Alex Ashinoff, MD

Why Yale? My interviewers - Andie Asnes (she is incredible (!) and really showed an investment in my professional growth as well as in me as a person both during and after my interview), Adam Berkwitt (our truly awesome APD who I laughed with for my entire interview), and Rachel Osborn (the most genuine, transparent, intelligent, and thoughtful PD I met on the interview trail); the culture - Yale was the only place where residents shared an embarrassing moment with applicants as they introduced themselves, but also clearly took patient care very seriously and loved learning/practicing medicine; the advocacy opportunities - Paw Prints, Flourishing Families, refugee clinic, the medical legal partnership, the work in the greater New Haven community; the residents' schedule itself (and how much it supported resident well-being); the resident education model (and emphasis on the growth mindset)