Aaron Alindogan, MD

Adminitrative Chief 2022

Why Emergency Medicine?

I think in medical school, the my rotations with other specialties didn’t hold my attention very well. I wanted far more variety and excitement. I love the fast pace and variability of high and low acuity. I enjoy seeing a problem and being able to fix it without delay. There is a sense of pleasure and deep satisfaction seeing a chaotic resuscitation bay with a crashing patient immediately calm when the seasoned emergency physician takes charge.  At the same time, I get the pleasure–and often the challenge–of interacting with a myriad of patients and counseling them or simply reassuring them. And when my shift is done, I don’t have to take any of my work home. So after all that, why wouldn’t I choose Emergency Medicine?

 

Why did you choose UT Health?

I’m a military-sponsored resident. I wanted to establish myself in a place where I could very well be stationed either immediately after residency or later in my career. I also love we have the academic institution behind us, with every specialty you can think of. Have a question? Just ask the expert on service. And concomitantly have the acuity and patient population of a community hospital. The marriage of seemingly two opposite environments lends itself to a unique learning experience. I don’t doubt even after residency there will be a mountain of information and patient cases I have yet to learn or experience. However, I know full well after I graduate, I will have amassed an array of tools and clinical skills at least to know where to start and how to find the answer.

Hometown

Sacramento, CA

Undergrad

United States Military Academy, 2016

Medical School

Uniformed Services University, 2020