We have faculty at all different stages of their careers and with different clinical interests, and thus as trainees we have the opportunity to learn to approach vascular disease in a variety of ways, both in and out of the operating room. My goals in fellowship are to hone the clinical acumen I developed during residency and refine my surgical skills and know-how to become an excellent vascular surgeon after these two additional years of training. There is no place better to achieve these goals than at UAB.