Why Does Colin Aliff Thoroughly Enjoy Working in the Medical Field?

Ever since he was a little boy, Colin Aliff wanted to be a doctor. From an early age, he wanted to help people and to be of great use to them when they needed the most medical attention.  After excelling in high school science courses, Colin Aliff went on to study medicine in college and was able to volunteer at the local hospital. It became even more evident to him then how much he wanted to work in a hospital setting to help save people’s lives.

By the end of his junior year in college, Colin Aliff had already taken care of most of the requirements for his medical school application, and was on his way to applying. He got in to the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and had a great experience. The program was very intensive and challenging, and Colin Aliff really had to push himself to succeed.

It was when he was completing his residency at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga, where he specialized in family medicine, that he came to be increasingly passionate about saving people during their moment of need. This steered him back to the emergency department at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon, Georgia.

There were times when Colin Aliff felt completely overwhelmed working as an attending physician in the emergency department. The environment frequently feels chaotic because each case is so different, and you have people who have a variety of conditions from asthma attacks to heart attacks to major traumas like car accidents. It requires a vast knowledge of medical expertise, and Colin Aliff appreciates how intellectually stimulating the work can be.

While he now works as a medical director at a regional medical center, he still finds his daily job to be stimulating and demanding.