Mackenzie Elrod
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MS4 @UToledoMed | aspiring surgeon | previously a post-soph path fellow | passionate about med ed and sweater vests | 🩰🐶📚🎮🥾 | she/her
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Hi
#MedTwitter
- Time for a reintroduction!
I’m Mackenzie, a M4 @ uToledo, applying General Surgery in
#Match2025
. Interests are CT, trauma/crit care & med ed
Outside my OR crocs, I love reading, dance, video games, hiking & my pets. Can’t wait to connect with y’all
#GenSurg
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Had a date yesterday. He asked me what the appendix does and I said good question why don’t you look it up and do a short presentation on the topic at our next date
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just met a retired surgeon who upon hearing i’m thinking of doing surgery told me “well just so you know, it’s a lot of hard work”
thanks for the heads up! i had no idea!
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Ppl fr asking me if I submitted ERAS today and it’s like chilllll honey absolutely did I not do that I’m still stringing together coherent thoughts into a personal statement
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Not to brag but 💅🏽💅🏽💅🏽💅🏽 I finally wrote my personal statement after spending months being the real life version of SpongeBob’s “The.” I just knew September would be inspiring
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a classmate made a new groupchat for prospective gen surg 2025 applicants and it’s currently 70% female 👀👀👀
#womeninsurgery
#shelooklikeasurgeon
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Sent my personal statement rough draft to some peers, mentors, & non medical friends for feedback and I’m feeling very vulnerable at the moment like pls be gentle with me
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I can’t even begin to emphasize enough how much a transparent, organized, easy-to-navigate program website and good social media presence does for a residency as a prospective applicant
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just took the IM shelf and I can confidentially say that was the hardest exam I’ve ever taken
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the rules are very simple: if you see a Match post, you like a Match post
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lol ok guys!! starting to freak out a lil bit! What if the programs I want don’t want me! what if I flounder my signals?! what if I don’t find my best fit what if what if what if!!!!
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my attending had me scrub at the beginning of a robo case today (instead of just for port closures) and asked our scrub tech to teach me how to set up the davinci and assist throughout the surgery 🥹🤭🥰🤠☺️
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just looked up how much it costs to apply to residency and i am unwell
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every time i’ve shared with one of my OB residents or attendings i’m interested in gen surg, they’ve all responded enthusiastically with some variation of “good for you, we need more women surgeons” && that’s been very cool and empowering
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I think 25 is the perfect number of signals ((source: me going back and forth on which 15 programs to signal from the same list of 25 for the last 3 weeks))
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attending told us this morning (the two 3rd med students) were functioning like 4th years which initially felt like a really nice compliment until i remembered 3rd year is over in ~2 weeks lol
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I did exactly one (1) UWorld question over winter break
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today during rounds i described a heart murmur as “more of a luuubdub instead of a lub. dub.” follow me for more tips and tricks on how really knock the socks off your attendings
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good luck to all my friends starting PGY1 tomorrow 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 and to the new intern joining the gen surg service with me ((an AI @ her home program on week 4/4)):
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@chutki_man
i never said anything about being a woman or this surgeon being a man. you made the assumption that this was about gender stereotypes on your own, my friend
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it did
#gensurg
#match2025
did 4 weeks of acute care surgery just completely change the trajectory of my life??? idk definitely a possibility.. i guess only time will tell
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my family med attending tells me “strong work today” at the end of every clinic and I think it’s my favorite affirmation… it’s kind of like a verbal SSRI
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it’s so funny to me that a year ago I literally came home sobbing 4 days into my gen surg clerkship and now i come home every day just buzzing from the joy of being back on surgery services again
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i wish there was some sort of like buzz feed quiz where you plug in your stats/wants/needs and it gives you a list of residency programs that could be realistic and a good fit
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happy October 26th to all my gen surg friends in Match 2024 🫶🏼
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somehow pulled my own pant drawstring moving a patient back over to their bed post op and quite nearly flashed my bare bottom to everyone in the OR this AM 🙃🥴
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Today my attending described me as “a natural in the OR” and I just 🥹-ed
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Really into the idea of getting a thigh tat lately. Not sure if it’s just a coping mechanism to distract myself with the stress of applying to residency or if I’m truly a thigh tat girlie
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Looking at all these surgical residencies posting their newly matched classes && I’m just saying yesterday was a bad day to be a glass ceiling.. the girlies are coming out in full force 💪🏼🔪🤓
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Started my gen surg AI today and realized a lot of my go-to resources for clerkships aren’t quite in depth as I’d like… Would love the skinny on people’s favorite surgery-specific texts and online resources. Please send recs my way <3
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S/o
@BrooketheOstomy
! My suture lab table gathered campfire-style around your one-handed knot tying tik tok tutorials during surgery orientation this morning 🪢
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ok i know it’s probably impossible to feel good after a step exam but ??? yesterday was awful??
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@DrSteveMD
never thought i’d fall in love with surgery like i did but here i am 4 months and 3 clerkships later && being in the OR is still all i think about! trying to keep an open mind for the rest of M3 but i think the odds are really, really high I end up being a surgeon! 👩⚕️🔪🪢
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things i should be doing today:
- prep for OSCE
- study for neurology shelf
- clean room
- laundry
things i will be doing today:
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sry i’m late i put my stethoscope somewhere i’d never forget two weeks ago so naturally i spent 10 minutes searching for it this morning
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my school recently had a photographer shoot professional headshots for the M3s so i guess this means i can finally retire my high school senior photo i’ve been using religiously since 2015
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ok halloween is my fav holiday but I didn’t do anything this year :/ so enjoy my costumes from the last 3 years instead
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did 4 weeks of acute care surgery just completely change the trajectory of my life??? idk definitely a possibility.. i guess only time will tell
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Bridge to Clerkships ✅
Two days of surgery orientation next week then I’m off to my
#emergencymedicine
elective for my first rotation of third year! Feeling both nervous and excited to be entering the clinical world of medicine
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accepted an away in a city i’ve been dreaming of moving to for my entire adult life. i am 🫨🤠🤪🥰🤓👻😁🥳🤩
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Checking in from Portland, Oregon s/p cross country road trip. Soooo excited (and nervous) to start in OHSU’s T/SICU after orientation!!
