I grew up in the mean streets of Pittsburgh PA and I am a huge Steelers fan. At 14, I moved to Oregon where, I became very in touch with the outdoors, skiing, fishing, wrestling bears and what not. After a few years of living in a town of 8,000 people, I decided to go to the largest school in the country at UT Austin. I went to UTSW for medical school, and I chose Parkland because I found that they had the best faculty(google Paul Pepe), the best opportunities, and by far the coolest residents. Finally, I realized that Texas is rapidly becoming the place to practice emergency medicine and I would like to stay here once residency is complete.