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Dr. Ed Lipsit is a recently retired radiologist who received his MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He spent the first part of his career at the George Washington University School of Medicine, in academic medicine. Later on, he became a partner in a radiology private practice. Dr. Lipsit specialized in Women’s Imaging.
As a radiologist, Dr. Lipsit performed diagnostic imaging procedures – like MRI, CT, PET, and ultrasound, reviewed information gathered from these imaging procedures, and communicated the results to patients and other physicians. The collaborative nature of radiology – constantly discussing results and talking with other healthcare providers – is one of Dr. Lipsit’s favorite aspects of it.
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Dr. Williams is a retired obstetrician/gynecologist who has spent years tutoring and mentoring students as well. She attended college at Swarthmore College before attending Thomas Jefferson Medical College for medical school. During her career, Dr. Williams worked in family practice before completing a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and spending several decades in that field.
Much of Dr. Williams’ life has been devoted to helping students. Besides having raised and supported three of her own children through professional, Dr. Williams has tutored students through the Chester Upward Bound Program. In her free time, she enjoys working with premed students at MedSchoolCoach and spending time with her husband, who is also a physician.
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Dr. Munjuluri is a child psychiatry fellow who took a non-traditional path to medicine. After graduating from Rutgers University with degrees in English and Biological Sciences, he taught through Teach for America and worked as a college counselor. A decade later, he attended medical school at University of California – San Francisco and additionally earned a Master’s from University of California – Berkeley.
Psychiatry was the natural fit for Dr. Munjuluri, who works with adolescents and their families on a daily basis. His presentation highlights a case of depression in a teenager and describes the biopsychosocial model of health. He also answers questions about his decision to pursue medicine and child psychiatry, highlighting some of the challenges he faced and providing advice to pre-meds.
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Dr. Lindgren is a second year anesthesiology resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in neurobiology and later attended medical school at Texas Tech. Her additional education includes an MBA from the Rawls College of Business.
In her life as an anesthesiology resident, Dr. Lindgren spends time in both the pre-op clinic and also in the operating room during various surgeries. She enjoys being able to perform procedures, administer medications, and take care of patients from the start to end of their experience in surgery. Dr. Lindgren talks about the different fields within anesthesiology and provides advice for pre-med students interested in a career in medicine and anesthesia.
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Dr. Lajevardi is a dermatologist who currently practices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After attending college at Northwestern, she went to Boston University for a master’s in medical sciences. Later, Dr. Lajevardi earned her medical degree from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and trained in dermatology at Brown University.
Dr. Lajevardi enjoys treating patients with a wide variety of dermatologic concerns. Her practice includes medical, cosmetic, and pediatric dermatology as well as cutaneous and laser surgery. In her presentation, she discusses cases of acne, psoriasis, and their different treatment modalities. She loves being able to diagnose patients and to treat their skin conditions as well.
In her free time, Dr. Lajevardi enjoys mentoring students interested in dermatology, spending time with her family, and enjoying the warm Florida weather.
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Dr. Winterton is an orthopedic surgeon with a specialization in hand surgery. He graduated from Brigham Young University and performed research at the National Institutes of Health, earning him distinction as a Goldwater Scholar and Tylenol Future Care Scholar. For medical school, Dr. Winterton attended the University of Pennsylvania and trained afterward at Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, and Rush University.
His career involves taking care of patients with arm injuries, ranging from children born without a thumb to weight-lifters with torn triceps muscles. Dr. Winterton sees patients in the clinic and also in the operating room, splitting his time between both.
When he is not operating, Dr. Winterton enjoys traveling and has visited almost 40 countries. He also serves as an advisor for MedSchoolCoach, using his admissions committee experience to help students interested in medicine achieve their goals.
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Dr. Mehta is a cardiology fellow who trained for 3 years as an internal medicine resident and 1 year as a chief medical resident. She originally received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by medical school at Columbia University School of Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. Mehta served as the Vice President of her graduating class and also as a member of the admissions committee.