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Headed to Columbus for 4 weeks of Ob at Riverside and it works out sooooo perfectly that during this same month also in Cbus is my best friend’s bridal shower, bachelorette, and our college dance team’s annual show & 10 year anni of OSU club dt 🫶🏼🫶🏼 The stars are so aligned
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i was recruited to help teach our M2s to suture and knot tie today during their GI olympics and i feel so rejuvenated.. there’s rlly no greater feeling than when you see those neurons finally synapse and someone’s eyes literally brighten with excitement
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a reflexive and audible “that’s so crazy” definitely just escaped my mouth reading about the the zavanelli maneuver for shoulder dystocia
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unexpectedly held a baby for the first time in my life today who immediately started crying (could probably sense my intense fear) and afterwards my resident asked me why I held them like a football 😭😭😭😭
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how am I already halfway through clerkships??? up next: 4 weeks of neurology 🔨🧠
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I just asked my resident if it’s okay for me to come in tomorrow on a Saturday morning for some OR cases.. That has to be a sign, right?
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yesterday a patient told my very youthful attending he looked far too young to be a surgeon then proceeded to guess he’s 55 and unfortunately the laugh that escaped from me could probably be heard around the world
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my attending starting telling her colleague “my med student is only a 3rd year… almost 4th year…” and I said woah woah woah pump the brakes let’s not go throwing around that “4th year” business i JUST started 3rd year
((next friday is mid-point lol))
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my mom came into my room to wake me up, wish me hbd (27) and ask if i needed anything while she was out running errands
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Starting fourth year on the CT surgery service tomorrow and am beyond excited for the next 3+ months back in the ORs 🤠🤠
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yesterday during my psych shelf exam, *checks notes* …
- felt my bra clasps literally break?? 1 hour in
- my lap top shut off with 24 minutes left
- after achieving ROSC, it made the loudest helicopter take-off sounds I thought the test proctors were going to tell me to leave
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No one: ….
Me: sooo do u wanna read my personal statement and tell me if it’s dumb
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On 5/3, the UToledo Dept. of Pathology held their annual Goldblatt Scientific Day where residents, student fellows, & PA students present their research projects.
I’m working on: “Adjusting the Focus: Use of Pre-scope Learning to Optimize the Pathology Elective Experience”
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shocked a heart s/p CABG and put in my first chest tube I am geeeeeeeking you guys surgery is sooo my niche
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fomo seeing my old classmates in the throes of match2024 but also shaking/crying/puking at the thought of having to choose what to do for the rest of my life sometime in the next year ❣️
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how do people choose a specialty??? I’m absolutely loving my emergency med rotation AND I love pathology and I have a stinking suspicion I’m also going to love surgery?? how do I choose what to do for the rest of my life !!
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Started a book club last September and remember walking into the 1st meeting worried sick that no one would show up… 12 meetings later, we just picked out next month’s book for our 1-year anniversary 🥹🥹🥹
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Talk about working with one of my mentors in my PS and he sent this with his feedback yesterday lol 😂 😂
Sent my personal statement rough draft to some peers, mentors, & non medical friends for feedback and I’m feeling very vulnerable at the moment like pls be gentle with me
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🤗🥰👻🤓🥳 <—— literally me every time I get to tell a patient this time next year I’ll be a surgeon in training
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the way i’m just absolutely buzzing after closing a few ports
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me rewatching my comfort show (the mentalist) for the 4th time since 2021
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how is Step 2 dedicated going you ask??? oh well today is the second time in two weeks that UW has crashed &&& they have scheduled downtime tomorrow so 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
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really happy with how this gift for my brother and his fiancé turned out - he proposed last month in Manarola, Italy on their 3 month backpacking adventure
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me: ya i’m just not a super emotional gal
also me: *cries watching Match day videos of strangers*
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this is fr what I look like in the OR
"You look beautiful with your hair tied back"
Me with my hair tied back:
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On nights RN and the trauma chief called me shortly after I left this AM because he wanted to make sure I know how valuable I’ve been to the team and to thank me for my hard work. It was so thoughtful && sweet I started tearing up in my post night shift sleepiness
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one of our pediatric cardiologists holds weekly peds shelf review sessions and today when discussing antibiotics, he goes “if you like getting answers wrong, choose meropenem” 😂😂
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Today, my resident went to give me a thumbs up as I was leaving my shift and I thought it was a fist bump so I did the most unfortunate thing and fist bumped his thumbs up 👍🏼🤛🏼 3rd year is off to a good start! 🤠
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Just had a patient and their partner say they can just tell I’m a riot bc funny recognizes funny && I feel so seen
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@sassyomsomg
I may or may not have taken the descriptions I wrote for med school apps for all the continued experiences
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does anyone else get irrationally sad ending rotations and leaving your residents/attendings who you may or may not ever work with again or do i have emotional attachment issues to sort out
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do i have many tasks to do this weekend? yes. am i going to teach myself how to sew scrub caps instead??? 🧐🤔
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wasn’t feeling too great leaving my surgery shelf yesterday but got an email today saying “Yay!” with the score report attached lol all’s well that ends well
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