She has been a doctor for 12 years. She was drawn to Emergency Medicine during her internship at The Alfred hospital where she thrilled to the diversity of fast paced trauma resuscitation, the sleuth like workup of undifferentiated medical patients and the quiet chats with fast track patients needing sutures. She has always had an interest in creative writing. Her short story “Phoenix” was awarded the second prize in the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition 2006.