BS/MD Interview Preparation

Dr. Lee specializes in BS/MD admissions and has been working with this unique population of applicants since 2010. After attending a prestigious boarding school for high school, she was accepted into seven combined bachelor-medical degree programs. Northwestern University’s highly selective Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME). She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL with a Bachelors of Arts in Biology. Afterwards, she graduated from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL.  She then completed a dermatology residency at Brown University, and served as Chief Resident during her final year. She completed her fellowship in Photomedicine, Lasers, and Cosmetics at Massachusetts General Hospital and was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School. Academically, she has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and lectures internationally on photomedicine and dermatology. She has several research grants supporting her work in developing cutting-edge technologies for treatment of skin cancer.

Dr. Lee also has an interest in medical education, and dedicates time to medical student and resident teaching, serving as an editor to the First Aid (First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS [senior editor], First Aid for USMLE Step 2 CK, and First Aid for the USMLE Step 3 [senior editor]) book series.

Dr. Lee is a board-certified dermatologist, practicing in an academic setting as an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Brown University.

Dr. Benjamin Robison, MD-PhD is a MacArthur award winning designer, healthcare consultant, musician, and climber, who has taught and coached at every step of his career. While completing his MD degree at Stanford University School of Medicine, he developed and published multiple medical education design innovations and was part of the teaching staff for Stanford’s core Practice of Medicine course. He also assisted numerous students interested in the medical profession to fully explore their motivations while developing deeply personal and engaging approaches to their narrative and portfolio. During pre-med, Ben tutored math, physics, chemistry, and writing. Prior to his medical education, Ben founded and was the artistic director of a multimedia stage ensemble and was the co-founder of the Musicians’ Alliance for Peace, a global organization that has produced over three hundred and fifty concerts in over 25 countries. He has performed as soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician in France, Italy, Greece, Canada and the United States and has collaborated with musicians such as Anton Kuerti, Ani Kavafian, the Emerson Quartet, and Luciano Pavarotti. Ben holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, and Stanford University.

Dr. Dutta completed a 7 year combined BS/MD program following high school through The College of New Jersey (where he graduated Magna Cum Laude) and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He tutored fellow students in a variety of subjects throughout college. In medical school, he spent a great deal of time tutoring both medical students and high school students in his home town. Between his 3rd and 4th years of medical school, he completed the Leadership and Innovation Fellowship Training (LIFT) program through the Department of Urology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, where he performed clinical and translational research on new technologies in Urologic Surgery. After receiving his MD, he began his residency in Urologic Surgery at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina.

Dr. John was a member of the prestigious 6-year accelerated BA/MD program at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, after being accepted to 8 other guaranteed medical programs. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rutgers University as a member of the Honors College. She was President of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society during medical school.

During her time in medical school and residency, Dr. John served on the interview and application selection committees for traditional medical school applicants, applicants to accelerated medical programs, and Dermatology residency applicants. Her experience allowed her to identify what distinguishes an excellent application from an average one. This has guided her understanding of how to help clients compose meaningful personal statements and activity descriptions. In addition, her experience with interviewing has allowed her to help clients shape concise but unique responses to common interview questions.

Ann is currently completing her Dermatology residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School prior to completing a Mohs surgery fellowship. She has helped numerous applicants obtain both medical school and accelerated medical program acceptances at multiple programs with an exceptional success rate.

Dr. Sanan graduated from the 7 year BA/MD program at Boston University, where he graduated with honors and earned the Dean Eleanor Tyler Memorial Award as the top graduate. He has worked as an advisor to BA/MD and MD students in medical school. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, where he served on the residency admissions committee. He completed his fellowship in Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. He is currently in practice in Los Angeles and continues to mentor and advise high school, pre-medical, and medical students in addition to residents and fellows around the country.

Dr. Katzen graduated from Georgetown University with a BS in Biology and earned his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He continued his medical internship and residency in Internal Medicine at GW, as well as completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology.

Dr. Katzen is an oncologist-hematologist and has served as the Chief of Oncology at both Greater Southeast Community and Southern Maryland Hospital ,as well as the president of Oncology-Hematology Associates in Maryland.

He currently serves as a Clinical Professor at George Washington Hospital. He was an active member of the George Washington University School of Medicine admissions committee prior to joining MedSchoolCoach. He currently serves as a consultant to pharmaceutical companies and other health related companies.

He has been recognized as a Top Doctor by US News and World Report and Washingtonian Magazine. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology and the Southern Association of Oncology. He joins MedSchoolCoach enthusiastic to help premedical students follow their dreams of becoming physicians.