Following medical school, she completed internal medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania and then a chief resident year. Dr. Mehta is currently a cardiology fellow and is committed to teaching others interested in medicine. She enjoys working as an advisor for MedSchoolCoach, helping pre-medical students gain acceptance to medical school.
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Dr. Ali Haider is an interventional cardiologist in Massachusetts and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UMass. He received his medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and went on to an internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center. He completed a cardiology fellowship at North Shore/LIJ-Hofstra and spent an additional year receiving further training in interventional and endovascular cardiology at Weill-Cornell.
On a weekly basis, Dr. Haider takes care of patients in both the office setting as well as in the cath lab, performing procedures such as coronary artery stenting for acute heart attacks, to TAVR procedures to replace the aortic valve. He also has a role in performing research and teaching cardiology fellows and students.
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Dr. Thomas is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who specializes in spinal cord injury. She took a non-traditional path to medical school by first majoring in mathematics and political philosophy as an undergraduate at Brown University, after which she earned her Master’s in Public Health at Columbia University. When Dr. Thomas decided to pursue medicine, she completed a post-bac program and attended Stony Brook for medical school. Since then, she has trained at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital in Chicago and later at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida.
Currently, Dr. Thomas works as a physiatrist in the inpatient setting, helping patients with a variety of injuries with a focus on spinal cord injuries. Her patients are recovering from trauma such as gun-shot wounds or health conditions like strokes.
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Dr. Ho is a fourth-year radiation oncology resident at the University of Arizona. He attended University of California – Davis as an undergraduate and later earned his medical degree from the UC Davis School of Medicine. During his third year of medical school, Dr. Ho decided he would pursue a career in radiation oncology and was able to gain experience and dedicate himself to research in the field.
Now as a resident, Dr. Ho helps treat patients with cancer using radiation therapy. During his presentation, he explains how these treatments are planned and performed. He also discusses a few interesting cases that demonstrate the utility of radiation oncology in the targeting of various cancers.
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Dr. Hillary McCrary is an otolaryngology resident in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah. She received her undergraduate degree, Master’s in Public Health, and medical degree at the University of Arizona. As a medical student, she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism Honor Society. After she completes her training in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. McCrary plans to further specialize in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Surgery.
As an otolaryngologist, Dr. McCrary deals with disease and pathology that affects everything “above the clavicles”. She describes the specialty as a perfect mix of surgery and clinic. After discussing her typical workday and subspecialties that otolaryngologists can pursue, she presents three interesting cases. In the first case, she describes a slide tracheoplasty – a procedure that widens the trachea. The second case involves an incredible surgical procedure that uses skin and vasculature from the forehead to conceal a large piece of skin removed from a patient’s face. Finally, Dr. McCrary discusses a neck mass in a 53-year-old female patient.
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Dr. Dallara-Marsh is a neurologist who specializes in working with children. She attended an accelerated BS/MD program, completing undergraduate studies at Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education and then a medical degree at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn. After those 7 years, she trained in pediatrics at Westchester Medical Center. To further her expertise within the field, Dr. Dallara-Marsh completed fellowships in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology and Epilepsy at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia.
Some of Dr. Dallara-Marsh’s interests include child neurology, epilepsy, and palliative care. She currently works in a private-practice setting in New Jersey. When she is not at work, Dr. Dallara-Marsh enjoys mentoring pre-meds and also spending time with her young children.
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Dr. Ed Chang is currently training as a urology resident at the University of Washington. He earned his undergraduate degree from UCLA, majoring in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. Later, Dr. Chang attended the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA for his medical degree.
Outside of urology, Dr. Chang is one of the co-founders of Prospective Doctor, and has been heavily involved in helping students interested in medical school as an advisor at MedSchoolCoach.
