PAST LIFE: Decided to craft a sabbatical of sorts. I do ascribe to the concept of "lifelong learning." Over the next 12-18 months, I will pursue advanced training in structural interventions and an executive MBA. I decided to go back for an additional year of training to hone my structural interventional skill set, which will include TAVR, mitraclip, tricuspid valve interventions, ASD/PFO, Watchman and perivalvular leaks, as well as more complex coronary and periperheral vascular techniques. Additionally, I will start an executive MBA at Duke University (its like going back home) with a particular focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. I do believe that physicians need to become more involved in driving healthcare and must ensure that we have an influential seat at the table. No more talking over us! I am not sure where the additional training will take me but I do consider myself blessed enough to be able to take advantage of these opportunities. FORWARDS EVER, BACKWARDS NEVER! FORMER LIFE: Interventional Cardiologist- Worked at a 250 bed hospital in a rural area ~ 40 miles north of Kansas City as an attending interventional cardiologist for 3.5 years. l am experienced in general cardiology care (ECHO, stress test, consultative care), cardiac catheterization and complex PCI. FORMER FORMER LIFE: Physician- scientist with experience in a number of molecular biology techniques including, but not limited to, cell culture, westernblot, retroviral and adenoviral generation, PCR, RNA, cDNA, ELISA, etc. My PhD research focused on the regulation of a cleaved product of Tie2, known as soluble Tie2, and its role and regulation in the Tie2-Angiopoietin system and pathological angiogenesis. Clinically, I will pursue a career as a cardiologist and vascular medicine special with particular emphasis on peripheral interventions. From a research standpoint, I am a vascular biologist with interest in therapeutic angiogenesis.