He'll be a good fellow

Jake has decided to apply for a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia.  That means that he will be specially trained to administer anesthesia to kids for surgeries and he will probably work at a children's hospital (like Primary Children's - cross your fingers).  That also means that he will do another year of training after his residency, called a fellowship.  Unfortunately, Utah doesn't have any pediatric fellowships in anesthesia so we will either tack on another year here in St. Louis or move somewhere else for a year.  Jake is applying here and wants to apply in Colorado and California.  He is a shoo-in here at Barnes (the director of the program kept telling Jake he would be great in peds, he should really do a fellowship, if he wants to get a fellowship here he better turn in his application, etc.) but I think he stands a great chance anywhere he applies.  It's not a match like residency, but we don't really know how and when these things are decided.  I guess we'll let you know when we do.  Anyway, this is great news and I'm really excited for Jake to be choosing a specialty that I think will bring him a lot of joy.  I thought I'd share :)