Ryan Sholes will stay locally, too. He matched at Jefferson for anesthesiology. “I’m happy to spend another four years at Jefferson,” he says. “My family is here, and I got so comfortable with the faculty, hospital and system. I felt at home here.”
Heading to the University of Chicago Medical Center, classmate Arsalan Farooqi will pursue anesthesiology as well. The acute impact anesthesiologists can have on patient care drew him to the field.
Each member of the Class of 2025 had a story to tell on why they chose their specialty. For example, Alisha Goyal will head across the country to attend Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for internal medicine. She likes the mix of hospital and outpatient medicine, and with an interest in gastroenterology, Goyal says internal medicine will help build her clinical foundation.
Tomisola Onafowokan will attend the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for emergency medicine.
“I never want to be in a situation—inside or outside of a hospital—where someone is facing a life-threatening illness, and I’m not able to act,” she shares. “I feel like emergency medicine doctors are best equipped to handle anything anywhere.”