MD Program

MD Student Ambassadors

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Ambassadors by Program

  • MD '26

    Christian Oakley


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame

    Hometown: Southampton, NY

    Specialty Interest: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

    Ask Me About: Wellness; Learning Communities; Outdoor Activities; Cross-country move

    CJ Bakle


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: Clemson University

    Hometown: Charleston, SC

    Specialty Interest: Orthopaedic Surgery, Trauma

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; FCC phase; Learning Communities; College system; Wellness; Gap year; Orthopedics; Research; Shade Tree Clinic; Living in Nashville

    David Hanna


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: UNC Chapel Hill

    Hometown: Fayetteville, NC

    Specialty Interest: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

    Ask Me About: Gap year

    James Bathon


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame

    Hometown: Pleasantville

    Specialty Interest: Planning to do Orthopedics or General Surgery. I do have a strong interest in sub-specializing in pediatrics long term.

    Ask Me About: Curriculum; Shade Tree Clinic; Council of Class Officers; Wellness Committee; Social Mission Committee; Student Life; Gap Year; Being Christian in medical school

    James Kristell


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: Case Western Reserve University

    Hometown: Aurora, OH

    Specialty Interest: Anesthesiology or Internal Medicine

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; FCC curriculum; Immersion phase; Gap year; First-gen MD student; Long-distance relationships; Learning Communities; College system; Cross-country move; MPH

    Joy Justice


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia

    Hometown: Poca, West Virginia

    Specialty Interest: Dermatology, Internal Medicine, ENT

    Ask Me About: Wellness; Research; Living in Nashville; Rural hometown

    Julia Hong


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: WashU

    Hometown: Wayland, MA

    Specialty Interest: Orthopaedics

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; Learning Communities; College system; Cross-country move; Wellness; Research; Shade Tree Clinic; Living in Nashville; Food in Nashville

    Kyoko Kohno


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University

    Hometown: Tokyo, Japan

    Specialty Interest: Neurology

    Ask Me About: Food in Nashville; Wellness; Classical music

    Logan Locascio


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida

    Hometown: Gainesville, FL

    Specialty Interest: Orthopaedic Surgery

    Ask Me About: Learning Communities; College system

    Maro Doce


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University

    Hometown: Nashville, TN

    Specialty Interest: General Surgery

    Ask Me About: First-gen MD student; Living in Nashville; Shade Tree Clinic; Wellness

    Roma Kankaria


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University

    Hometown: Leonardtown, Maryland

    Specialty Interest: Hematology/oncology

    Ask Me About: Curriculum; Health Equity Certificate; Shade Tree Clinic; Rural hometown; AAPIO; LMSA; SMC; MS4SF

    Tori Tong


    MD'26    		Undergraduate Institution: Harvard

    Hometown: Sydney, Australia

    Specialty Interest: Plastic surgery

    Ask Me About: Pride in Medicine; International student; Gap year; Wellness

  • MD '27

    StudentBackground & Interests

    Abhi Manda


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Emory University

    Hometown: Murfreesboro, TN

    Specialty: Ophthalmology

    Ask Me About: Shade-Tree Clinic, Long-Distance Relationships, Having fun during med school, AAPIO, Intramural Sports

    Armel Mignondje


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Notre Dame

    Hometown: Omaha, NE

    Specialty: Psychiatry

    Ask Me About: MCF and bible study, VMS dance, Shade tree, SSCD, Learning communities and colleges, being Christian, ways to be involved like MCF and SSCD, FMK curriculum, Wellness, taking a gap year, Having or not having a car on campus, living in Nashville

    Channing Chi


    MSTP    		Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University

    Hometown: Denver, Colorado

    Specialty: Oncology, Pediatrics

    Ask Me About: Shade Tree Clinic, Curriculum Committee, FMK curriculum, dual degrees (MSTP), living in Nashville, taking multiple gap years, Shade Tree Clinic

    Daniel Larson


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution:

    Hometown:

    Specialty: Unsure, but leaning ENT

    Ask Me About: APAMSA, Social Mission Committee, Vanderbilt Letter Project, soccer, Gap year, wellness, the College system

    Jake Manuel


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Rhodes College

    Hometown: Memphis. TN

    Specialty: PM&R, Neurology, Anesthesiology

    Ask Me About: FMK, learning communities, and life in Nashville, Intramural Sports, Shade Tree, PM&R interest group!

