 What's up YouTube fam and welcome back to Dr. Chilini's channel. Today we are doing another question and answer type video Because the last time we did one back in March you all loved it and have been sending us questions ever since so we figured We try to answer as many as we can in this video. So Let's get to it. Let's go Get into question number one and it's for Dr. Chilini When did you know you wanted to be a radiologist? Did you have any other specialties in mind? I Knew I wanted to be a radiologist after doing a rotation at the end of my third year at medical school I kind of fell into the rotation and I did it to replace something that fell through and ended up absolutely loving it Which is why I did radiology. So it's kind of late in the game I did it the end of my third year like I said and Once I had the rotation. I was all for it to radiology And what was the other part? Did you have any other specialties in mind prior up until that point? I wanted to do urology believe it or not because I realized later on it was very procedural oriented And I love procedures and that's what drew me to urology. So fun fact I wanted to be a urologist first until I discovered radiology. Dr. Chilini the urologist almost urologist All right, this is for Andrea Anna. What is your favorite place to shop? Okay? This is not medically related but my three favorite places are Nordstrom Bloomingdale's and Zara if I have to do just solely online shopping I'll get a few pieces from revolve, but in store those three are my favorite places Yeah, I think she pretty much likes to shop at any store that has shopping. That's also true. So just yeah All righty question number three if you could would you go back and pick a different specialty? No, this is the short answer I absolutely love radiology and I've loved it since I chose it at the end of my third year And I've loved every bit of residency as hard as it is. I could not imagine doing any other field So the answer is a strong. No, this is the best field medicine Non-biased of course I have to say he never ever goes into work Unhappy he always leaves the door excited to go into work. So that tells you something. Yeah, I mean I've It's been five years now and I've I mean it's residency, but I've never had a problem He never complained never woke up like oh, I have to go into work Yeah, not like they used to do it back in business. Yeah, those days were terrible. All right question number Yes Yeah, how did you two meet by the way, Andrea is absolutely stunning Thank you. Thank you, but let's see. How do we meet? So I was a surgery PA and Michael was doing his intern year in the surgery department. So We ended up being on a team together and the rest was history Sounds pretty cliche, but it works for us just because you're in medicine doesn't mean that that's what your life revolves around It's definitely makes it super nice to have that convenience, but It works for us. Yeah, I think we touched on it a little bit in the last video We did we did ask this question a lot, but yeah, we met in the hospital in the hallways of the ICU the surgical ICU And I knew super romantic. Yeah, I knew she was gonna be the one and It worked out Obviously. All right question number six. Hey, Dr. Cellini. How often as a radiologist do you write prescriptions? Rarely is the short answer. We don't write prescriptions I don't think I've ever written a prescription in radiology diagnostic radiology But an interventional radiology, which is what I'm doing We write prescriptions all the time and send them to pharmacies as well post-procedural Yeah, it's usually so for any like Fibroid or uterine artery embolization or hepatic tumor embolization We will send them home with antibiotics as well as pain medicine to control the pain because it can be pretty painful when you Embalized an organ as you can imagine. So that's pretty much it and some random Zofran as well. Sometimes. All right So this is question number seven for Andriana was it difficult to get a PA job right after graduation and Our urgent care and emergency medicine specialty is difficult to pursue fresh out of PA school So we'll start with the first one. So I didn't have a problem getting a job after school I was also in New York City and there are tons of available PA positions in various different specialties Although I do think it's really City dependent in some areas it could be more saturated than others Definitely in rural areas, you'll definitely get a lot more job job opportunities. Yeah But recently I've had or I've heard mixed reviews on New on new grads getting positions a lot of places want experience, but that's when You know any opportunity that you get you take it until you get your experience and then move on Yeah, I think it's entirely city-dependent and how saturated the market is Sometimes in bigger cities that may be oversaturated and other times in other cities It may be under saturated and you have like a million jobs to choose some it also depends on If the state is very PA friendly or not, I think I've always worked in areas where it's super PA friendly. So I never had a I never had difficulty finding a job All right So the second part of that question is our urgent care in emergency medicine specialties difficult to pursue as a fresh PA Right out of school So I could answer the urgent care portion. I was not a new grad I had German surgery experience prior, but I can see as a new grad It can be definitely overwhelming in an urgent care setting if you're a solo provider, which my urgent care is However in the ER, you do have more of a support system So that could just be less overwhelming and you have kind of a backbone there to and more support So yeah, it can be tough as a PA working in a solo provider role directly out of PA school much like I mean when I graduate Residency it would be very hard for me to just go open a practice by myself and be by myself in a difficult Difficult especially like I are I would want some sort of like senior faculty to help me on my early junior attending role Question number eight is for dr. Chilini. Is it difficult to match into interventional radiology? I heard it was the most competitive residency to match into Yes, the rumors are true interventional radiology is the toughest specialty to match into according to like the last two years of match data Why is it so difficult? I think because there are so few spots and it's very like in vogue right now if you will so for that reason it makes it Competitive I think when med students find out about how