🎉🩺💃 Felicidades to all the Latino med students who've matched into surgery today! Your hard work, resilience, and passion have led you to this incredible milestone. The LSS celebrates your achievement and welcomes you with open arms into the surgical community.

Whenever I’m on call I always text my med school besties to see if they’re on call too😂

I am tired. But every day I remind myself that I am so blessed to be here. I worked for this. I prayed for this. I earned this.

We got our schedules for next year today and I can’t believe it. WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE?!

Got to pick my OR music today. I definitely went for the afrobeats & I swear it augmented my experience ten-fold

Squeezing in a workout before my night shift. Smart or will I regret this at 2 AM?

Today was hard but the clock didn’t stop!!!!!!!

Me to my patient: Hi! I’m the intern covering plastics today.” Patient: “No wonder! You’re so pretty!” Me: “Oh. Well I’m actually Urology. But thanks!” 😳🤣

3 more weeks until I am done with intern year and I don’t know if I should be excited or terrified

Everyone always tells you how overwhelming the beginning of intern year can be. But no one tells you how overwhelming it is at the end when you’re starting to transition into PGY-2 while also still being an intern.

:-( I don’t want them to leave!!!!!

Intern year 🫶🏽 So grateful to have learned as much as I have and for all of the beautiful souls I’ve encountered this past year. Can’t wait to see what PGY-2 will bring. Night float here I come! 🌚 #UroSoMe

July 1 🥹🥹Vanessa Aponte, MD

Almost two weeks into PGY-2 and the learning curve is 📈 More responsibilities and higher expectations calls for more growth. So excited for what’s to come! 💪🏽

Me s/p three weeks of nights

Socks of the day