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Month: August 2017
Year in Review
Over the past two years I have matured and grown so much. I started college as a 17 year old kid with big ambitions and a defined set of goals. I wanted to become involved in the field healthcare, I want to start making a difference in peoples lives and I wanted to set myself apart with academic achievement.
In the last two years I have made great progress towards each of these goals. Starting with research I was able to be a first author on a paper and the youngest individual to ever present at the national water microbiology conference. After that experience I moved on to cardiology research at the Davis heart and lung institute. Bringing together my passion for medicine and my goal to be a cardio-thoracic surgeon. Both of these experiences have taught me so much about science but also about working collaboratively with others. In the last year I also became an Emergency Medical Technician. This is the prefect way for to help others as well as gain experience in the field of medicine. I only wish I had more time to dedicate to wroking as an EMT in the past year. Additionally, through shadoiwng surgeons and physicians I was able to see and learn so much about the occupation I hope to hold one day. I was also able to give lots of time to the community. Through organizations like habitat for humanity, STAR, OSUWMC and others I was able to make an impact on those in my community.
Academic achievement has perhaps been my greatest challenge in college so far. After my first year I was disappointing with my GPA being a 3.8;throught hard work and determination I was able to get a 4.0 while taking 2 organic chemistry classes and a physics class (which is no easy task) boosting my overall GPA to 3.92. I hope to continue in this success and boost my GPA higher through the next year.
As I move into my final year at OSU I hope to continue in these avenues. I wish to further improve my academics, do well on the MCAT, continue to volunteer and work in the field of medicine and have an impact on my community. I look forward to taking more challenging courses that are more oriented towards medicine. Perhaps most importantly, I hope to continue to forge meaningful relationships with those around me and have an enjoyable final year.
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Career
EDUCATION
| Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Biology Major Pre-medicine professional Class of 2020 |
GPA: 3.92 |
| EMT-Basic
Course completion and certification. 50 hours of clinical experience. |
2018 |
| Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (2011-2017) | GPA:4.3 |
| Humber Valley village, Toronto, Canada (2008-2011) | |
| Geneva English School, Geneva, Switzerland (2005-2008) |
EXPERIENCE
| The Exciting Company
Founder and CEO |
2018-present |
| Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Research
Undergraduate research assistant in Smith Lab |
2018 |
| EPA Research
First author, Efficacy of Inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Multiple-Wavelength UV LEDs |
2017 |
| MedCare Ambulance EMT-Basic
Function as an EMT on private ambulance service to treat and transport patients. |
2018-Present |
| Seasons Retirement Community Server
Nursing division nutrition supervisor. Ensured residents nutrition needs were being met effectively |
2014-2016 |
| Ohio State university Wexner Medical Center Volunteer
Volunteer as an ambassador and a nursing unit assistant |
2018-Present |
| Bethesda North Hospital Volunteer
Escort Volunteer |
2015-2017 |
AWARDS
| Provost Scholarship | 2017-Present |
| Dean’s List | 2017-Present |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers case competition 1st place | 2018 |
| National Honor Society | 2015-2017 |
| Honor Roll | 2013-2017 |
| DECA State 2nd place | 2016 |
| ICDC International Finalist | 2016 |
HOBIES/INTERESTS
| Hockey | Varsity and Club Captain (2016-2017) |
| Camping | |
| Wood Working |
References available upon request
Artifacts
I was granted an incredible opportunity to speak with Dr. Subha Raman, the leader in the cardio radiology field. Much of her work leads the forefront in noninvasive diagnosis of muscular and cardiac related ailments. In preparing to speak with her I read much of her work. A large portion of this work pertained to individuals with Duchene muscular dystrophy, an interesting pattern. One article I found extremely interesting was her work with phosphorus 31 isotopes from imagining of skeletal muscle to determine the rate of oxidative phosphorylation. Essentially, this new method of imaging is able to obtain information about the energy use of skeletal muscles. Before this information was gathered through biopsy and the data collected was not quantitative. Using the phosphorus 31 isotope one can determine much more about energy use noninvasively.
When meeting with her she was tremendously amiable and really sought to understand why I had such an interest in her work. She asked me about my future aspirations and we began to discuss how she had become such a successful researcher and clinician. I was able to gain much about how to treat the whole college experience as well as how to make an impact on my education that would truly be invaluable in my future. One thing she made very clear was that each and every endeavor that I pursued it was critical that I kept my end goal in mind. At the end of the day my success would be driven by my devotion to my goals. Additionally, I was advised to follow my heart in a way; to do things that interested me, not just that would make my medical school application competitive. In bringing our discussion back to her work I was able to learn that much of her work had been relating to DMD because of chance. She happened to be the expert in the field and neurologists needed an expert. It seemed that even being in radiology was a chance happening as she had majored in electrical engineering in her undergraduate work. Speaking with Dr. Raman was an amazing experience and I gained a lot of useful information in going forward with my education.