles.org/heapediatric.htm

For me, pediatrics residency training is another three years. Cincinnati Children's is a very good place to train in pediatrics, and the faculty and residents are very nice. I was very excited, and feel very fortunate, to match there. To learn more about the training program, the following link is helpful:

http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/ed/ped-resident/about/

I hope everyone is doing well, and we will be in touch again soon once we have a sense of our new contact information. Much love...