Meet our team

Dr. Mehta is the founder of MedSchoolCoach and nationally known as one of the premier experts in medical school admissions. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia University in New York City with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering. He finished his degree with the highest GPA in the Civil Engineering major. He was accepted to three of the top ten medical schools in the country and chose to attend the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he graduated with research honors.

He then trained in medicine and surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and then was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School and resident at BIDMC/HMS. He then completed a Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Academically, he has presented his work at multiple national meetings, including SIR and RSNA, and has been published in multiple peer reviewed journals. He has a clinical interest in interventional radiology treatments for cancer patients, women and emergency situations.

Dr. Mehta is a practicing Interventional Radiologist specializing in minimally invasive endovascular and percutaneous procedures in order to eliminate cancer, pain, stop life threatening bleeding and more.

Sahil has been involved in admissions consulting and tutoring for years. As the founder of MedSchoolCoach, he has a hand in thousands of medical school applications. His experience helping applicants of all types navigate the admissions process is unparalleled.

Dr. Marinelli graduated magna cum laude from California State University, San Marcos with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. While attending school, she worked for a neurosurgeon where she led clinical trials, taught biology as a supplemental instruction leader. Dr. Marinelli was accepted to multiple medical schools and attended the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine where she served on the admissions committee and interviewed many applicants. In medical school, she met her future husband and MedSchoolCoach advisor, Dr. David Flick. After medical school, both Dr. Marinelli and her husband attended family medicine residency in Hawaii where she also served on the residency admissions committee. After her son was born, she decided to step away from clinical medicine and joined the MedSchoolCoach team. Since that time, she has mentored and assisted hundreds of students in the medical school admissions process and brings a wealth of experience serving on both medical school and residency admission committees.

Dr. Marinelli is the Director of Advisors at MedSchoolCoach where she continues to advise applicants but also serves to oversee all of the advising applicants. She is excited to continue to provide guidance to students while spending quality time with her son.

Dr. Flick graduated Magna Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California with a BS in biology where he was heavily involved in high school and university level tutoring. He then moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand where he worked as a high school mathematics teacher at an international baccalaureate school. In the two years prior to starting medical school, he volunteered in seven different countries throughout Asia with international medical aid programs. Dr. Flick attended medical school at UC Irvine after receiving the Army health professions scholarship. He served on the admissions committee for four years including working on the selection committee board. He completed a family medicine residency program in Oahu, HI and served on the residency admissions committee. He is board certified in family medicine and now works as a flight surgeon for the Army.

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.

Dr. Lipsit graduated from Yeshiva University in New York and obtained his medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Following a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at The George Washington University Medical Center as Chief Resident, he pursued a fellowship in Diagnostic Ultrasound at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He then returned to The George Washington University Hospital to become the Director of Diagnostic Ultrasound. Dr. Lipsit is Board Certified in Diagnostic Radiology and for 20 years served as President of Washington Radiology Associates, the largest provider of outpatient medical imaging in the Washington metropolitan area.

Dr. Lipsit has published articles in peer reviewed medical journals and texts and has lectured both domestically and abroad. Dr. Lipsit retired from active clinical practice in 2016 and is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He serves as an educational consultant to multiple organizations and has been on the clinical faculty and a member of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr. Lipsit has been involved in admissions consulting for the past few years, joining the MedSchoolCoach team in 2015. He brings with him a wealth of experience and tremendous enthusiasm to help applicants gain admission to medical school and become physician leaders.

Dr. Bababeygy received his M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine, where he served 4 years on the Admissions Committee. He is a former Research Fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He completed his Vitreo-Retina Surgery training in California where he is currently practicing. He has published over 70 abstracts and peer-reviewed publications in the fields of neurosurgery and ophthalmology, contributing to significant advances in protein therapeutics, neural stem cells, and eye surgery. Additionally, he is a journal Peer Reviewer for multiple indexed medical journals, and serves as a Scientific Advisory Board Member for current Clinical Trials/Drugs in Ophthalmology. He has over 8 years of medical school admission consulting experience with a 96% admissions acceptance rate for his students.

Dr. Barber graduated from Harvard Medical School after obtaining multiple research awards, publishing multiple first-author papers in top-tier journals, working with the Harvard medical admissions board, and redesign of the curriculum. Since then, he completed residency at Stanford in Internal Medicine and is now matched at Stanford for fellowship in Gastroenterology. He has advised over 100 students on pre-medical admissions from all backgrounds, with students gaining acceptance at many top-tier schools including Harvard Medical School, Columbia, and Northwestern. He is organized, prompt, creative, and professional with all students he works with.

Amy graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College with a Bachelors in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology. She received her MD degree from Harvard Medical School and is currently a resident in Dermatology at the University of California – San Francisco (UCSF). She has published over 20 abstracts and peer-reviewed publications in dermatology.

Amy has over 6 years of medical school admission consulting experience and served for 3 years on the Harvard Pre-Medical Committee. She has worked with dozens of medical school applicants on all aspects of their applications, from personal statements and activities to secondaries and interviews. Students she has worked with have been accepted to top medical schools such as Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Stanford, among others. She has been a Master Advisor for MedSchoolCoach for the last 2 years.

Dr. Gillihan spent most of his time growing up focusing on athletics and working towards his goal of becoming a professional baseball player. However, plans quickly changed for him during his second year of college when he suffered an injury that forced him to rethink his career goals. It was at this time that he decided to pursue a career in medicine. After graduating from Missouri State University, he spent time in translational research labs at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Kansas School of Medicine, where he eventually attended medical school. Dr. Gillihan continued his scientific endeavors during medical school, where he was awarded an Alpha Omega Alpha Student Research Fellowship and a grant from the American Society of Nephrology for his work in the lab. Dr. Gillihan is also an accomplished medical writer, having successfully published over 15 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, all while continuing to exceed academically, graduating near the top of his medical school class and matching into his top choice residency program in Dermatology at the University of Florida where he is currently located.

During his time in medical school, Dr. Gillihan was intricately involved with the admissions process and advising of pre-medical students, using his unique background to help numerous students gain acceptance into medical schools across the country, which he has continued to do here at MedSchoolCoach. Dr. Gillihan is passionate about working with college students who share in his passion for becoming a physician, no matter what background they come from. He is excited to be able to continue to use his life experiences and unique path to medicine to help others achieve their goals.

Dr. Hajighasemi graduated Summa Cum Laude from Saint Mary’s College of California in Biology with a minor in Theology & Religious Studies. He was accepted into 15 medical schools across the nation and chose to attend UC Irvine where he graduated with his MD and MBA degrees. He matched into his #1 ranked residency program at USC in Neurology. Dr. Hajighasemi served on the admissions committee at the UC Irvine School of Medicine and interviewed many applicants. He is more famously known for his energetic personality and passion for telling stories, which he channels as the owner and sole content creator for the DocOssareh YouTube channel, which is the largest YouTube channel directed towards premed, medical students, and residents.

Dr. Demajh (Jordan) graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Women, Gender, and Sexual Studies. She began mentoring junior students as a General Biology mentor and tutor, and was met with such high remarks from students that she was hired as a General Biology lab TA for three semesters. Once graduating, she attended the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health as a part of their Master’s of Health Science in Reproductive and Cancer Biology program. She then moved to Chicago to attend the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where she served on the admissions committee among many other research and curricular commitments. She has extensive research interest in qualitative studies of communication between physicians and patients, and has published the first-ever medical ethics investigation of the relationship between surgeons and patients’ family members in the preoperative period in a top peer-reviewed journal. She graduated from medical school with the distinction of being awarded membership in both the Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism Honor Societies.

Dr. Kelly was born and raised in New York City. Upon graduating Stuyvesant High School, he moved to Washington, DC. He attended Georgetown University, majoring in biology with a minor in philosophy. After graduating college, he attended Georgetown for medical school, where he became interested in Ophthalmology. Moving back to New York, he matched at North Shore/Long Island Jewish for residency. He served as chief resident, and was responsible for interviewing prospective residents.

