Medical school: University of Texas, Galveston, TX

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

What attracted you to pediatric cardiology?

I enjoy working with both pediatric patients and their families. Pediatric cardiology gives you the unique opportunity of caring for ill patients while also watching them grow and develop. I hope to pursue global work in my career endeavors and this training provides me with a unique skillset that will give me the opportunity to serve more people.

Medical school: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE

Residency: Pediatrics, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

What is one thing you like most about this fellowship?

How close everyone in the department is. We are one big family. The faculty is extremely accessible, and we receive one-on-one teaching almost every day.

What is living in Rochester, MN, like for you?

Rochester is a very safe, family-friendly city, which is perfect for my needs. There are plenty of outdoors activities and many miles of paved biking trails which go all around the city. The quality and cost of living are great.

Medical school: University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan

Residency: Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

What attracted you to pediatric cardiology?

I fell in love with studying the heart in medical school; the pathophysiology is very interesting and very versatile. I also like to treat really sick children and help them get better, which is what I found in cardiology.