Setting The Scene

On our 40th overall episode and the 4th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by Nayiri, a 4th-year medical student who went through two application cycles as a prior applicant. Between her first and second cycles, she directed her focus to tackle the weaknesses she found in her application and interview. It proved well and she found great success in the end, landing 11 interview...

On our 39th overall episode and the 2nd episode in our series “Gap Year Perspectives,” we are excited to bring forward another spotlight! This time we are joined by Aprile, the Newsletter Director here at The Premed Scene. Last summer Aprile tackled her applications. This past year has been a time for Aprile to focus on personal growth after graduating last May from Cornell. In her words, she says...

On our 38th overall episode, we are excited to bring forward a unique spotlight! We are joined by Dr. Janiczek, who is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, and a familiar face to some of you: Zakia Irfan, a high school senior from Canada. Together, Dr. Janiczek and Zakia collaborated on a book titled “The High School Pre-Med.” Having founded his own company to help pre-medical students as well as no...

On our 37th overall episode and our very first episode in our brand new series about articles written by our team’s own content writies, we are joined by Siri. Siri wrote an article revolving around community actions against pandemics. On this episode, we discuss her findings and reflections in writing about our society’s past as well as current pandemics. We talk or think about it almost daily! Y...

On our 36th overall episode and the 10th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Jessica Dong - a recent graduate from her internal medicine residency. Dr. Dong graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Biological Sciences and a minor in Environmental Studies. Before medical school, Dr. Dong worked at Close Concerns as an Associate. She was later promoted to the Head of...

On our 35th overall episode and the 3rd in our series “International Perspectives,” we are joined by Dr. Vidhu Anand - a physician who serves Senior Associate Consultant for the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Anand is trained in cardiology and multimodality cardiac imaging. After completing her MBBS studies in I...

On our 34th overall episode and the 9th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Cancino - an MD/MBA physician who serves as the Director of the UT Health Physicians Primary Care Center and Senior Medical Director of Medical Management. Dr. Cancino trained in a Family Medicine residency at Mayo Clinic. Afterwards, he completed an Academic Medicine fellowship at Boston Univers...

On our 33rd overall episode and the 8th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Timothy Judson - an MD/MPH physician who works in several leadership capacities with a focus on clinical informatics. Dr. Judson works as an informatics lead at UCSF's Center for Digital Health Innovation. In this role, he designed and led the implementation of the COVID-19 Testing and Care tool...

On our 32nd overall episode and the 7th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Crystal Manohar - an MD/MBA physician who is the Associate Program Director of the Anesthesiology Residency for the Department of Anesthesiology at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Manohar received her MD in 2009 from Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine. She completed her Anesthesiology Resi...

On our 31st overall episode and the 6th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Matt Pantell - a pediatrician who earned his MD and MS through the UC Berkeley - UCSF Joint Medical Program. Before attending the Joint Medical Program, Dr. Pantell worked at the Health Policy Center of the Urban Institute. He then completed his residency in pediatrics and was Chief Resident at t...

On the 30th overall episode, we are joined by Andy Nguyen, or also known as ND MD, is a third-year medical student who has expanded his passion for videography to a growing following on social media platforms. Popular for videos including his “73 Questions” series, Andy has become a familiar face on social media. All the while, Andy balances his academic life as a BS/MD student on a 7-year track t...

On the 29th overall episode and our fifth episode on our series: “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Elaine Khoong. Dr. Khoong is a MD/MS graduate involved in research to develop and apply interventions for chronic disease outcomes. She pursued an internal medicine residency along with a primary care research fellowship at UCSF. Join us for this episode where Dr. Khoong shares her ref...

On the 28th overall episode and our second episode on the brand new series: “International Perspectives,” we are joined by Dr. Nandita Khera. Dr. Khera began her journey at a medical college in India before moving to the US for residency and fellowship while picking up her MPH along the way. Through all the hardship, Dr. Khera is now working at Mayo Clinic as a dual degree hematologist-oncologist!...

On the 27th overall episode about “Lifestyle in Medicine,” we are joined by Medschoolboiz, a group of 10 medical students with a booming presence on social media platforms like TikTok. We’ll take you through the personal stories for each member from Medschoolboiz as well as their experiences before and during medical school- working hard to become tomorrow’s doctors while enjoying their friendship...

On the 26th overall episode and our first episode of Setting the Scene’s new series: “The Community College Route as a Premed,” we are joined by Madeleine Babb, a recent graduate of UCLA and current medical school applicant. Madeleine began her journey as a premed at Santa Barbara Community College and completed her Bachelor’s degree at UCLA in 2019. During her time in community college and univer...

On the twenty fifth overall episode and our fourth episode of Setting the Scene’s series: “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Maya Kotas. Dr. Kotas is a graduate of Yale University, where she received her MD and PhD in immunobiology. After her residency training in Internal medicine at Columbia University, Dr. Kotas went on to complete a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medic...

On the twenty-fourth overall episode and our third episode of Setting the Scene’s series: “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Kim Rhoads. Dr. Rhoads received her BA and MS from University of California, Berkeley and her MD from University of California, San Francisco. She completed her General Surgery Residency at UCSF, after which she went on to obtain an MPH in Healthcare Policy and...

On the twenty third overall episode, we are joined by Fatima, our Content Coordinator at the Premed Scene to talk about her experiences as a premedical student majoring in the social sciences and minoring in the humanities. On this episode, we explore how her major and minor have had an impact on her journey to medicine through her extracurricular interests, research, as well as the differences be...

On the twenty second overall episode and our first episode on Setting the Scene’s series: “International Perspectives,” we are joined by Adaora Ezike, a second year medical student. Having moved from her home country to America to pursue her undergraduate and medical education, Adaora talks about what the transition was like and her own experience applying to medical school as an international stu...

On the twenty first overall episode, we are joined by a new team member and the Content Coordinator, Fatima Makama to talk about our experiences prior to college and what our transition from high school to college was like. On this episode, we also talk through the things incoming undergraduate freshman should expect as premedical students from academic rigor, clinical experience and shadowing to...

On the twentieth overall episode, we are bringing back Tarun, one of our Executive Committee members at The Premed Scene, from our earlier episode. We will discuss, reflect and share some insight on the leadership as a student: our experiences and perspectives. On this episode, we also talk through a leader’s adaptability and impact, bringing some of our own stories behind each of these along and...

On the nineteenth overall episode, we are joined by Tarun, one of our own Executive Committee members at The Premed Scene. We will discuss the growth we have experienced through extracurriculars. Extracurriculars provide route to explore, define and fine-tune our interests. The interests that captivate us now can reflect the paths we take later on. If truly done well, it transitions from a “checkb...

On the eighteenth overall episode, we are joined by Aditi. Aditi is a high school student in her junior year with a strong affinity for healthcare. Since moving to another state during high school, she has taken on the new challenges of adjusting to a different environment while getting a head start on solidifying a career. From the Attorney General's Youth Conference to serving as Chief Administr...

On the seventeenth overall episode and our second episode of Setting the Scene’s series: “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Lawrence Brass. Dr. Brass is a graduate of Harvard College and Case Western Reserve University, where he received his MD and a PhD in biochemistry. After residency training in internal medicine, he became a fellow in Hematology-Oncology at the University of Penn...

On the sixteenth overall episode and our second episode of Setting the Scene’s series: “Guest Spotlight,” we are joined by Alekhya, a high schooler. While still working through coursework in 10th grade, Alekhya has taken a leap in establishing her career early on. From gynecological research to being involved with internships across public health and policy, Alekhya has great ambitions and is alre...