After becoming board certified, Dr. Kelly started working with the Osler Institute, helping Ophthalmologists prepare for their oral boards. He is currently in private practice, working in Manhattan and Long Island. In his spare time, Dr. Kelly likes to travel the world, listen to live music, and root for the Mets, Giants, Knicks and Georgetown basketball.

He is excited to help prospective students get accepted to medical school!

Dr. Newsha Lajevardi is a board certified dermatologist who practices medical, pediatric and cosmetic dermatology, cutaneous surgery, and laser surgery.
She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northwestern University and then went on to complete her master’s degree in medical sciences at the Boston University School of Medicine. During her time at Boston University she completed coursework alongside medical students and intricately learned about the medical school admissions process through extensive mentorship with the Boston University deans of admission. Additionally, she was an academic tutor for other medical and dental students in physiology, endocrinology, and immunology. Before attending medical school, she conducted translational medicine research at the Boston University department of dermatology followed by clinical research at the Boston University section of endocrinology.

Given her nontraditional path to medical school, Dr. Lajevardi has extensive experience with the unique challenges of post-baccalaureate and nontraditional applicants to medical school. Even before joining Medschoolcoach she was closely involved with essay editing and interview preparation for family and friends applying to medical school.

Dr. Lajevardi received her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She completed her internship in internal medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. Finally, she completed her dermatology residency at the prestigious Brown University Department of Dermatology. Following her training she joined the department at Brown as an attending dermatologist and Assistant Professor of Dermatology.

During her time at Brown University, she was highly involved in the application and interview process for prospective dermatology residents. She also serves as a mentor to Michigan State University medical students interested applying to the field of dermatology. Additionally, she has lectured to other physicians at both regional and national meetings and has been published in major medical journals.  As a native to Miami and after spending many years enduring harsh Midwestern and New England winters, Dr. Lajevardi recently returned back home to South Florida with her family and practices in Fort Lauderdale.

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. 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. 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. Yoediono graduated Cum Laude from Yale University with Honors in Psychology. He received his MD from the University of Rochester of Medicine and Dentistry and did his training at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Program. Following his residency, he received an MBA at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Afterwards, he worked in various capacities at Duke University: Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Research on Prospective Health Care – a center he helped evolve with the Chancellor Emeritus, Associate Director of the Master of Management Studies Program at the Fuqua School of Business and Special Assistant to Duke University’s Chancellor for Health Affairs. In addition to serving as a Duke University pre-major advisor for freshman and sophomores, he was an admissions interviewer for Duke University School of Medicine, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Program. He also advised many Duke premeds in terms of medical school applications, essays and interviews. He co-authored papers that were published in The New England Journal of Medicine and Academic Medicine.

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. Scott-Hawkins graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree in World Arts and Cultures with a concentration in dance and a minor in pre-medicine. While applying to medical school, she took a year off to work as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Charles Drew University where she and her team published their work in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. Dr. Scott-Hawkins was accepted into the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Physician Leadership Development Dual Degree Program (PLDP) through which she completed an MD and MPH degree. She served as the PLDP Graduate Assistant and Executive Council Chair. She also served on the admissions committee for Wright State University and the PLDP program. She also served on a Preventive Medicine Faculty Member Search Committee and the Department of Pediatrics Chair Search Committee through which she provided recommendations to the medical school Dean for selection of a new hire.

While in medical school, Dr. Scott-Hawkins served as a mentor to pre-medical students through the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) and as a peer tutor. She is currently completing residency training in Psychiatry at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) and will begin fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harbor UCLA in July 2019. She serves on the LAC+USC Psychiatry Residency Program admissions committee annually.

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.

Dr. Aneja graduated Manga Cum Laude from Columbia University in New York City with a Bachelors of Science in Applied Mathematics. He was accepted to six of the top ten medical schools in the country and ultimately decided to attend the Yale University School of Medicine. While at Columbia, Dr. Aneja was the head teaching assistant for General Chemistry for 2 years and a Calculus I and II teaching assistant. Additionally, when he was a sophomore, he was the youngest ever presenter at the American College of Cardiology National Meeting. While at Yale, Dr. Aneja served as the president of his class as well as a tutor in biostatistics and biochemistry. Dr. Aneja has authored a dozen journal publications in the field of oncology, received two research grants, and co-authored two book chapters related to health services research. In 2011, Dr. Aneja was named the Radium Society Young Oncologist of the Year. He finished his intern year at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and is now in training as a radiation oncologist at Yale. Dr. Aneja has served on multiple admissions committees at a variety of different levels and has advised numerous students from different backgrounds on getting into medical school.

Dr. Raghu Kiran Appasani is the Founder & CEO of The MINDS Foundation and sits on the board of directors for GeneExpressionSystems, Inc. and the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. He is currently a Psychiatrist-in-Training at The University of Southern California where he is the Wellness Representative and receipt of the Della Martin Foundation Research Award. He is a proud graduate of Wesleyan University, holding a Bachelors of Arts in Neuroscience & Behavior and Science in Society and received his Medical Degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award (2018). His extensive scientific research experience led to him being an Intel Science Talent SearchSemi-Finalist, theSanofi-Aventis BioGENEiusInternational Finalist, and a Genzyme Scholar. Dr. Appasani has over 25 academic publications, co-edited four scientific books, has given over 30 poster presentations, and has given over 50 talks on mental health, entrepreneurship, and global health. His passion lies at the intersection of consciousness, psychiatry, wellness, and social entrepreneurship, bridging the gap between western and eastern practices to innovate for the most at-risk populations. His current interests include yoga, mindfulness, wellness, psychedelics, social innovation, global psychiatry, digital health, personalized medicine, and healthcare economics.

Dr. Balesh graduated cum laude with departmental high honors in field from Harvard University in 2007 with an A.B. degree in Biochemical Sciences with a concentration in Biological Engineering. He then went on to receive his M.D. degree from Yale University in 2011, where he was awarded the Perkins Prize for receiving the highest score on the USMLE Step 1. Dr. Balesh is currently completing his residency in diagnostic and interventional radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has formerly served as an alumni interviewer for the Harvard College Admissions Committee, and he has several years’ experience with college, medical school, and residency admissions consulting. He also has several years’ experience with private tutoring for the MCAT and USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3. Dr. Balesh is featured in a chapter of the book Honors Medical Students: Becoming America’s Best and Brightest.

Dr. Arain graduated with a BA in Political Science and a BS in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside. After completing an accelerated postbaccalaureate premedical program, he attended the American University of Integrative Sciences and the University of Nevada Schools of Medicine. He then pursued a postdoctoral clinical and research fellowship in minimally invasive and advanced laparoscopic surgery, bariatrics, and robotic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. While there, he helped establish the nation’s first standardized robotic surgery training program, and pioneered several novel minimally invasive and single-incision surgical techniques and instrumentation. He also served as junior faculty and was a member of the fellowship admissions committee.

Dr. Arain has authored several publications in leading medical and surgical journals, such as, the American Journal of Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy, co-authored a book chapter, and received research grants. He has an eight-year history working for several leading USMLE/COMLEX preparatory companies as a medical author and physician educator.

Dr. Butty grew up in the Detroit area and was trained as a peer writing tutor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She worked for two and a half years as a peer writing tutor, attending conferences on tutoring strategies, and studying techniques to improve writing and revising skills. She majored in Biology and English and is interested in the history and evolution of written and spoken language.

Dr. Butty attended the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL where she also pursued her MPH. One of her passions is transgender health and improving healthcare disparities, and she fought for more inclusiveness and diversity in medical school curricula. She is also passionate about sports medicine and orthopedics, having spent time doing both clinical and bench research within those fields. She has multiple publications in sports medicine and orthopedic journals. She also worked to recruit students to Northwestern and was also the president of SNMA there.

