STRATEGIC PLANNING

Dr. Weintrub graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He trained in General Surgery at Boston University, Plastic Surgery at McGill University and completed a fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Weintrub is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. In private practice and as Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Providence VA Medical Center, Dr. Weintrub supervised surgical residents and medical students. A Clinical Assistant Professor at Brown University, he served on the selection committee for the plastic surgery residency program.

Dr. Ruby graduated magna cum laude from Brandeis University and received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his general surgery residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and was the John Homan’s Fellow in Vascular Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Ruby is a board certified vascular surgeon.

He is the former program director of the Integrated Residency in General Surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He served as chair of the admissions committee at the University of Connecticut.

He is a member of and has held leadership positions in many local, regional and national surgical societies such as The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Association for Surgical Education. He is past vice president of The New England Society for Vascular Surgery. Dr. Ruby is a founding member of Vascular Associates of Connecticut, a private practice group in Hartford CT. He is currently the medical director of Trinity Health’s Surgery Clinical Excellence Council.

Dr. Bradshaw earned his Bachelors in Business Administration from Baylor University and Masters of Science in Accountancy (Taxation) from the University of Houston. He was a CPA with Ernst & Young in Houston before attending medical school. He graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston and completed his residency at the McLennan County Family Medicine Program in Waco and also completed a fellowship in Academic Family Medicine. He is board-certified in Family Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

After completing his medical education, Dr. Bradshaw was in private practice for several years, then became an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where he was involved in a number of clinical leadership positions in addition to his teaching and patient care activities. He also served on the medical school admissions committee at UT Southwestern.

For the past 20 years, Dr. Bradshaw has been a student health physician at Baylor University (until his recent retirement) and has worked with many pre-med students. Dr. Bradshaw is an adjunct instructor in the Robbins MBA Healthcare Program at Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business. He also teaches research and evidence-based medicine at the Faculty Development Center at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

Dr. Lindgren graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas with a BS in Neurobiology and a certificate in business foundations. In college, she was heavily involved with serving the community both as the vice president of a service organization and as a volunteer leader at a nearby hospital. She was also a campus tutor of chemistry, biology, finance, and accounting. She then moved to Lubbock, Texas to pursue her MD/MBA at TTUHSC School of Medicine and Rawls College of Business. During that time, she worked at the University Writing Center to help healthcare students and faculty revise writing including research papers, personal statements, and CVs. She also spent two years on the admissions committee and interviewed applicants for medical school, providing feedback to the school. Throughout her time as a medical student, she also mentored pre-medical and other medical students for medical school and residency applications. She then matched to Baylor College of Medicine’s anesthesiology residency program in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Edward Walsh graduated summa cum laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Biology. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine where he served on the Admissions Committee. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency training at the University of Virginia. He is currently practicing full-time in northern Virginia.

Dr. Walsh currently serves as a faculty member at the James Madison University Physician Assistant program, lecturing in Emergency Medicine. Additionally, he has taught several undergraduate Biology courses at Germanna Community College. A lifelong learner himself, he is especially interested in medical education and preparing students for the challenges of medical school and beyond. He is quite familiar with the challenges non-traditional students can sometime encounter. Before his medical career, Dr. Walsh was a former professional baseball player and is a two-time Ironman finisher. He is currently training for Ironman Arizona.

Dr. Choo earned her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley where she majored in molecular and cell biology and minored in Spanish. Before going to medical school she spent one year teaching MCAT classes. She went on to complete her medical degree at UC San Diego and pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s).

After graduating from residency, Dr. Choo became a Chief Resident and Associate Program Director at the CHOC Children’s and UC Irvine residency programs. During that time, she served on the admissions committee where she reviewed hundreds of applications. She has also worked with the UC Irvine medical school in teaching students and preparing them for the application process.

Dr. Choo is currently a board certified pediatrician at CHOC Children’s outpatient clinic, where she regularly works with and teaches residents in her practice.