And the winner is...

Rochester, NY

Starting this summer, Amit will be doing his GPR at Rochester General Hospital! When Amit found out (last Monday, the 30th) that he didn't match to Burlington, he started looking at other options, including Rochester. He had been in touch with the director via e-mail and phone conversations off and on over the past week. Our favorite BU faculty were super helpful in getting their recommendations to RGH, since we couldn't use the paperwork he had already uploaded to the Match website. Needless to say, we were just a little bit stressed about figuring out what residency we would go to. On Monday afternoon, Amit got a call from the director, offering him the position! We were definitely shocked - we thought he would have to head there for a formal interview sometime in the next few weeks. Turns out, the director was impressed with the recommendations and thought Amit would be a good fit! (Obviously he's awesome, but it's nice when other people realize that, too!) We took Monday night to research Rochester and the program a bit. Amit called him on Tuesday morning, asked a few more questions, liked the answers, and accepted the position! Another plus to Rochester is that one of his classmates is doing a TMJ program at the University of Rochester, so Amit will have someone to hang out with while I'm still in Boston.

We're definitely excited to have a new place to explore: the Finger Lakes, Niagara Falls, Lake Ontario, Toronto, the Adirondacks. It looks like we'll have a busy year! I think we're going to enjoy being only 10 hours from Chicago, too. Hopefully we can visit Rochester during February vacation for a day or two. Stay tuned for more details about our next move!