    Denise Shkurovich


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Duke University

    Hometown: Los Angeles, California

    Specialty:

    Ask Me About: CCO, Shade Tree, Maimonides, California->Nashville, gap years, life in Nashville, hiking + running

    Jennifer Kong


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University

    Hometown: River Edge, NJ

    Specialty: Unsure - thinking OBGYN/ENT

    Ask Me About: Shade Tree, SMC, SLW Committee, Medical Students For Choice, FMK curriculum, Learning Communities, Shade Tree, living in Nashville, Vanderbilt undergrad going to VUSM, going straight through

    Kaitlyn Mi


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Brown University

    Hometown: Brentwood, TN

    Specialty: Internal Medicine

    Ask Me About: Shade Tree Clinic, APAMSA, VUSM/VU Undergraduate PreMed Mentoring Program, Living/eating in Nashville, first-gen MD, FMK curriculum, relationships during medical school, gap year, research

    Kaitlyn Ortgiesen


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois

    Hometown: Dixon, IL

    Specialty: PM&R, Radiology, or Anesthesiology

    Ask Me About: Coming from a rural area, first-gen college and medical student, learning communities, Wellness Junior Mentor, PM&R Interest Group, Radiology Interest Group

    Lily Campbell Lewis


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Boston University

    LHometown: Los Angeles

    Specialty: Trauma surgery

    Ask Me About: MS4SF, SMC, Maimonides, general surgery interest group, FMK curriculum, LC, MS4SF, gap years, first-gen MD, Nashville

    Riley Gilbertson


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: UCLA

    Hometown: San Diego

    Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery, ENT, EM

    Ask Me About: Class Council, Shade Tree, Street Medicine, Wilderness Medicine, Moving to the south/Nashville, long-distance relationships, wellness, LC, anything!

    Lily Bai


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Univ of Southern California

    Hometown: Bellevue, WA

    Specialty:

    Ask Me About: Happy to to chat about anything (curriculum, moving across the country, where to eat, Gabbe college), med students for choice, VUSM Golf

  • MD '28

    StudentBackground & Interests

    Abigail Lee


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University

    Hometown: Cedar Hills, UT

    Specialty Interest: Pediatrics, Dermatology, ENT

    Ask Me About: Curriculum 2.0; Wellness; Cross-country move

    Annie Shen


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Emory University

    Hometown: Richland, Washington

    Specialty Interest: Something surgical

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; LC; Cross-country move; Gap year; Food in Nashville

    Connor Charton


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Western University

    Hometown: Toronto

    Specialty Interest: Surgery? (not totally sure to be honest)

    Ask Me About: Gap year; Research; College system; International student

    Drew Hines


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Cedarville University

    Hometown: Syracuse, NY

    Specialty Interest: Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Oncology

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; Shade Tree Clinic; Medical Christian Fellowship; Gap year; First year of medical school

    Emma Stimpfl


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University

    Hometown: Baudette, Minnesota

    Specialty Interest: Surgery, ENT, OB/GYN, etc. I have many interests

    Ask Me About: Cross-country move; Gap year; Rural hometown; moving from a corporate job (consulting) back into med school

    Esha Chawla


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: UCLA

    Hometown: Pleasanton, CA

    Specialty Interest: Unsure!

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; Learning communities; College system; Cross-country move; Shade Tree Clinic; Gap year; Wellness

    Gauri Garg


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: University of Utah

    Hometown: Logan, UT

    Specialty Interest: Dermatology or plastic surgery

    Ask Me About: Cross-country move; MD/MPH; College system; coming from an unranked public school

    Jack Lin


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Emory University

    Hometown: Birmingham, AL

    Specialty Interest: Unsure

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; Learning Communities; College system; Wellness; Student Life; Living in Nashville

    Jon Spallino


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: BYU

    Hometown: South Jordan, Utah

    Specialty Interest: Orthopedic Surgery

    Ask Me About: Having kids in medical school; Gym; Robinson College; Mountain biking; Country music, Memes

    Karishma Muthukumar


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: UC Irvine

    Hometown: Los Angeles

    Specialty Interest: neurology, surgery, still exploring

    Ask Me About: First year curriculum; Cross-country move; Gap year; Master's programs abroad

    Kiran Depala


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Saint Louis University

    Hometown: Temecula, CA

    Specialty Interest: Interested in Ophthalmology, ENT, Orthopedics, and Radiology, but largely undecided and keeping an open mind.

