 Hi, my name is Sarah Dubbs, and I'm the Program Director for University of Maryland Emergency Medicine. First, I want to say congratulations for choosing the best specialty on the planet, emergency medicine. And secondly, congratulations for being interested in our program, which I think, and I'm a little biased, but is the best program out there for emergency medicine training. University of Maryland takes our residents and trains them to be not only competent, but amazing, compassionate, helpful, and overall excellent emergency physicians, but we take our residents to also push them further and train them to be leaders, not just in emergency medicine, but in medicine and in things outside of medicine. The thing that makes me most proud to be part of UM-EM is to see our graduates go out and do the most incredible things in terms of taking care of the sickest patients, being leaders of departments, being leaders of hospitals, and being leaders in the political realm, and making movements to make our world better. Congratulations again. I am looking forward to meeting you and hopefully seeing you on campus. Hello, my name is Rich, and I'm a first year resident at the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Program. Starting off at the University of Maryland, I was extremely nervous. Moving to a new state, I'm originally from New York. I had a lot of anxiety and some unsureness as a medical student transitioning into the physician role, but the experience so far has been nothing but amazing. The supportive staff, the amazing residents, the great co-residents, it's been an awesome time, especially in the time of COVID. The support has been immense. The educational experience has been great, and just the top notch medicine and engagement that I've had with the patients has been second to none. I'm so excited to be a part of this amazing facility. A world-renowned leader in research, and especially shock trauma being basically next door. A leading trauma center that sees almost any and everything in the realm of trauma in this world. Not only does the residency training program focus on the educational and clinical experience of its residents, but also engagement in the community. I have already participated in outreach opportunities to engage the youth of Baltimore, a population that has seen a lot of violence, a lot of tribulation, a lot of turbulence, and just being able to touch those young lives and participate as a role model has been something that's been heartwarming outside of my medical and educational obligations. Hi, my name is Rebecca. I'm a third year emergency medicine resident at the University of Maryland. My time here has been absolutely incredible, and I hope that you one day get to experience something similar. University of Maryland opens you up to so many different opportunities. You can pursue any field within emergency medicine that you want to. It sets you up to learn about critical care, trauma, sports medicine, toxicology, really anything that interests you. Maryland has a way to put you out into the world as an emergency medicine leader in that field and someone who can have a great impact on a lot of people for generations to come. The best thing about University of Maryland emergency medicine to me will always be the people. I love going to work every day. It's such a wonderful feeling to be around people that care about the same things that you care about and want to continue to push each other to be better. The second you become part of the UMEM family, it is something that you will have with you for the rest of your life. The friendships that you make during residency are just unbelievable and you get the opportunity to work with your best friends and grow with your best friends and find out the impact that you want to have on the world and progress through your life with some of the best people.