When Susquehanna Health vascular surgeon Dr. Eric Adams enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh in 1986, it was to pursue a career in medicine. During those first few years of medical school, however, he also began pursuing a partnership that blossomed over 23 years into a family of six.

Adams and his wife, Dr. Kristin Adams, met, courted, became engaged and even were married while attending medical school.

"We were in the same class in medical school, so we had the same courses together," said Kristin. "I sat in the front row and Eric sat in the back row, but we had the same circle of friends and liked the same kinds of activities."

The couple said they worked together on a project on the Krebs cycle in biochemistry class and began dating during their second year of medical school.

On a particularly notable day in their fourth year of medical school, they had taken their national board exams and were preparing to go out that evening with friends.

"Eric, unbeknownst to me, wanted to be sure that we got to a restaurant, not just because it was my birthday, but because he wanted to propose," Kristin said. "I figured something was up when he arrived in a three-piece suit."

Three weeks before graduation, the two tied the knot. While Eric applied to military programs, Kristin submitted applications for positions in the same cities. The couple moved to San Antonio, Texas, to begin their medical residencies - Eric at Brook Army Medical Center and Kristin at the University of Texas Health Science Center.

In the years that followed, Eric's service in the Army relocated the couple and their growing family to Fort Bragg, N.C., Augusta, Ga., and Washington, D.C. In June 2011, Eric retired from the military.

"So, we had all sorts of options," Eric said. "We could have gone anywhere."

Because Eric is a Pennsylvania native and Kristin grew up in Massachusetts and both had attended medical school in Pittsburgh, the couple began seeking opportunities in the Keystone State. A position became available for Eric with Susquehanna Health's Heart & Vascular Institute and Kristin was delighted to be offered a part-time position in neurology.

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Doctors meet, court, marry while in medical school