Dr. Butty completed her residency in pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. Her clinic time as a resident was spent working with low-income populations, and this population remains close to her heart. She loves working with adolescents most of all.
Dr. Butty currently works as a pediatric urgent care physician and still remains interested in orthopedics, sports medicine, transgender health, healthcare disparities, and language.

Dr. Sanan graduated from NYIT-COM. She has completed her Internal medicine residency & completed her Allergy/Immunology Fellowship. She is dual Internal medicine board certified. Starting as an undergraduate, she worked at the writing center at Mount Holyoke College mentoring students in their speaking, and writing skills. Dr. Sanan has advised medical students, residents, and fellows throughout her training in various capacities of the admissions & training processes.

Dr. Callese graduated with honors from Middlebury College with degrees in Biochemistry and Economics. He graduated from Wake Forest School of Medicine, where he started the Navigating Medical School Program, which is a program dedicated to providing medical students with the tools and resources they need to successfully navigate the challenges of medical school. He has numerous publications ranging from editorials and blog posts to peer-reviewed literature and book chapters and has presented his work at several conferences. He has received several awards and recognition for his research and leadership. Dr. Callese is currently an Interventional Radiology resident at UCLA.

Dr. Chang is the co-founder of ProspectiveDoctor.com. He graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is currently a urology resident at the University of Washington. He also attended UCLA as an undergraduate, graduating with a major in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. He is a die-hard Lakers fan and loves Korean food.

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. Chyu graduated with highest honors from the University of California, Los Angeles with a BS in molecular, cell, and developmental biology. She then worked in stem cell research for a year for a biomedical company in Seattle, Washington. After her gap year, she returned to UCLA for medical school. Her interests in medical school included medical education where she served in various leadership positions, research in surgical outcomes, and peer mentorship. She was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha upon graduation. She is currently a Urology resident at the University of Washington and continues to work with MedSchoolCoach because of her passions in education and helping the next generation of young doctors.

Dr. Dallara is a practicing Neurologist in NJ and a graduate of a 7 year BS-MD program. She graduated cum laude with a degree in Biomedical Education from the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, located on the campus of the City University of New York. As an undergraduate she served as a teaching assistant and tutor in multiple courses. She additionally obtained a minor in Spanish Language. She graduated from State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn. Dr. Dallara completed her Pediatrics Residency training at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center. She then completed her Fellowships in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology and Epilepsy at New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University. During her training she had a research interest in Palliative Care. She is currently a private practice Neurologist and Epileptologist in Bergen County, New Jersey. She has experience in mentoring undergraduates and medical residents, in addition to interviewing applicants for admission into residency training programs.

Dr. Comfort graduated with a Bachelors in Chemistry with Honors from New York University. She then switched coasts and completed her medical degree from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. During that time, she was a private tutor for USMLE Step 1 and led peer-review based tutoring sessions. She scored >250 on both USMLE Step 1 and USMLE Step 2. She also interviewed students for the admissions committee, interviewing dozens of candidates for medical school and giving extensive feedback to the admissions committee. Dr. Comfort is currently an Obstetrics and Gynecological resident at New York University School of Medicine, where she won the Best Resident Teacher award her PGY-2 year. Her interests lie in minimally invasive gynecological surgery.

Dr. Smith graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kentucky with a BS in Biology. During this time, she conducted extensive research in neurobiology while completing her undergraduate studies in 2.5 years. Prior to attending medical school, she was awarded a prestigious J. William Fulbright Scholarship to further pursue neurodegenerative research at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She was accepted to several top medical schools and chose to attend Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, where she was a recipient of the Mayo Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Full Tuition Scholarship. During this time, Dr. Smith was extensively involved in medical school candidate recruitment and a member of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Admissions Committee.

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.

Dr. Smith has extensive teaching as well as research and career mentoring experience at the pre-medical, medical student and resident levels. She has successfully assisted numerous pre-medical students in the medical school admissions process and is enthusiastic in helping applicants succeed in becoming physicians.

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. Diaz is a General Surgery resident at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, IHPI Clinician Scholar, and fellow at the IHPI Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy (CHOP). He is from Miami, Florida, he graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with a BS in biology and went on to complete his medical degree at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and then a masters in public health Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health. During medical school, he worked on research and public policy for electronic cigarettes at the World Health Organization in Geneva Switzerland. Additionally, he has researched and written about global surgery, medical education, and health care delivery. In addition to mentoring undergrads throughout his time as a medical student, Dr. Diaz was a tour guide director and member of the admission committee.

Career Interests: He plans to pursue a career in academic surgical oncology and health policy research, with a focus on optimizing access, quality and value of care health systems deliver to patients.

Research Interests: His areas of interest are in: 1) the effects of healthcare changes on surgical access and quality, 2) designing the optimal delivery network for surgical population health.

Dr. Eilers attended Northwestern University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major in Biological Sciences with a focus on Biochemistry, graduating in only 3 years. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year when he graduated.

After graduating Northwestern University, he matriculated to the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he was awarded a full tuition merit scholarship. He read the applications and interviewed over 40 medical school applicants, working extensively with the admissions staff and physicians on the admissions committee. He was heavily involved with revisit weekend planning and understanding the important factors which schools use to select the best candidates for their school.

Before joining MedSchoolCoach, he would enjoy helping friends prepare for applying to medical school with essay editing and interview preparation. He is thrilled to extend his help to more prospective applicants.

He completed his transitional year in Chicago where he interviewed over 50 medical school students. He completed his dermatology residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where in his final year he interviewed and reviewed every applicant during their residency interview. He helped create the match list with the faculty and program director. He helped select the best candidates amongst some of the most competitive applicants in medical school.

Dr. Eilers is a Board Certified Dermatologist currently completing his Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology Fellowship with Dr. David J. Goldberg at Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of NY & NJ. He enjoys treating complex skin cancers with Mohs Micrographic Surgery, where skin cancers are reviewed under the microscope for precise margin control, with a 99% clearance rate at 5 years. He also enjoys performing complex repairs requiring flaps and grafts for the remaining defects. He also has a strong exposure to energy device treatments for scar revisions and elective/cosmetic dermatology.

When Dr. Eilers is not reading about Dermatology and helping prospective medical students, he is an avid golfer, with a handicap at one point of 3, pianist, and devoted Chicago Bears and Chicago Blackhawks fan.

Dr. Esparaz graduated Magna cum laude from Northwestern University and went onto attend Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. There, he was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) society as one of the top medical students in his class. He has numerous awards to his name, including Cleveland Clinic Best in Interventional Radiology, the Department of Radiology Award Winner at Northwestern, and Senate Service Award Nominee which is awarded to 10% of class nominated by peers for outstanding contributions in academic, extracurricular, social, and community service to benefit students, Feinberg School of Medicine (FSOM), and the community. He is currently a Clinical Fellow in Radiology at the Harvard Medical School and a resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Esparaz is also the author of numerous book chapters and has presented in several national and international meetings. At Northwestern, he was tasked with helping premeds through the medical school application process and became adept at helping students creatively sell themselves to admissions committees. He is also an avid tennis player, having played tennis at Northwestern.

Dr. Gandhi graduated with Honors from Boston College in Boston, MA with a BS in biochemistry where he was first given the opportunity to mentor students through the Mendel Society, Boston College’s pre-health student organization. He then moved to Durham, NC where he attended medical school at Duke University. He served on the admissions committee for two years including interviewing prospective students and mentoring Duke undergraduate students interested in pursuing a career in medicine. He thanks his mentors at Duke for further deepening his passion for advising and mentoring students. He completed his training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, where he continued to advise students interested in medicine and served on the residency admissions committee. He has extensive experience mentoring students interested in pursuing admission to medical school and competitive specialities. He is completing a fellowship in Hand and Upper Extremity surgery at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic training program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Dr. Grewel graduated cum laude from UCLA where she received a B.S. in Psychobiology, before she went on to earn her M.D. at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. After her third year, she received an NIH grant to pursue a predoctoral Dermato-epidemiology fellowship atthe University of Pennsylvania, enabling her to further develop her interest in the epidemiology of skin diseases with extracutaneous manifestations. In addition to publishing a dozen peer reviewed research articles, she has given multiple oral presentations at national conferences.

