Elizabeth Brew
Year
PGY-4
Hometown
Acton, Massachusetts
What medical school did you attend?
LSU School of Medicine - New Orleans
What undergraduate school did you attend?
The George Washington University, B.S. in Biology
What advice would you give incoming residents?
For incoming residents, the most helpful advice I can give is that you can get good
training pretty much anywhere. Factors that were important to me when I was deciding
where to apply for residency were the following: Who are the people I am going to
be working with? Can I see myself being happy in this program? Is the location near
friends/family? Is this a place I would be happy to live in? Focusing on your happiness
will allow you to be the best resident and future physician that you can be. My last
piece of advice is to take advantage of the time before residency starts! Traveling
(if covid permits), taking up new hobbies (I personally took up candlemaking), or
brushing up on a language you've studied before are great ways to rest and recover
from all of the hard work you have done in medical school.
What originally attracted you to the LSU Child/Adult Neurology program?
I originally fell in love with the Neurology programs at LSU because of the residents
I met during medical school. They are all amazing and kind people with a huge passion
for neuro. They took the time to help me learn and grow as a medical student and now
as a physician. In addition, the attendings are very knowledgeable and approachable.
It is very clear that they value their residents! Lastly, the LSU Neuro programs have
a lot of outpatient exposure, which was important to me when I was applying to residency
programs. I found other programs to be very inpatient heavy, but the reality is that
the majority of neurologists practice in the outpatient setting.