Dear Editor,

I am a new graduate of Cardiovascular Technology from the National School of Technology in Miami, Florida. After finishing my internship at Miami Children™s Hospital (in the cath lab), the last part of school requirements, I am desperately applying in almost all four corners of the United States for cath lab tech positions. But my experience has been that all hospital employers, specifically cath lab departments, are looking for applicants with at least a year of experience. I spent a lot of time and resources to achieve this status just to have this kind of miserable ordeal. Kindly, please help/assist me in making a sincere and personal appeal to the cath lab world, that new grads like us, who are more driven to succeed, more aggressive about learning new things, more brave to face challenges in this field, be given the chance to be part of the cath lab technology profession. I have been applying for a long time, and it seems that I won™t be able to take responsibility for my student loans. I really hope we can do something about this, not only for me, but for other incoming graduates as well. Thank you very much for listening to my concerns.

Jerome L. Arabit
Cardiovascular Technologist Graduate
Email: jeromearabit@mac.com