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The Director’s Blog will be a semi-regular series of posts from the co-Directors of the Tour for Diversity in Medicine, Drs Alden Landry and Kameron Matthews.   “The decisions you make today [...]

I remember the exact moment I told my parents I wanted to be a doctor. I was five years old sitting at the dining room table speaking to them about the medical appointment I had earlier that day. [...]

Name: Alden Landry, MD, MPH Title: Co-Director – Tour for Diversity in Medicine; Attending Physician – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine Nickname [...]

Name: Tomas Varela, Jr Position: Health Professions Advisor Institution: Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ   How long have you been at your current position at this institution? Three years. [...]

Name: Joseph Stabile, Ph.D. Position: Professor of Biology, Health Professions Advisor Institution: Iona College, New Rochelle, NY – No I do not “own a college” – [...]

Name: Michael D. Druitt, MS Position: Medical Science/Pre-health Coordinator; Assistant Professor – Biological Sciences; Assistant to the Dean Institution: Hampton University – School [...]

Name: Thomas Landefeld Position: Professor of Biology; Pre-health advisor Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills   How long have you been at your current position at this [...]

1. Don’t apply late. The later your application is, the worse your chances of gaining admission into medical school are. Applying when the application season opens in early June puts you in a [...]

There are few things in one’s life that compare to answering the call to serve in the United States Armed Forces. In this week’s blog post, Tameka Pyles, MD (currently deployed in [...]

At this point if you have applied to medical schools, hopefully you have submitted everything on the early side of all deadlines. If you have been interviewing, then this is a good sign of being [...]