Graduating at the top of her class, Dr. Grewel was inducted into both AOA and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. After she completes her intern year in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, she will be a Dermatology resident at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Grewel plans to pursue a career in academic medicine, combining her interests in medical dermatology, epidemiology, and love of learning and teaching. She is passionate about providing students with the mentorship they need to achieve their academic aspirations. At UCLA, she tutored premedical courses, including biology, organic chemistry, and physics. Throughout medical school, she interviewed applicants and served as a Peer Mentor. She also conducted a special fellowship with the Director of Admissions at Commonwealth Medical School. In this role, she advised junior medical students on how best to excel during pre-clinical years, clinical rotations, and board exams including Step 1, Step 2, and shelf exams.

Dr. Grewal was also a former MedSchoolCoach student and now she is excited to give back to new students!

Dr. Ho grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended the University of California Davis, where he majored in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, and also received campus recognition for community service. After graduating, he worked in an infectious diseases lab, taught high school courses, and also volunteered as an emergency medical technician. He returned to UC Davis for medical school, and was heavily involved in research, having multiple journal publications.

At UC Davis SOM, Dr. Ho was a voting member of the admissions committee, where he quickly learned about the characteristics that made an applicant highly competitive. He used that experience to help dozens of pre-med students effectively market themselves on their applications and receive acceptances to medical school. He completed his internship in internal medicine at UCSF-Fresno, receiving both a Departmental Research award as well as Young Achiever recognition from the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Ho is pursuing a career in radiation oncology at the University of Arizona. He was also a previous MedSchoolCoach student and now he is excited to give back to future students!

Dr. Garcia graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. with Distinction in Italian. While at UVA, she led tutoring efforts in the community at the elementary and high school levels, gave tours of a historical landmark, and was an international student host. After completing an internship in Washington, D.C. and realizing that was not the route for her, she worked for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Dr. Garcia then attended Eastern Virginia Medical School as a member of the U.S. Army’s Health Professions Scholarship Program, serving for 2 years as both a student interviewer and campus guide for prospective students. She went on to complete a residency in psychiatry and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI, where she served on the child psychiatry fellowship selection committee. She is board certified in general and child and adolescent psychiatry and practiced in several states, as well as by telepsychiatry. During her time in the Army, she had the privilege of establishing and running clinics as well as being an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. After over a decade, she left clinical practice to spend more time with her family and is thrilled to be a part of the MedSchoolCoach team helping to guide the next generation of providers.

During her late high school career, Dr. John spent a good portion of her time applying to BS/MD programs. Though she didn’t end up at one herself, she used the knowledge that she acquired to help two of her younger siblings through the process, landing them both at prestigious BS/MD programs.

She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rutgers University in 3 years and received a 50% scholarship to attend medical school at the UCF College of Medicine. While at UCF she assisted the admissions committee with their work. During her residency at Rutgers University she continued to assist with admissions, learning all about the qualities that medical schools look for in a student.

After interviewing at 20 different programs, she received her top-choice of fellowship at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Here, she continues to interview residents applying for gastroenterology fellowship, the most competitive internal medicine specialty.

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. Thomas is a board-certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Physician in South Florida.

She majored in Mathematics and Political Philosophy as an undergraduate at Brown University. After graduation, Dr. Thomas worked in the field of public health and pursued a MPH at Columbia University with a concentration in Health Policy/Management. She was a non-traditional medical school applicant, completed a post-baccalaureate program and matriculated at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Thomas completed her residency at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital in Chicago, IL where she served as Chief Resident her final year. She continued her training at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami with a fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine.

Dr. Thomas currently works in private practice as a hospital based Physiatrist.

Dr. Jones graduated Magna Cum Laude from Youngstown State University with a BS in Biology after only 2 years, as a part of B.S./M.D. program. He matriculated into medical school attending Northeast Ohio Medical University. During surgical residency he served on the Northeast Ohio Medical University Admissions Committee for 5 years.

During this time he interviewed hundreds of prospective medical students and reviewed hundreds of applications. After residency, Dr. Jones completed additional surgical training in New Jersey at The Blumenthal Cancer Center/Valley Hospital, in the field of Minimally Invasive Surgery/Advanced GI Surgery. He is now a Board Certified General Surgeon and works as an Acute Care Surgeon in the Tampa Bay area.

Dr. Khan grew up in Georgia and attended Emory University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration with highest distinction (Beta Gamma Sigma) from the Goizueta Business School. In the business school, her concentration was in organization & management and marketing and she simultaneously completed a double major in biology. Dr. Khan attended Yale School of Medicine where she did one year of clinical research, wrote a thesis, participated in international global health electives. She matched at Massachusetts General Hospital’s anesthesiology program and did residency training till December 2018.

Dr. Lee graduated Cum Laude from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH with an A.B. in Neuroscience. After college, she had a brief stint in boutique investment bank in LA and as a marketing manager in Seoul, Korea.

During her gap years, she traveled to India for a medical missions trip, which solidified her desire to go into medicine. Dr. Lee went to Penn State for medical school and was heavily involved in tutoring and mentoring fellow medical students, and undergraduate students interested in medicine.

After pursuing a transitional year internship, Dr. Lee will start her Ophthalmology residency at Yale. She has been involved in the application process as a resident.

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. Mandalia graduated magna cum laude with a triple degree in Biochemistry, Biology, and Political Science from the University of Miami. His extensive experience in teaching includes serving as an undergraduate Chemistry Lab teaching assistant and as a private tutor. He graduated from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he also served as a member of the admissions committee. He has extensive experience in evaluating applications and interviewing applicants for admission into medical school. He has an extensive research interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Fecal Matter Transplants for Clostridium Colitis infections. Dr. Mandalia is also an accomplished medical writer having successfully published multiple manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Mandalia completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at the prestigious Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently completing fellowship training in Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dr. Mehta graduated cum laude with a double degree in Cellular Biology and Molecular Genetics and Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has extensive experience in teaching students as an undergraduate facilitator for numerous leadership conferences. She graduated from the George Washington School of Medicine where she taught first year medical students’ physical exam and ultrasound skills. Dr. Mehta also has experience interviewing applicants for admission to medical school. She worked at the FDA as a researcher in the immunobiology branch and has several research interests in the field of Radiology. She is currently a radiology resident at the University of Texas Southwestern where she will be serving on the admissions committee for her residency program.

Dr. Hilary C. McCrary, MD, MPH is currently a resident in the Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She attended the University of Arizona for her undergraduate, graduate, and medical education.

During graduate school she completed a Master in Public Health, where she had an emphasis in global health. This interest in global health stemmed from her prior experiences working for a Non-Governmental Organization in Tanzania. This passion for health policy, epidemiology, and health education was the impetus for her then pursuing a career in medicine.

While in medical school, Dr. McCrary was a voting member of the University of Arizona College of Medicine Admissions Committee for two years. After her service on the committee she then assisted with medical school interviews. Dr. McCrary was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha and the Gold Humanism Honor Society during her time in medical school.

She then started her Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery training at the University of Utah in 2017. She is enthusiastic about both pre-med and medical student education and mentorship She is planning on pursuing a fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Surgery after residency, with the ultimate goal of starting her career in academic medicine.

Dr. Mehta graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelors of Science from University of Pennsylvania. There, she was heavily involved in research and global health opportunities. She then went onto attend Columbia University School of Physicians & Surgeons. There, she was actively involved within all aspects of school life, including as Vice President of her graduating class and as a member of the admissions committee. Her experience in the recruitment and evaluation of applicants is key to her success as a MedSchoolCoach advisor. She was also awarded Columbia P&S’s Gold Medal, an award bestowed upon a single graduating senior in recognition of their contributions and devotion to the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Mehta is an also avid writer and winner of numerous writing awards. She is finished a resident in internal medicine the University of Pennsylvania then took a year to serve as the Chief Resident.

