Pre-College Pre- Med Panel

The Pre-College Pre-Med panel was a success! Many of our students joined us in Mergenthaler Hall to hear Dr. Lynette Mark, MS/PhD candidate Kurt Herzer and adviser David Trabilsy EdM, EdS discuss their unique views of choosing a life in the medical field.

Dr. Mark shared her path to becoming an anesthesiologist- from her Greek-American upbringing to her time in Pre-Med at Duke, students were able to trace the history of this esteemed doctor. Dr Mark offered guidance as well, encouraging the group to see their fellow (and future) med school students as colleagues and not competition.

Kurt Herzer began his Hopkins career as a Pre-College student seven years ag(Biological Molecules with Dr Kethchum and Computer Integrated Surgery were his two courses!), and came back to join the panel this year as a PhD candidate. Because of his familiar and recent educational background, Kurt's discussion resonated with students as he was able to speak to their interests and concerns.

As an adviser at Hopkins, David Trabilsy has had the opportunity to counsel students in the undergraduate and post- bac levels. His insight rounded out the panel, speaking not from experience as a future or current med student, but from a career spent guiding future doctors toward their specific and most compatible roles in medicine.

We are very happy students experienced this panel, and we are of course grateful to our panelists for taking the time to counsel their future colleagues!