 I chose the surgical residency program at Journey Shore University Medical Center because I was a student here. I rotated here my third and fourth year. I saw the interaction between the residents and the attendings and how we were in such a educational environment and how supportive everyone was of each other. And the amount that I learned in my short period of time here was far beyond any other institution that I was at. What makes this surgery program unique is I think that the faculty that are here, the diversity of the surgeries that we have here, and the fact that it's a small program and a close-knit program, everyone supports each other and everyone wants everyone to succeed. The one thing that I love about this hospital is we have everything here. We don't need to go to outside hospitals and rotate at other institutions to get our case numbers. We work with the same attendings year after year. They get comfortable with our strengths and our weaknesses and they're able to improve upon all of those for us and give us feedback which makes us better surgeons. You will not only meet and exceed every single one of your surgical requirements, you will do so with faculty that want you to be there, want you to learn with fellow residents who want you to be happy both in and out of the hospital. From the beginning our goal was to make sure there is a work-life balance but also making sure that we optimize our and maximize our education. We have a huge say in this program and how it develops as we move forward. So we're always talking with all of our staff members really on a daily basis which is I think unusual for a program but very unique and special to this program. Our attendings really care not only about our professional development but our personal development. So their goal is to make sure that we are choosing a career that we are going to be happy with because eventually this is what we're going to be doing for the rest of our lives and the goal is to be happy in the end and love what you do.