Dr. Munjuluri graduated from Rutgers University with majors in Genetics and English. He then moved to Houston and taught a bilingual elementary school classroom through Teach For America. He later became the director of college counseling at Sacramento High School in Sacramento, CA. He helped high school students apply and matriculate into colleges across the United States and was selected to present at the National Association for College Admissions Counseling’s annual conference. He worked for nearly 10 years before joining the UC Berkeley–UCSF Joint Medical Program, a combined MS/MD program. He was also selected to be part of UCSF’s PRIME cohort, a specialized training track for those intending to work with underserved populations, and later served on their admissions committee. He is currently a resident in Psychiatry at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He was recently selected as the program’s Resident Teacher of the Year.

Dr. Ng completed his BS and his MD at Michigan State University. He completed his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at MetroHealth and joined the faculty in 2006. In 2012, he completed a Master’s in Public Health degree at Case Western Reserve University with an emphasis on Health Promotion/Disease Prevention for LGBT populations. He attained the rank of Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He most recently served as the Assistant Dean for Admissions at the School of Medicine working on diversity and inclusion initiatives and was the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Dr. Ng’s clinical and academic work focused on delivering culturally and clinically competent care to medically vulnerable populations. In 2007, he co-founded and has since served as the Clinical Director of the PRIDE Clinic, Ohio’s first medical home for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) patients.

Dr. Ng’s academic interests are in LGBT Health, health disparities and public/population health. He served as an associate editor for the journal, LGBT Health and had directed the LGBT clinical elective “PRIDE Clinic” at CWRU School of Medicine since 2008. Dr. Ng was a board member and past president of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality and was involved in medical education and mentorship. He has also served on the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Dr. Ng has received a number of community and academic awards including the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award (2009), the Cleveland Human Rights Campaign Leadership Award (2013), the Gender Equity Award (2016) and the Transforming Care Medical Provider Award (2017).

Dr. Ng is fluent in English, Spanish, Cantonese and American Sign Language (ASL).

Currently, Dr. Ng is an LGBT health consultant, medical writer and developing a concierge LGBT health practice.

Dr. Okland graduated from the University of Colorado in Denver, where he earned Alpha Omega Alpha and numerous research grants and awards. He has worked as an advisor for underserved populations throughout medical school, and has written and designed medical curricula. He is currently an Otolaryngology resident at Stanford, and continues to tutor and advise medical and pre-medical students across the country.

Dr. Patel graduated from New York University with a BS in Neural Sciences. At NYU, he was a founding member of the Pre-Health Committee, an organization geared towards helping students optimize their application for a career in the health sciences. After taking a year off to pursue his research interests, he began his medical training in Philadelphia, PA at Thomas Jefferson University’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College. As a medical student, he was a member of the steering committee of the DaCosta Learning Society where he focused on improving mentorship and guidance for junior medical students. He completed a residency in Anesthesiology at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. Currently, he is completing a fellowship in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital where he continues to enjoy teaching residents and medical students.

Dr. Patel graduated with a bachelors in science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University where he was involved in research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He helped create a vestibular prosthesis device and was an author on numerous publications. Throughout college, he tutored high school students for college admissions exams.

Dr. Patel attended Albert Einstein College of medicine where he graduated with distinction in research. He completed a residency in anesthesiology and served as the chief resident where he was on the resident and medical student selection committee. He was also the president of the residents and fellows section of the national anesthesia organization.

Dr. Patel completed his fellowship in clinical research at Massachusetts General Hospital and concurrently received a Master in Public Health from Harvard University. He currently serves as instructor in anesthesiology, practices clinically and continues to teach medical students and residents.

Dr. Raskolnikov graduated with honors from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology & Society. He attended SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, during which he was selected for a 1-year funded research fellowship through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program. He has been involved with medical school and undergraduate admissions in various capacities for over 10 years.

Dr. Rao graduated from the University of California: Davis in Davis, California with a BS in biomedical engineering where he was involved with peer advising at both the departmental and college level. He then moved to Michigan and received his MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He then completed his MD at the University of Michigan and served on the admissions committee during his 4 years of medical school. He is now completing his Pediatrics residency at UCLA and will be moving to Stanford in July 2020 to complete a Pediatric Hematology-Oncology fellowship.

Dr. Switzer graduated Magna Cum Laude from Ithaca College with a BS in biology while concurrently obtaining his Emergency Medical Technician certification. Prior to his medical school training, Dr. Switzer successfully obtained two Masters of Science degrees including Interdisciplinary Oncological Sciences through the University at Buffalo/Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Integrated Systems Biology through the University of Luxembourg. During this time he also served as an advisor to several pre-medical students within the University at Buffalo. His aforementioned training, in addition to a personal investment in health disparities, have resulted in a multitude of mission trips and scholarly medical activities spanning over 20 different countries. Dr. Switzer’s passion for mentorship, student advocacy, and leadership have also materialized a Masters in Health Services Administration through his medical school, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, and was the recipient of two leadership awards at the time of graduation. Dr. Switzer is a current PGY-3 Internal Medicine Resident and elected President of the Resident Executive Committee within the Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s main campus. In addition to actively collaborating with the admissions and competency committees of his institution, Dr. Switzer is currently applying for a fellowship position in the field of hematology/oncology.

Dr. Ramirez graduated with Honors from the University of Washington in Seattle with a B.A. in Medical Anthropology and Global Health. As an undergraduate, she was a peer instructor in the Honors Program for several years, conducted research in medical anthropology, and was a member of the Varsity women’s soccer team, serving as captain during her final season.

She graduated from UCSF School of Medicine and was elected into Alpha Omega Alpha. In medical school, she was involved in a variety of mentoring, teaching, leadership, and research experiences. She designed and taught a course on clinical reasoning skills for medical students, developed curriculum materials for the pediatrics course at her medical school, and led a number of small group and large group teaching sessions. She took a year off between her third and fourth years of medical school to complete advanced training in clinical research, and conducted multiple research projects focusing on pediatric health and quality of life. She has mentored numerous pre-medical students applying to medical school, as well as medical students during the residency application process.

She is currently a Pediatrics resident at UCSF, and is interested in primary care, advocacy, and medical education. She is also a Master Tutor for MedSchoolCoach, and has extensive experience advising, mentoring, and teaching students. She loves helping students shape the different pieces of their application into a story that embodies their unique journey to medicine.

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. Sarkar graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering. After college, he pursued a post-baccalaureate program and obtained a Masters in Biosciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He then went on to attend the University of Medicine and Dentistry at New Jersey, where he was an interviewer for the admissions committee. At Columbia, Dr. Sarkar was intricately involved in the admissions committee, serving as a voting member for four years. He has extensive alumni interview experience as well for Columbia. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Dr. Seth is an alumnus and former admissions committee member of Northwestern University’s Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME) 7 year accelerated BA/MD Program. During his undergraduate studies, he majored in Psychology and served as a board member of the University Hearing and Appeals System. He then attended Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and was also accepted to the Research Thesis Program. Dr. Seth was a co-founder of Northwestern’s Cardiovascular Health Society and Camp Cardiac, a 1-week summer camp for high school students. In his free time, Dr. Seth enjoys playing tennis and running. He is trained in Internal Medicine at the prestigious University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Chris Kado graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in history where he first started assisting community college and high school students with college counseling. He spent most of his senior year in New York City earning the CELTA certification and working at International House as an English teacher. Following graduation, he settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts for three years while completing a master’s in history at Harvard. During his graduate studies at Harvard, Chris held numerous roles in education, including a research assistantship, teacher, college admissions advisor, mentor, and editor. Chris spends his summers teaching at different education camps with students from around the world, including employment with Education First and other global companies. He completed the College Advising Program at Columbia University and is expected to complete the UC Irvine IEC certificate in 2021. He currently resides in Mexico City and continues to provide admissions consultation remotely for students in over a dozen countries.