awesome the specialty is and there's so few spots It makes it super competitive So yeah, pretty much every med student who comes in that I interview for interventional radiology positions has ample research Crazy letters are wrecked and amazing board scores. They're like a total package now. So it's very competitive All right, so question number nine. I believe now is Baby anytime soon question mark in short, no Not anytime soon. I mean maybe God willing one day, but not anytime soon Yeah, not anytime soon. We want to finish our training first and you know, I want Michael to finish And I want to finish my training first before I have a little one It was just made things a lot easier. Although. I know there's like no good time to have a kid. So it's yeah Are you even prepared? Are you ever? No, you're never prepared. So whatever happens happens, but we're not going to You know, we're not actively trying to have a child. Yeah, we're not actively trying right now Let's just put it that way. So question number 10. I think we're on now is are you guys from Croatia? Dr. Chilean are you Croatian? No, I'm not Croatian even though a lot of people think I am I'm actually Italian, but she is Croatian Yes, my parents were born there. I was born here some first-generation So, yeah, very everyone no one thinks that I'm Croatian He looks more Croatian than me 100% anytime we go to Croatia, which we try to do every year They always think I'm Croatian and speak Croatian to me, but I don't really understand them I mean, he knows a little bit But she speaks Croatian and went to Croatian school growing up and is Croatian next question What unit in the hospital is best for new doctors to start on? What jobs should you start at to see if a medical career is right for you? All right So those are kind of two different questions But I think the first one is what unit should you start on as a new doctor and when you say new doctor I'm assuming you mean like an intern or a resident and if that's the case I think the first rotation that I would feel comfortable starting on and what I did start on is Somewhere on the floor. So I think being on a floor Monitoring and taking care of non critical patients would probably be the best place to start like I did my intern year I actually started in the ICU But it was so quick and then I went to managing patients on the floor And that's where you kind of really get into the whole vibe of managing patients and managing their daily routine and all that stuff So I think that's the best place to start So what was the other question? So the next part of this question is what jobs should you start at to see if a medical career is right for you? And I think we did an entire video on that is like the four tips for pre meds or something And what jobs we did prior to starting PA and that's cool. So I'll link that down here or up here It'll be in my description somewhere. So yeah, basically it just goes into like shadowing different people and all that stuff Yeah, that's a good video to watch for that question So the next question is is it possible for a PA to do one specialty the first half of a week? And then do another specialty for the second half of the week. Yes, I actually did that I was a part-time during PA and a full-time surgery PA. So I did three twelves for my surgery job And then my part-time during job. I did two days a week. Yeah So when I first met her she's always like a workaholic. So she always works two jobs for some reason So she'll do a full-time surgery and then was it part-time? Yeah part-time Derm. I worked every Saturday and Monday in Derm. Yeah, I'm just full-time urgent care Yeah, and that's that's the beauty of being a PA because you can almost work You could could you work two full-time jobs if you wanted to yeah Yeah, you could work two full-time jobs if you really love working like she does you could you could definitely swing that next question How do y'all keep the spark alive having such busy schedules? Do you want to answer? Yeah, so I actually have to work every other weekend. So on the weekends that we both have off We always go somewhere that is our favorite thing to do. I mean sometimes we'll have a weekend off or we just want to Lay low-key, but we'll always go somewhere and then for the weekends that I do work We'll always go out for dinner at least once a week Yeah, I think it's important to kind of not get in the routine of just coming home and going to sleep Or coming home watching TV going to sleep. I think you need to like stay moving right? I mean for the days where I don't have my long shifts. We always have dinner together dinner is a must always But yeah, we anytime we have a weekend off which is rare We are always getting out of town going somewhere whether it be visiting our family Whatever any anywhere we can we just go. Yeah, that's that's our motto Just leave whenever you have time and the last question is Was it worth it? Meaning all the time and effort schooling money sacrifice sweat and tears Would you do anything different? No, so I don't think I would do anything differently other than starting med school earlier He has a video actually where he was actually in a totally different career, right? I did a whole video. It was called my unusual path to med school. I think I'll Linked up here or down here or put a link in the description But yeah, I was in a different field and worked in business before I went to med school and I have never Looked back at all. I think it was like the best decision. I ever made personally and I mean I don't think that would be where I am today without going to med school and I mean, it's hard. Yeah med school residency. It's hard. It's 14 years of training and I mean, it's not for everybody but for personally for me It's the best decision I ever made and I've never regretted it once. What about you? I if I didn't do medicine at all, I would maybe do something in fashion However, I wouldn't choose another career and the beauty of being a PA is that I can be a full-time PA And if I wanted to do wanted to do something in fashion, I could always do it So that concludes this question and answer session We hope you all enjoyed it if you liked it leave a comment below and we'll do another one in the future Otherwise smash that like and subscribe button and follow Dr. Chilini on Instagram If you have another question leave it in the comments below and I'll try to answer it Otherwise, we'll see you on our next video Already And take number four Dr. Chilini's turn is it difficult? All right