Commencement

Mentor: Dr. Aimee James

Future plans: Continuing General Surgical Residency with anticipated residency graduation date of 2025

Research: Medical procedures, including their application, efficacy, and outcomes.

Mentor: Dr. Li Ding

Research: Tumor Microenvironment and Disease Progression in Multiple Myeloma

Future Plans: Internal Medicine Residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Mentors: Dr. Kamlesh B. Patel

Research: Examining the effect of Veau class on Levator Veli Palatini muscle composition

Future Plans: I plan to complete medical school and apply to plastic surgery residency, and I hope to take the skills I have learned throughout this program on with me during my career in academia to improve outcomes in plastic surgery.

Mentor: Dr. Adetunji Toriola

Research: Clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer

Future Plans: Surgical oncology with a focus on health equity, thanks to the skills I picked up from this program!

Mentor: Dr. Lauren Henke

Research: Investigating the application of MR-only liver SBRT

Future Plans: Immediate: Finishing medical school and then applying into Radiation Oncology

Future: Using the skills learned in this program to take advantage of administrative data to tackle disparities in my field.

Mentor: Dr. Yin Cao

Research: Investigating the signs and symptoms associated with early-onset colorectal cancer

Future Plans: Assistant Professor in Gastroenterology at WashU

Mentor: Dr. Yikyung Park

Research: Development and validation of a prediction model for hospitalization within 30 days of the diagnosis of tuberculosis in people living with HIV.

Future Plans: Providing care to people living with HIV at the public healthcare setting in Brazil

Mentor: Dr. Graham Colditz

Research: Breast cancer prevention, outcome and cancer health disparities

Future Plans: I plan to use the skills and tools I’ve gained from this well-established advanced degree program to conduct research on breast cancer. I will apply to general surgery residency programs in the near future.

Mentor: Dr. Anna Miller

Research: Social determinants of health in orthopaedic trauma, professional well-being among orthopaedic surgeons, pelvic ring fractures, fracture nonunion/malunion, review of kinematic motion analysis in upper extremity dysfunction

Future Plans: I will be applying into orthopaedic surgery residency and building upon the skills I have gained from the MPHS throughout my career

Mentor: Dr. Michael Avidan and Dr. Bethany Tellor Pennington

Research: My independent study project is titled: Description of the Content and Quality of Publicly Available Information on the Internet about Inhaled Volatile Anesthesia versus Total Intravenous Anesthesia

Future Plans: Applying to anesthesiology residency

Mentor: Dr. Abby Cheng

Research: Evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of WYSA (an AI-chatbot based digital mental health application) in improving mental and physical health for pain patients in orthopedic settings

Future Plans: Immediate future: finishing medical school and applying to PM&R residency

Long-term: driving technology and policy implementation at the population level to create a more equitable and effective healthcare system

Mentor: Dr. Aimee James and Dr. Ralph J. Damiano

Research: Racial disparities in access to cardiac surgical care

Future Plans:

Next Steps: Completion of General Surgery residency and entrance into Clinical Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Career: Academic Cardiac Surgery with dedicated Public Health/Epidemiologic research time, specifically in Racial Disparities & Interventions for Equity in Cardiac Surgery

Mentor: Dr. Eric Kim

Research: Investigating disparities in long term health outcomes as well as neoadjuvant therapy rates for patients that received cystectomies at our institution

Future Plans: I will be applying to urology residencies during this upcoming cycle. I hope to continue to use the knowledge and skills gained through the MPHS program for future research endeavors

Mentor: Dr. Allison King

Research: Investigating determinants of pushing self in cancer survivors and its role in participation

Future Plans: Currently, I am planning to finish medical school and apply to residency in internal medicine. My future plans include being involved in qualitative research, either as a researcher or community champion

Mentor: Dr. William Chapman and Dr. Francesca Dimou

Research: Surgical prehabilitation, adolescent bariatric surgery

Future plans: General Surgery Residency at Indiana University School of Medicine