Dr. Emily Singer is an original member of ProspectiveDoctor, who is passionate about advocating for students interested in pursuing careers in medicine. She graduated from Stanford University with majors in Economics and Russian Language and Literature. Between her undergraduate career and medical school she worked as an analyst in health policy consulting and in product development for a pharmaceutical startup while completing premedical requirements through UC Berkeley.

As a nontraditional applicant, and initially unfamiliar with the application process, Dr. Singer’s first application to medical school was unsuccessful. She asked MedSchoolCoach to help with her second application, and successfully matriculated into UCLA, where she became active in medical admissions as part of the admissions committee for three years and in her role growing ProspectiveDoctor, a resource of information for premedical students and applicants. She engaged in outcomes research, and coauthored multiple peer-reviewed publications during her career as a medical student, and continues to publish papers in outcomes and present at national meetings.

Dr. Singer discovered her passion for surgery during clinical rotations, and matched into her top choice surgical residency program at The Ohio State University. She is pursuing a career in minimally invasive surgery and is building her skill set in robotic surgery. She continues to successfully help applicants matriculate into medical school and surgery residency in her role as a MedSchoolCoach advisor. Her passion for admissions consulting developed out of her own experience, and she looks forward to helping you as an advisor and an advocate.

Dr. Sinha graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in Biology and Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Here, he cultivated his passion for neuroscience, philosophy, and community service. He was also involved in numerous research projects at Tufts University School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital. He then attended Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, where he was an active member of the admissions committee. He was also a junior inductee into Alpha Omega Alpha, a member of the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Society, and the recipient of multiple academic scholarships and research grants. Between his third and fourth years, he pursued research in neurosurgery at the Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University. He is currently a resident in neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sinha is passionate about medicine, from microscopic molecular pathways to the grander manifestations of complex diseases, and believes that the transformation of thought that one undergoes in medical education is a powerful, life-changing event. He is excited to provide individually-tailored guidance through the application process and for all standardized exams/course work as well.

Dr. Sundet obtained his medical degree from the University of Colorado, where he served on the admissions committee for three years and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honor society. He is a current resident in Orthopaedic Surgery and has interests in orthopedic oncology and trauma.

Dr. Sundet has an extensive background in teaching, specifically in utilizing technology to improve comprehension. Prior to medical school he designed and programmed a mobile phone application with the focus of helping students study for the MCAT called MCAT Question of the Day.

Dr. Trieu graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Southern California with a Bachelors of Arts in Biological Sciences and a double minor in Public Health and East Asian Languages and Cultures. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her senior year. She then decided to stay in Los Angeles to attend David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. During medical school, she was active in peer mentorship, leadership roles, and research.

She served as a voting member on the UCLA DGSOM admissions committee and interviewed many applicants. Megan has extensive experience with essay editing and interview preparation. She is now a resident at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in the Department of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Wadhwa graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. In the year prior to medical school, she worked for The Princeton Review as an MCAT and SAT Biology tutor. She then moved to Chicago to attend The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, where she served as an interviewer for the admissions committee, conducted a longitudinal project evaluating the clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics as a student researcher for the 1200 Patients Project, and served on the student wellness committee for four years. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she was elected as resident delegate to the American Academy of Pediatrics and piloted a Resident as Teachers curriculum. She is board-certified and is in her first year of practice as a general pediatrician.

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. Winterton graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Biochemistry, where he was heavily involved in basic science research investigating mouse models of bone marrow transplantation at the National Institutes of Health and characterizing the ultrastructural properties of HIV, projects which earned him distinction as a 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar and 2011 Tylenol Future Care Scholar.

Dr. Winterton attended medical school at The University of Pennsylvania, initially as a combined degree MD/PhD student as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program. He completed his residency and surgical training at Stanford University, The University of Pennsylvania, and Rush University, where he advised students interested in medicine and served on the residency admissions committee. He has extensive experience mentoring students interested in pursuing admission to competitive medical schools and specialities. He is currently completing his MBA at The University of Chicago.

Dr. Wu graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor’s of Science in Physiology and Neurobiology. He graduated with an MD/PhD from the Keck School of Medicine (University of Southern California). His PhD is in integrative biology and disease for his research in exercise physiology and rehabilitation. He is currently pursuing a career in child psychiatry. He hopes to integrate holistic healthcare with the capabilities of social media, medical technology, and education to provide the best care for patients he can both in person and through research, technology, and education.

As an advisor, Dr. Wu aims to help those who want to learn from his own story. He has helped hundreds of students get into medical school. He believes that, with the right strategy, anyone can find their path to becoming a graduate or medical students.

Dr. Yeoh graduated summa cum laude from Kenyon College with a degree in Molecular Biology. As an undergraduate, He conducted four years of research in nutrient transporter proteins and metabolism. He then spent a year between undergraduate and medical school as a full-time research associate in a cancer research laboratory. In medical school, Dr. Yeoh volunteered in the student-run clinic, took on various student activity leadership roles and performed as a cellist and actor. He was also involved in clinical research and published work on obesity and kidney disease.

His experience in teaching includes serving as an undergraduate teaching assistant in multiple biology and chemistry courses. Dr. Yeoh was the president of the undergraduate pre-med student organization and advised many students on the medical school application process. He worked as a senior college admissions fellow and has interviewed dozens of students. In medical school, he volunteered with admissions recruitment, and mentored medical students studying for the USMLE exams and applying for residency.

Dr. Yeoh has worked with MedSchoolCoach since his 4th year of medical school and has tutored students for all USMLE exams and worked as a general advisor for applicants. He particularly enjoys cultivating interview skills as this is one of the most critical parts of the application process. Dr. Yeoh is a current Internal Medicine resident at Stanford and remains passionate about medical education, clinical research and patient care. Outside of work, he enjoys weightlifting, biking, cooking, and traveling to new countries every year.

Having begun her career at Fordham University shortly after graduation, Liz has over 10 years experience in college admission. A native Texan, Liz oversaw recruitment efforts in the South including Texas and Louisiana as well as local markets throughout New Jersey. Each year she reviewed over 2,000 applications and regularly counseled students and their families about admission requirements, financial aid, and scholarship information.

While at Fordham, Liz had several opportunities to hone her writing skills by creating and editing copy for various online and print messaging initiatives. She also assisted with the development of an online virtual campus tour and planned several on and off campus events to strategically boost enrollment from key demographics. Liz particularly enjoyed assisting with application review for the highly selective Higher Education Opportunity Program, which gives underrepresented students the chance to pursue higher education.

Although Liz decided to leave full-time admissions in the spring of 2013, her heart has remained in higher education. Liz began private counseling after several friends and acquaintances sought her help with their college and graduate school applications. She has since served as a private admission counselor and coach for students all over the world.

Having read tens of thousands of applications and essays, letters of recommendation, and resumes, Liz prides herself on her ability to “cut through the noise” and find what makes a student unique. She asks probing questions, empowering her students to find and leverage their own voices to grab the attention of even the most seasoned admission counselor. Ultimately, Liz strives to make this transitional phase in students’ lives less stressful and more seamless.

Regardless of intended major or degree type, Liz has had success helping clients realize their dreams and receive acceptances to the Ivies and other elite colleges and universities including but not limited to: Boston College, Northwestern, NYU, Rice University, USC, Stanford, and The University of Chicago. Liz has also helped several students earn full-tuition and other major scholarships as well as gain acceptance from waiting lists.

Robert has fifteen years experience in college admission, having begun his career at Williams College shortly after graduation. At Williams, Robert oversaw recruitment efforts across the country, specifically in Chicago and the midwest, across the southwest, and New York City, where he was a popular panelist at high school “College Nights” due to his candor and humor.

