Wahooooo!!!
Matt has officially graduated from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's
Obstetrics and Gynecology Program. What an accomplishment!
I am so proud of him (and us really). It was a brutal (and I don't say that lightly)
4 years. He worked so hard, put in A LOT of long hours. We missed him far too much.
But we are ecstatic that it's his turn to graduate and move on!
Since his program is a combined program with MetroHealth Hospital,
he has two graduation nights. We have another one next week too.
This night was very lovely (besides the part where my steak was completely raw. No joke).
There were a lot of kind comments made to Matt and great advice given.
This was a long awaited night. A lot of thought and planning went into our outfits...
Matt even bought a new suit! And doesn't he look dashing?!
At the dinner, the lighting was very low, so the quality of my photos are
pretty poor, but still I'm glad to have snapped some photos of the event!
An awkward "family style" photo of the attendings, graduating fellows and residents.
Doctor Ureekrow (haha that's how it's pronounced, but no clue how to spell it)
presented Matt's award to him. Of all of the presentations, I thought his was one of the most
genuine and touching (not just because I was bursting with pride). She read some parts from his
personal statement, from when he applied to residency. She talked about a lot of his accomplishments and said his motto from his personal statement was "to always go forth and serve." Which is what
he has done throughout residency (and his life).
She also shared a funny story about Matt. She was a resident at Metro when Matt was a medical student. He did an OB rotation with her. At the time he was thinking he wanted to be a pediatrician. She told him "you know Matt, you're really good at delivering babies. You should really think about being an OB, not a pediatrician." And he said , "oh no. I don't think so." And sure enough, she was right.
He is really good at delivering babies.
The graduating residents.
Matt, Kristen, Chundra, Jill, Rachel, Amanda and Mark.