    Ask Me About: Living in Nashville; Cross-country move; Pick-up sports

    Luke Jones


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Baylor University

    Hometown: Glen Spey, NY

    Specialty Interest: Anesthesiology

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; Being married in medical school; Case-based learning

    Lynnea Doshi


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: UCLA

    Hometown: San Jose, California

    Specialty Interest: OBGYN, Pediatrics, with possible surgical subspecialty

    Ask Me About: Gap year; Living in Nashville; Food in Nashville; Veganism; FMK curriculum; Living alone for the first time; Siloam Clinic; Opportunities in global health

    Paul Soliman


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Brown University

    Hometown: Rochester

    Specialty Interest: ENT, Ortho, unsure

    Ask Me About: Living in Nashville; Food in Nashville; How to study; Curriculum

    Samuel Le


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego

    Hometown: Maumee, OH and Fountain Valley, CA

    Specialty Interest: Med-Peds right now, but very unsure!

    Ask Me About: First-gen college student; First-gen MD student; Low-income student; Gap year; Wellness

    Shahar Hartman


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University

    Hometown: Brookline, MA

    Specialty Interest: Interested in everything right now

    Ask Me About: Learning communities; College system; Double Dore; Gap year; Long-distance relaitonships; Wellness; Food in Nashville; First-gen MD student

    Sherwin Newton


    MD'28    		Undergraduate Institution: Baylor University

    Hometown: Bloomington, Illinois

    Specialty Interest: Hem/Onc, IM, Anesthesiologist

    Ask Me About: FMK curriculum; Learning communities; FMK curriculum; FPR

  • Medical Scholars Research Fellows

    StudentBackground & Interests

    Jessica Sims


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: UCLA

    Hometown: Brookline, MA

    Specialty Interest: Pediatric Surgery, Trauma/Acute Care Surgery

    Ask Me About: Gap year; Wellness; Curriculum 2.0; Research; Shade Tree Clinic

    Stephen Chenard


    MD    		Undergraduate Institution: Queen's University

    Hometown: Corvallis, Oregon

    Specialty Interest: Orthopedic Surgery

    Ask Me About: Research; Shade Tree Clinic; Gym

  • MIDP

    StudentBackground & Interests

    Emma Ye


    MIDP    		Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley

    Hometown: Houston

    Specialty: Neurosurgery

    Ask Me About: Gap year; wellness; research; living in Nashville

  • MSTP

    StudentBackground & Interests

    Atlee Witt


    MSTP, G2    		Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University

    Hometown: Denver, Colorado

    Specialty: Interventional Radiology

    Ask Me About: Dual Degrees; Moving to Nasvhille from West; Living in Nashville; Gap Year; Careers in Medicine

    Channing Chi


    MSTP, M2    		Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University

    Hometown: Denver, Colorado

    Specialty: Oncology, Pediatrics

    Ask Me About: FMK Curriculum; Dual Degrees; Living in Nashville; Gap Year; Shade Tree Clinic

    Stirling Argabright


    MSTP, G1    		Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania

    Hometown: Annapolis, MD

    Specialty: Neurology, Psychiatry

    Ask Me About: Dual Degrees; Service and Equity Work; First-Gen MD; Curriculum; Colleges; Community; Moving to Nashville from Northeast

  • Other Dual Degree Students

    StudentBackground & Interests

    Austin Hilvert


    MD/MBA    		Undergraduate Institution: The Ohio State University

    Hometown: Bartlett, IL

    Specialty Interest: Neurosurgery

    Ask Me About: Dual degrees; Shade Tree Clinic; Cross-country move; Gap year; Research; Living in Nashville; Pursuing surgery

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