While at Williams Robert oversaw the admission office’s publication suite, served as the liaison to the Financial Aid Office, and on the Board of Directors of NECBAC, a consortium of college counselors from private schools on the East Coast.

He left Williams to explore admission practices and work at nearby Bennington College, and shortly thereafter was recruited to be the Director of Diversity Recruitment for the office of admission at Swarthmore College. At Swarthmore, Robert also served as a member of the admission office’s senior leadership team, and spearheaded the overhaul of the office’s reader rating scale and application reading processes.

Rob has been a private admission counselor since moving to Denver in 2015. His philosophy in working with students is to not only offer tailored, practical advice based on his years of experience, but, more importantly, to help the student reflect on their place in the world, their motivations, their passions, and to do so in a way that most students simply don’t make the time to. Helping students realize that curricular choices, grades and test scores are necessary to “get them to the table” in admission committees, but not enough to make them a compelling applicant, is integral. At the “table,” it turns out, all things are equal, and making it to that stage is the easy part. Standing out among a sea of similar curricular choices, grades, and test scores is the real challenge.

Following his advice, Robert’s clients have received and accepted admission to the Ivies, elite liberal arts colleges (including, but not limited to, Williams, Middlebury, Swarthmore and Amherst) and a host of other highly-selective institutions.

Harvey Lobo-Chan received his bachelor’s degree from the City University of New York and his Master of Arts from Boston University in Applied Linguistics. A true linguaphile at heart, Harvey loves teaching all aspects of language, including writing. He served as a writing tutor as both an undergraduate and graduate student and continued to teach academic writing to advanced-level ESL students. Harvey also worked as a development editor at Oxford University Press and enjoys the co-creation of impactful content and materials. Currently, Harvey teaches several college-level writing courses and annotates linguistic data in his spare time.

Loren Cressler, PhD, grew up in rural Kansas and attended The University of Kansas as a first-generation college student. He received departmental and university honors from KU and holds a BA in Classics and Creative Writing. After his undergraduate studies, Loren worked in Brakel, Germany as an English language teaching assistant through the Fulbright Commission. He studied early modern British literature at the University of Texas at Austin, completing an MA and doctoral studies while teaching literature and composition. He now teaches at Seattle University and has published several articles and theatre reviews.

JoyAngelica Chan grew up in Singapore and traveled around South East Asia for music as well as original oratory festivals. She came to Bryn Mawr College for her undergraduate, majoring in History, Dance, and taught social studies to inner city high school students in Philadelphia. While she received a liberal arts education, her family has graduated from the likes of Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, and NYU. Following her passion for education and service, JoyAngelica served for two years as a missionary for her church in Hong Kong, China before returning back stateside. Currently, she is pursuing a MA in the Humanities at The University of Chicago, specifically focusing on developing her Chinese language skills and exploring 20th century immigration patterns of the Asian diaspora. She now resides in Chicago with her husband who works as an orthopedic and hand surgeon. JoyAngelica has family in Philadelphia, Singapore, and New Delhi, India. Her multicultural upbringing and life experiences thus far has given her the opportunity to navigate a plethora of intersectional interests of her own and welcomes more to come!

Dr. Sotelo Eastman earned a BA in Journalism & Media Studies and Spanish from San Diego State University while working as an EMT-certified lifeguard at beaches across San Diego. Before starting graduate school he was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to research and teach writing and communication courses in Cali, Colombia. He completed his doctoral studies at Washington University in St. Louis where he taught rhetoric and writing coursework, edited several books and completed a dissertation on the history of Cuba’s civil rights movement. He worked for several years as a postdoctoral fellow at Dartmouth College where he published a book with Duke University Press, served on the Fulbright admissions committee and instructed courses on Latin American studies. He currently works as a medical writer, editor and translator.

Wendy graduated Cum Laude from Wagner College (NY) with a BSEd and earned her MEd at Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ) and MA in the Humanities at Kean University (NJ).

She has over 35 years teaching experience, including AP High School courses and eventually working directly with medical students, interns, residents and practicing physicians in patient-doctor communications, physical exam technique and clinical competency exams. She made the transition from academic to medical educator while serving as an admissions screener for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Overlook Hospital (NJ).

She has served on several key committees with the Society of Simulation in HealthCare (SSIH) as well as having a leadership position on the Board of Directors and Chair of the Standards of Practice Committee of ASPE (Association of Standardized Patient Educators).

Wendy’s experience includes several years in a leadership role in the development and implementation of standardized patient methodology. For over 20 years she was Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the Standardized Patient Program at UMASS Medical School (MA).

During that time, she also served on the Test Development Committee for the NBME as a contributor in the development of pilot cases for the new USMLE Step2 CS exam.

She continues as a consultant and academic specialist in the practice of standardized patient implementation and medical communications. Using her depth of experience and expertise, she follows her passion of working for the professional development of medical students and a wide range of trainees in the associated healthcare professions.

After graduating with her BA in English with an emphasis on creative writing, Darlene started her career in higher education as a college writing consultant, teaching English workshops and helping students write and revise essays and personal statements. She soon became the lead consultant, granting her the opportunity to modify and develop English materials for the college writing center while tutoring students online in reading and writing.

Looking to diversify her experience as an educator, Darlene eventually transitioned to teaching at a charter school, working with at-risk middle and high school students. Her favorite part of this experience was preparing seniors for graduation by aiding in college and career research, as well as the development of resumes, cover letters, and personal statements.

Darlene now has her MA in English and Creative Writing, which she regularly puts to good use when penning short works of fiction. More than a dozen of her stories and poems appear in literary journals, e-zines, and print anthologies. She believes a little creativity can go a long way on application essays and enjoys encouraging students to find new and interesting methods of telling their stories to help them stand out in the admissions process.

Mr. Walker Hirsch graduated with an MA in History from UCSD after receiving and BA in History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He taught in the Revelle College Humanities writing program for seven years, and has been a professional tutor for eight.

Alex has 10+ years of experience in higher education. She began her career as an admissions representative, interviewing students, evaluating college applications, leading on-campus events, and traveling to high schools across the Northeast. Though she now works in higher ed marketing, she has continued to help applicants through the college admissions process as an editor for both domestic and international students.

Alex is driven by her love of language and its ability to communicate thought and emotion. She enjoys helping students convey who they are and what they’re passionate about through their supplemental and personal essays, helping them add a deeper dimension to their applications. No matter the student or the project, Alex is committed to maintaining the author’s voice, going beyond grammatical concerns to help them tell their story in a genuine and compelling way.

With Alex’s guidance, students have been accepted to Barnard College, Bowdoin College, Endicott College, Middlebury College, Penn State, Rutgers University, Syracuse University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, among others. She has also helped several students complete and publish their master’s and doctoral dissertations.

Rebecca attended San Diego State University where she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies. While there, she volunteered at the local PBS radio station and in the media lab, helping journalism students develop and edit stories for different news mediums. She spent five years working in special education where she enjoyed collaborating with others to help students achieve their educational goals. She also worked for the U.S. Forest Service, writing and editing informational content and internal reports. A multi-instrumentalist, Rebecca has spent the last several years as an accompanist and music teacher in her community. She lives in Southern California with her husband and three children, and enjoys hiking and camping.

Amy’s essay editing expertise draws on five years as a writing tutor at three universities and four years as an editor and proofreader for science journals and academic publishers. In tutor and instructor roles, she has designed and delivered writing workshops, expanded academic support programming and materials, and worked with hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students belonging to a range of nationalities, ethnicities, races, language fluencies, ages, abilities, gender identities, religions, and educational aspirations in one-on-one and small group settings. Her instructional successes result from listening to the students and continually adapting her practices. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia, a Master of Science degree from the University of Idaho, and a Master of Fine Arts degree also from the University of Idaho. In 2019, she was part of a UC Davis School of Medicine team honored with a Dean’s Team Award for Excellence in Inclusion.

