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MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
UCSF is one of the finest medical institutions in the world. Everyone who graduates from their fellowships goes on to be come Professor of This or Director of That. It also happens to be located in the one place in the world that I consider to be "home."



I put in an application to do a fellowship in adolescent medicine there. I never once considered that there was a real chance that I could get in. They're way too prestigious for lil' ole me.



...except I did. bounce2 I got the phone call today.



I also learned from their program director that my current boss considers me to be one of the best residents to have come through his program in years.



There's a hitch. The usual start date for a fellowship would be 1 July 2008. In my case, one of their fellows got pregnant or something and is six months behind. They cannot have an extra fellow, and so I won't be able to start until the beginning of January 2009, or perhaps as late as July 2009. Either way, I have a guaranteed position.



I'M IN!



And I'm moving home. biggrin ubblol ubbrollsmile cool smile



(This is big, guys. This is really big!) hug

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


jarleGOLD Member
Lv15 Ranger
1,489 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
Whoooooo! Nice work!
Many hugs indeed! hug hug hug bounce

Kupo!


MedusaSILVER Member
veteran
1,433 posts
Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia


Posted:
Wow congrats!!!!

beerchug

BrennPLATINUM Member
Will carpal your tunnel in a minute.
3,286 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
Congratulations Doc! hug smile

ॐ

Owner of burningoftheclavey smile
Owned by Lost83spy


RaveRepresentSILVER Member
addict
567 posts
Location: USA


Posted:
Woooooo!!!!! Congratulations, Doc. I'm sure you deserve it wink

Best of luck to you hug

"I don't know what you are talking about"

"Cardinal!!! Poke her... with the SOFT CUSIONS!!!!"

"Its not working my lord!"

"Have you got all of the stuffing on one end?!"


FireTomStargazer
6,650 posts

Posted:
*gets fireworks*

this one's for you, Doc:
Non-Https Image Link

the best smiles are the ones you lead to wink


georgemcBRONZE Member
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand


Posted:
bounce bounce2 bounce whoop whoop whoop!
Yay for Doc!!! ubbrollsmile

See, all the good wishes earlier worked! Having HoPpers on your side works a treat! biggrin

Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread

I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
grin


GnorBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia


Posted:
Whhoooppiiiii...

Time to pack all those boxes and spring clean.

Well done!!!!! ubbrollsmile ubbrollsmile ubbrollsmile

Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu


clarence_quackSILVER Member
QuackerJack
1,927 posts
Location: over your left shoulder, Australia


Posted:
Go Doc!
That gives you plenty of time to travel.. And come visit us in Australia!

Nutella Brigade Unite!

"Look! I have a rainbow penis!" - Rouge

Owned By Steaks


BirgitBRONZE Member
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)


Posted:
You may have to wait a bit longer, but at the same time you skip about 5 years in other institutions, career-wise. Well done!! hug

"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)

Owner of Dragosani's left half


margitaSILVER Member
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia


Posted:
WOOH! bounce clap congratulations doc!!! bounce2 hug

do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!



if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!



smile! :grin: it confuses people!


UCOFSILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales


Posted:
*lick*

Nice one mate! biggrin hug2

YakumoSILVER Member
veteran
1,237 posts
Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom


Posted:
Congratulations biggrin

I wish similarly wonderful things for all HoPpers, it's great to hear when they actually happen smile

Blinded by Hyperlights, please donate generously grin


MandSILVER Member
Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada


Posted:
Wohooo!
Congratulations Mike!
biggrin hug biggrin

Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.


Pink...?BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom


Posted:
Fantastic news! hug2

Will you still remember us when you're chief master of medicine of the world? ubbangel

Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...


MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
Pink, you couldn't pry me outta here with a hot crowbar!

hug2

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


ShawnieGOLD Member
Captain Shawnie the Dreaded
126 posts
Location: Canada


Posted:
Wow Doc, good on ya. That sounds like the most amazing opportunity! Let your excitement right now be that motivating fuel to keep you stoked through it. It sounds like it's going to be as hard as it is exceptional. Congratulations! I am always happy to see somebody come across a well deserved exciting opportunity!

MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
 Written by:

Dear Dr. G---

I enjoyed speaking with you yesterday. As I stated on my phone call, I shall be sending you a formal letter confirming our conversation but to make certain that you have something prior to my return from vacation. Please accept this email as a confirmation that I am offering you a definite space in our fellowship program effective July 1, 2009. I shall be working on trying to obtain a spot for you effective January 1, 2009. I should have clarification regarding this spot by September 1, 2007.

My best to you,

Charles I----


--
Charles E. I.--- , M.D.
Professor and Vice Chairman of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Division of Adolescent Medicine
University of California, San Francisco



The happiness keeps coming in huge waves of euphoria. I'm still bursting 24 hours after I find out.

It's beyond perfect. I've never had my first choice before. The best program in the best place on Earth. One huge cosmic *click* and my life falls in order.

Now all I have to do is stay there. But I guess all I can do is try.

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


RaveRepresentSILVER Member
addict
567 posts
Location: USA


Posted:
Whoah, Mike.. You really deserve this. All of HoP is rooting for you and hoping for the best. I think I can speak for all of us when I say you'll do excellent, and you will show this world a thing or two!

Best of luck to you, Doc. You deserve it wink

"I don't know what you are talking about"

"Cardinal!!! Poke her... with the SOFT CUSIONS!!!!"

"Its not working my lord!"

"Have you got all of the stuffing on one end?!"


Rouge DragonBRONZE Member
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia


Posted:
*does the congratulations dance*

i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey

Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...


AdeSILVER Member
Are we there yet?
1,897 posts
Location: australia


Posted:
congratulations - well deserved hug

georgemcBRONZE Member
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand


Posted:
*joins Rouge in the congratu-ma-lations dance and hopes it's not actually a rain dance by mistake*

yay, yay, yay - and that stills give you time to come us visit us "down-under" peeps next year like you promised...
biggrin

Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread

I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
grin


MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
I'm coming, Oz-Zealand. I'm coming...

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


_khan_SILVER Member
old hand
768 posts
Location: San Francisco, California, USA


Posted:
Congratulations, Doc! clap bounce clap

taken out of context i must seem so strange
~ ani di franco


pineapple peteSILVER Member
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia


Posted:
i refuse to congratulate you til you book your flights... well.. maybe a little

congratulations! bounce clap hug couldnt've happened to someone more deserving smile

see you soonish smile

"you know there are no trophys for doing silly things in real life yeah pete?" said ant "you wont get a 'listened to ride of the valkyries all the way to vietnam' trophy"

*proud owner of the very cute fire_spinning_angel, birgit and neon shaolin*


YakumoSILVER Member
veteran
1,237 posts
Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom


Posted:
not that I want to worry you or spoil partying with your HoP friends or anything, just concerned, but are you sure they're liberal enough that nothing on this site you've ever posted might jeopardize your position if they identify you? (it was posting their mail that worried me most, but just the story is identifiable)



lots of blogger lost jobs n' stuff these days. And anything posted on this site will have a MUCH higher search ranking than any random blog.



hug

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faith enfireBRONZE Member
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA


Posted:
*happy dance*
they're lucky to have you

Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed


MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
 Written by: Yakumo


not that I want to worry you or spoil partying with your HoP friends or anything, just concerned, but are you sure they're liberal enough that nothing on this site you've ever posted might jeopardize your position if they identify you? (it was posting their mail that worried me most, but just the story is identifiable)

lots of blogger lost jobs n' stuff these days. And anything posted on this site will have a MUCH higher search ranking than any random blog.

hug



I can't think of anything I've said in the last several years that would jeopardize me.

I mean except for the bit about my cheddar cheese habit and the illegal stuffed animal farm I have in my apartment. eek

And if it did, then maybe it's not the place for me, after all.

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


BirdGOLD Member
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
*joins the party a bit late*

Congratulations Doc! biggrin

bounce

hug

My state of mind is not yours to define!

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."


georgemcBRONZE Member
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand


Posted:
 Written by: Doc Lightning


I'm coming, Oz-Zealand. I'm coming...



So's Xmas... ubblol

Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread

I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
grin


GnorBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia


Posted:
 Written by: Doc Lightning


I'm coming, Oz-Zealand. I'm coming...



So when do we start making beds?

Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu


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