{"id":101269,"date":"2023-08-02T09:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=101269"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:01:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:01:27","slug":"com-resident-of-the-month-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/08\/02\/com-resident-of-the-month-38\/","title":{"rendered":"COM resident of the month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name:<\/strong> Meg Rolfzen, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical school you attended\/year you graduated:<\/strong> UNMC College of Medicine, Class of 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residency\/fellowship at UNMC:<\/strong> Anesthesiology residency; adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship at UNMC (to start 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program director:<\/strong> Andrea Dutoit, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long is your training program and how long have you been at UNMC?<\/strong> The categorical anesthesiology residency is four years. After college, I moved back to Omaha for UNMC for medical school, so I\u2019ve been here for seven years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you like the most about your training program?<\/strong> Apart from the interactions with co-residents, staff, attendings and respiratory therapists that have transformed into friendships, I\u2019m appreciative of the Careers in Research and Anesthesiology in Nebraska (CRANE) Scholar pathway that provides dedicated time and structured mentorship to conduct research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What challenges do you foresee in graduate medical education in the future?<\/strong> With the changing health care landscape, incentive structures and stakeholder commitments, the academic emphasis is at a crossroads. I anticipate that within certain specialties, advocating to preserve academic career development for motivated individuals will become more challenging.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

List some accomplishments that you are proud of:<\/strong> I\u2019m proud of a recent Anesthesiology<\/em> cover page publication that would not have been possible without Dr. Karsten Bartels\u2019 mentorship. I\u2019m also proud of maintaining a productive garden — to such a degree that I have adequately convinced my husband to build more raised beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us three things about you that others may not know:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n