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Dr. Vanessa Smith is a practicing neuropathologist. She received her MD from the Mayo Clinic. Following completion of her internship at the Mayo Clinic, she returned to her hometown of Lexington and completed an Anatomic Pathology residency, followed by a Neuropathology fellowship at the University of Kentucky. Academically, she has presented her research at several national and international meetings and has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. She also directed and taught several didactic curricula for pathology, neurosurgery and neurology residents, receiving a departmental teaching award for her efforts in resident education.
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Dr. Ruby is a retired vascular surgeon with an extensive background in the field. He attended Brandeis University as an undergraduate, followed by Columbia University for his medical degree. Afterwards, Dr. Ruby trained in general surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and Vascular Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.
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Dr. Singer is a fourth year General Surgery resident at The Ohio State University. Using surgical procedures, she treats all different types of conditions, ranging from appendicitis to severe trauma. During her surgical rotations she fell in love with the operating room and never looked back.
Her day to day life as a general surgery resident includes in-patient rounding, performing different types of operations, and participating in skills/simulation training. In addition, she spends 1 day a week in a clinic setting, seeing new and postoperative patients. One of Dr. Singer’s favorite parts about general surgery is the range of different disease processes she sees: acute, chronic, benign, and malignant.
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In his daily life as an ophthalmologist, Dr. Kelly treats a large number of eye pathologies including glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy. In this session, Dr. Kelly discusses other eye disorders including cataracts and strabismus, and explains several treatments including medications, lasers, and surgery. He mentions that a large number of ophthalmologists further specialize to allow them to take care of the intricacies related to the eye as best as possible. While Dr. Kelly mainly works in the clinic, some ophthalmologists spend much of their time performing surgeries in the operating room such as cataracts, LASIK, and retinal surgery.
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After receiving his undergraduate education at UC Davis, Dr. Natarajan attended medical school at New York Medical College where he served on the admissions committee. He completed residency in internal medicine/pediatrics and has gone on to have an extensive career taking care of both pediatric patients and adults.
As the oldest of 6 children, Dr. Natarajan truly enjoys mentoring and helping others grow. He has interviewed hundreds of applicants to medical school in the past, and currently serves as a Physician Advisor at MedSchoolCoach, guiding pre-med students one-on-one. Access Beyond Shadowing: A Virtual Clinical Education, where you can take a quiz upon the completion of this podcast module. Upon successful completion of each learning module, you can download a personalized Certificate of Completion so you may add your virtual shadowing hours to your med school application. -
Dr. Harvey Katzen is the Associate Director of Advising at MedSchoolCoach and a retired hematologist/oncologist. He is an Emeritus Professor at George Washington University School of Medicine where he served for many years on the admissions committee.
Dr. Katzen earned his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University after which he continued on for medical school in the same university. He stayed at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences for medical residency and fellowship in Hematology/Oncology. He has serves as the Chief of Oncology at Greater Southeast Community and Southern Maryland Hospital, and was also the president of a large medical practice in Maryland called Oncology-Hematology Associates. Access Beyond Shadowing: A Virtual Clinical Education, where you can take a quiz upon the completion of this podcast module. Upon successful completion of each learning module, you can download a personalized Certificate of Completion so you may add your virtual shadowing hours to your med school application. -
Dr. Walsh is an emergency medicine doctor in Virginia where he sees patients ranging from infants to the elderly with a broad scope of conditions that bring them to the emergency room. After originally spending his time after high school as a professional baseball player and also a businessman, Dr. Walsh later decided to pursue medicine. He graduated with a degree in biology from Virginia Commonwealth University and then completed medical school and residency training at the University of Virginia.
As an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Walsh sees patients experiencing trauma, heart attacks, strokes, difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, and countless other medical problems. He is especially equipped at handling emergencies and providing immediate stabilization to patients. He is interested in medical education and preparing students for medical school and beyond. Access Beyond Shadowing: A Virtual Clinical Education, where you can take a quiz upon the completion of this podcast module. Upon successful completion of each learning module, you can download a personalized Certificate of Completion so you may add your virtual shadowing hours to your med school application. - Mostrar mais