Angelic Rodgers has been helping writers succeed since the early 1990s, first as a peer-tutor in the University of Central Arkansas Writing Center, then later as a graduate assistant. Upon achieving her MA in English, she began teaching developmental writing and Composition courses. In 1995, she became a Writing Fellow for the University of Southern Mississippi Honors College, and she went on to teach a variety of writing and literature courses in USM’s English Department while she pursued her PhD in American Literature.

After graduate school, Angelic continued teaching, first as a instructor at Auburn University, then at a variety of online institutions. When she retired from teaching at the college level in 2017, she was the Director of Interdisciplinary Studies for Baker College & Professional Services in Michigan.

Since leaving the classroom, Angelic has continued to coach writers as a freelance consultant and in her role as Associate Editor for Physician Family Magazine. She also writes for the magazine, as well as being regularly featured in Strategies Magazine, a publication of HEM/ONC Society Services.

Carrie is an experienced Higher Ed writing instructor. Over more than 20 years, she has supported learners at the introductory to graduate level in how writing can shape how we understand the world and ourselves. Carrie’s specialties include online learning and creative writing. She is humbled to have earned teaching honors and to have published essays and poems in a number of academic and literary journals.

Carrie’s focus as a tutor is on organization, focus, and having a clearly expressed purpose and main claim. She learned this from her days as a writing center tutor at George Mason University. She has worked with all kinds of students (urban, rural, first generation, Caribbean, and international) as an Assistant Professor for Morehead State University, the University of the Virgin islands on St. Croix, and as a part time faculty member for Indiana University and the University of Louisville.

Erika Nelson is a 5th year PhD candidate at Vanderbilt University, studying history of religion. She attended Trinity University for her undergraduate and received her masters from Harvard Divinity School. She has also been a writing tutor at Vanderbilt’s writing studio for going on three years. After receiving her doctorate Erika looks forward to becoming a professor of history, religion, or gender studies.

Dave Nikityn is a fiction writer from Blairstown, New Jersey. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and a BA in Communication from Monmouth University, concentrating in radio and television broadcasting. He has also studied an eclectic mixture of physics, philosophy, and creative writing at Columbia University. Dave has taught creative writing and English composition from elementary to undergraduate levels, working in the classroom, online, and outdoors at creative writing summer camps.

Alyea Pierce, Ed.M is a Caribbean-American writer, performance poet, and educator. She is a two-time alumna of Rutgers University where she received her B.A in Communications and English and her Masters of Education in Higher Education Administration.

Pierce’s artistry has been featured on grand stages and universities across the States. She recited her original works at countless TEDx events, including TEDxOxford in the United Kingdom (UK), as well as led international Creative Writing and Performance Master Classes for the Oxford Royale Academy in the UK to The University of Cape Town in South Africa.

One of the things she loves most about her work is the opportunity to coach and teach youths how to transform their creative ideas into professional voices. To continue that passion, Alyea is an adjunct professor at the University level and volunteers with several youth development organizations.

Before Jennifer got her start in education, she was working as a restaurant manager at the “Happiest Place on Earth,” Disneyland. While she had a soft spot for the theme park, she had not finished her undergraduate degree and knew that she loved teaching. So, she quit her job in 2008 and made a quick transition to working at a non-public school and attending classes at her local community college. While it was an uncertain time, Jennifer was confident that it was the right choice for her future.

Since then, Jennifer has gained over ten years of experience working in education. At the non-public school, she helped students with special needs meet their academic goals by providing them with instructional, behavioral, and self-care support. She transferred to California State University, Los Angeles, where she specialized in Latin American history, presented at two research conferences, and was the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the university’s historical research journal. After graduating summa cum laude with her BA in 2012, she started her graduate program at the University of California, San Diego. While there, she instructed undergraduate writing and research courses and produced original research on women’s production of art and identity in Mexico. Once she completed her MA in 2017, she pivoted to curriculum and admissions-based tutoring.

Currently, Jennifer works on English Language Arts curriculum development for school districts in the United States. In addition, she has tutored high school students on SAT/ACT test prep and writing personal statements. She enjoys helping students find their voice and encouraging them to share their unique experiences. Jennifer believes writing is personal, so she makes connections, asks questions, and builds relationships that enable students to write compelling narratives.

As a former non-traditional, working class student, Jennifer understands how hard it is to navigate the admissions process. By helping students with writing, she hopes to make that process a little easier. When she isn’t helping students at MedSchoolCoach, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters.

Ken graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Molecular and Cell Biology. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi as well as the recipient of the Jeffrey A. Winer Memorial Prize, the award given to the top graduating senior in the Neurobiology emphasis of the Molecular and Cell Biology major. Ken is now pursuing his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University.

Ken is nationally recognized as a premier MCAT mind. He has worked with thousands of undergraduate students as a graduate teaching assistant and MCAT instructor/tutor for the Princeton Review. At Princeton Review, Ken was the only tutor certified in all subjects, was one of the highest rated MCAT tutors ever and was a teacher trainer for Princeton Review’s MCAT division. He has written content for dozens of MCAT books and guides.

Ken’s track record for improving student scores on the MCAT is exceptional. Scores of his students have achieved MCAT scores >40 on the old exam and >520 on the current exam.

In 2016, after working as a Medical Scribe Manager for ScribeAmerica, Alex transitioned into the education sector as a 99th-percentile professional MCAT tutor with a score of 522.

As a tutor, Alex fosters success by getting into the “mind of the test maker,” and combines it with a very detailed, personalized approach to each of the 4 sections that make up the MCAT. Alex’s easy-going personality and experience with the MCAT studying process allows him to help his students overcome test anxiety and avoid burnout.

Kathryn graduated from the University of Miami in 2018 with degrees in Biochemistry & Nutrition and Neuroscience. She has worked on several research projects, including a biochemistry publication and psychology research with special populations. Her experience translates by helping students to gain critical thinking skills and feel confident with difficult science passages on the MCAT, which are often adapted from scientific journal articles.

At the University of Miami, Kathryn worked as a peer tutor for science and math subjects. As an MCAT tutor, she focuses on each student’s own strengths and passions to encourage enthusiasm and active engagement with the subject matter. By creating exciting and relatable ways to memorize material and master critical thinking, she fosters an engaging learning experience during her sessions. She also takes special care to help students find an optimal balance between studying and personal fulfillment during the difficult time of MCAT preparation.

Rose graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2017 as part of the combined BS/MD program. She graduated with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Biological Sciences and Statistics. During her undergraduate career, she was actively involved in leadership roles and conducted clinical research on the effect of islet cell transplant on kidney function. Rose completed a Master of Science Degree in Biostatistics at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in 2019. She also volunteers with the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, competes as part of the Harvard Taekwondo Team, and enjoys hip hop dance.

Rose has extensive teaching experience as a Teaching Assistant for several graduate- and undergraduate-level Statistics courses at Harvard. She is very excited to work with the MedSchoolCoach team as a MCAT tutor to help students achieve success on the MCAT!

Benjamin graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 2018 with degrees in the Medical Sciences and Biochemistry. He is currently attending the Medical College of Wisconsin as a second-year medical student. Benjamin has worked as a Kaplan instructor for 2 years and voluntarily lead the Medical College’s MCAT prep program for underrepresented students for 1 year, as well as tutored medical students on a variety of medical subjects during his time at the College.

Through his experience and enthusiasm, as well as his self-described “excellent” sense of humor, he makes engaging and holistic sessions aimed to teach students effective content and strategy. Having successfully gone through the MCAT and currently preparing for Step 1, he can personally relate to students on the stress and anxiety the MCAT brings.

He even is currently leading a study at the college to determine the optimal manner to manage MCAT test-anxiety. Through his expertise in setting effective schedules, Benjamin can help students find the optimal preparation plan for the long MCAT road. Plus, feel free to ask him anything about medical school!