Happy New Year!


Chris finished his fourth year of medical school and graduated in May of this year. We had lots of family and friends that came into town to help us celebrate – including a picnic and softball game at a nearby park.

 

Yes, it's official!  He is now
Dr. Chris Ebersole.

(Chris' family at his graduation: Grandma and Grandpa Ebersole, Melody, Russ, Nate, Stephen, Chris, Kara, and Sara)


 

Would you believe Chris' med school handed out transcripts with their diplomas?  Chris' dad and grandpa had a lot of fun checking out every grade. Whew!  All that studying paid off!

From left to right:

Back row- Stephen Ebersole, Blake Berresford, Russ Ebersole, James, Grandpa Ebersole, Sarah Ebersole, Matt, Evan Foote

Front Row- Kara Ebersole, John Berresford, Chris Ebersole, Nate Ebersole


I finished a year of research with the Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology department at Loyola. We both started our residencies in July of this year. Chris started a radiology program at St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields. It’s a five year program. The first year is a traditional rotating internship. So, for this year he is still doing several different things including family practice, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, OB/gyn, etc. Starting next year he will begin four years of just radiology training (still rotating between CT, MRI, ultrasound, interventional radiology, etc.).


I started my pediatrics training in July at Loyola’s Ronald McDonald’s Children’s Hospital. It’s a three year program. I have already spent time rotating through the newborn nursery, neonatal ICU, pediatric ER, pediatric GI and the inpatient ward.

Chris and I enjoyed having his family near us in Wheaton for the beginning of this year. They finished their first year of furlough in the states and returned to Togo, West Africa late in the summer. These are a few pictures of Chris and his siblings hanging out together (Sara, Stephen and Nate; Daniel was absent as he is studying in North Carolina to be a missionary pilot).


Since starting residency, we’ve kept very busy. We greatly appreciate sleep and the few days off that we have together. The Foote family came out to Chicago this year to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. Daniel also flew up from North Carolina to celebrate with us.

For Christmas, we were very lucky to have four days off together. Chris and I were able to fly out to San Diego for a few days to visit family and celebrate a warm, sunny Christmas. Amy and I even tried making "sand angels instead of snow angels" on a quick trip to the beach on Christmas Eve.
 

Thanks for visiting our page. We’ll see you again next year!

Kara and Chris Ebersole