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Adena Zadourian, DO
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Adena Zadourian, DO
@AdenaZadourian
♦️Resident♦️Learn & empower ♦️1stGen ♦️Co-Founder @TheKeatsSurgery ♦️she/her 🇦🇲🙏🏽🖤
Praying, wishing, hoping
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    May 14, 2023
    This refugee immigrant is a doctor! 1st to learn English, 1st to go to college, 1st to go to med school—1st to be a DOCTOR in my family (including ancestors). Against all odds, I made 4yo Adena’s dream a reality. Thank you to my supporters & doubters. I did it. See you in the OR.
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
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    Mar 16, 2023
    OMG IT HAPPENED. I earned a #gensurg prelim spot at my top program. Thank you for taking a chance on me 🥹 This 5yo immigrant & first gen is one step closer to her dream of becoming a surgeon. THANK YOU 🖤 S/O to my village who supported me in more ways than I can appreciate 😭
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Mar 25, 2023
    Looking back, I’m still in shock from #Match2023 #SOAP2023. 3/13/23 sucked. Can’t even lie. 3/14-15/23 wasn’t much better. But a miracle happened on 3/16/23, and I’m still in awe. I didn’t have a paper/pen but I had the beach and the internet 😂
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Nov 11, 2024
    Dear attending, Please don’t interrupt me to “honey” me while I’m giving you report on a new consult. You didn’t “honey” my male counterpart an hour earlier for his consult. Sincerely, Resident
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Oct 28, 2022
    LOL I find this hilarious & painful 😂
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Jan 7, 2022
    When I asked for feedback on my (non-surgical) rotation, I was told “you’re too eager. You come across very confident. And you have a tendency to act like a surgeon, and that’s not good.” I was speechless.
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Mar 18, 2023
    My heart goes out to everyone who: matched matched but not at #1 matched but without partner SOAPed Scrambling I see you. You’re still smart & amazing & worthy. This is the start to the rest of your career, not the end. What’s yours is on its way. Just stuck in traffic.
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Mar 21, 2025
    3/2025: categorical surgery resident Third time was the charm 🧿🧿🧿
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Mar 15, 2024
    Grateful for another chance to pursue surgery! 3/2023: Unmatched ➡️ surgery prelim 3/2024: Unmatched ➡️ surgery prelim 3/2025: (Match categorical) 🤞🏽🙏🏽🤞🏽🙏🏽🧿 Excited to build upon my knowledge & skills at my new surgery program. Tysm to everyone who supported me.
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Mar 15, 2024
    Grateful for another chance to pursue surgery! 3/2023: Unmatched ➡️ surgery prelim 3/2024: Unmatched ➡️ surgery prelim 3/2025: (Match categorical) 🤞🏽🙏🏽🤞🏽🙏🏽🧿 Excited to build upon my knowledge & skills at my new surgery program. Tysm to everyone who supported me.
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Mar 21, 2025
    I finally matched categorical 😭🙏🏽🖤🧿
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Feb 11, 2022
    The surgeon today told me “wow those are perfect knots”....and I will now levitate towards heaven.
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Mar 11, 2024
    Congrats to everyone who matched!! So proud of y’all. Celebrate this huge accomplishment 🖤 I unfortunately didn’t match into surgery. Again. Disheartened, discouraged, disappointed but mostly numb.
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Jan 7, 2022
    Replying to @AdenaZadourian
    So I am thoroughly confused. I thought eagerness & confidence were positives. Plus, I want to be a surgeon, so that sounds great to me but it was meant as an insult. Can’t help but feel like that was an attempt to stifle my genuine interest & energy.
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    Adena Zadourian, DO
    @AdenaZadourian
    Jan 27, 2022
    On today’s episode of Being a DO: MD: you know having those 2 letters after your name is going to hurt you Me: stigma still exists so it might but I’m banking on it helping me MD: I’d be scared if I were you Me: I didn’t even think I could get this far so I can’t be scared now

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