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Session 4 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Patrick Pickett, an anesthesiologist who practices in the community hospital in Oklahoma as he shares about his path to anesthesiology, his typical day at work, work-life balance, as well as the things that he like most and least about being an anesthesiologist. Finally, he gives his opinion on the future of anesthesiology specifically merging with CRNAs. Here are the highlights of the conversation with Patrick: Choosing the kind of setting to practice in: Always thinking he wanted to do academics Realizing he didn't want to do academic setting after doing a fellowship in critical care medicine Started looking for jobs and happened to find a community job and realized it was a better fit for him When he knew he wanted to be an anesthesiologist: Patrick majored in engineering and volunteered at a biomedical engineering department at a hospital and realized it wasn't something he wanted to do. Getting to watch surgeries and working with the anesthesia side