"I went to medical school because I wanted to provide acute care in which I made decisions that could save a patient's life. I also wanted to have deep and meaningful conversations with my patients and their families. During my time in medical school, I experienced some of these during my ICU rotations. My goals most aligned however, with the role of an anesthesiologist or critical care doctor in the OR, where quick decisions based on constantly changing information needed to be made. I also found in anesthesia that my conversations with patients required a strong level of trust and confidence as a majority of my patients would be put to sleep through their surgeries."