New-Student Advisory Committee
Incoming and Prospective Students!
Do you have questions about what life is like as a medical student at BUSM?
The list below is composed of current BUSM medical students (Class of 2006) who have agreed to answer any questions that you may have so feel free to ask anything!
Cindy Hsu |
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| E-mail: | chsu@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D./Ph.D. |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | San Gabriel, CA |
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Undergraduate institution |
John Hopkins University; Biology & Psychology |
Christopher Sullivan |
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| E-mail: | ccsulli@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 29 |
| Home town/area: | San Jose, CA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of California, San Diego; History |
| Graduate institution & major: |
San Diego State University; M.S. in Molecular Biology |
Elisha Morgan |
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| E-mail: | emorgan@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 22 |
| Home town/area: | Annapolis, MD |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Georgetown University; Health Studies |
Katie Famous |
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| E-mail: | krfamous@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | Portland, OR |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Amherst College; Political Science |
Rebecca Sandfort |
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| E-mail: | rsandfor@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 29 |
| Home town/area: | New Jersey/Arizona/San Francisco bay area |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Arizona State University; Clinical Laboratory Science |
| Graduate institution & major: |
University of California Berkeley; M.P.H. in Infectious Diseases and Immunity |
Cindy Mui |
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| E-mail: | cmui@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | 7-Year Program (B.A./M.D.) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 21 |
| Home town/area: | New York, NY |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Medical Science with minor in East Asian Studies |
Shrey Kumar |
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| E-mail: | shrey@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | Weston, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
MIT; Biology with minor in Biomedical Engineering/Writing |
Josh Thaden |
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| E-mail: | jtthaden@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D./Ph.D. |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 24 |
| Home town/area: | Sheldon, IA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Texas Christian University; Physics & Biology |
Sarah Sheldon |
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| E-mail: | bridges@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) w/ M.A. from B.U. |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 27 |
| Home town/area: | Glen Ellyn, IL/Arlington, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Wellesley College; Psychobiology |
| *this student is married | |
Kavitha Reddy |
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| E-mail: | kreddy@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | 7-Year Program (BA/M.D.) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 21 |
| Home town/area: | Dayton, OH |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Medical Science w/ minor in Business Administration |
Juan Pena |
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| E-mail: | juanpena78@hotmail.com |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | Miami, FL |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of Miami; Biology |
David Annas |
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| E-mail: | gdannas@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 29 |
| Home town/area: | Newton, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; English and Classical Civilization |
| Graduate institution & major: |
Boston University School of Public Health; Epi/Biostat and Environmental Health |
Jason McKean |
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| E-mail: | mckeanj@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 27 |
| Home town/area: | California Bay Area |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of California San Diego; Biochemistry/Cell Biology |
Benjamin Kase |
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| E-mail: | benkase@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | Wellesley, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of Maryland; Physiology/Neurobiology |
Kara May |
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| E-mail: | karaelizabethmay@yahoo.com |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 25 |
| Home town/area: | Boston area (Westwood, MA) |
| Undergraduate institution: | Georgetown University; Economics |
Felicia Freilich |
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| E-mail: | freilich@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 24 |
| Home town/area: | Avon, CT |
| Undergraduate institution: | Boston College; Psychology |
Nadya Cinman |
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| E-mail: | ncinman@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) w/ MA from BU |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 26 |
| Home town/area: | Los Angeles, CA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of California San Diego; Sociology & Biology |
Sean Sadikot |
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| E-mail: | ssadikot@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | 7-Year Program (BA/M.D.) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 21 |
| Home town/area: | Syosset, NY/Long Island |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Medical Science with minor in Psychology |
Gerassimos Bastas |
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| E-mail: | gbastas@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D./Ph.D. |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 24 |
| Home town/area: | Athens, Greece |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Brown University; Biochemistry |
Marisa Potter |
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| E-mail: | potter@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 25 |
| Home town/area: | Miami, FL |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Clinical Exercise Physiology |
Stephanie Wasserman |
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| E-mail: | stephaniewass@hotmail.com |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) w/ MA from BU |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 26 |
| Home town/area: | Flagstaff, AR |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Santa Clara University; Biology |
Jennifer Clebanoff |
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| E-mail: | Jennifer_Clebanoff@hotmail.com |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) w/ MA from BU |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 25 |
| Home town/area: | Agoura, CA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Brown University; Biology |
Soo Shin |
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| E-mail: | sooyeon8@yahoo.com |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
MIT; Managerial Science (Business) |
Kelly Gonzales |
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| E-mail: | kellyg@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 26 |
| Home town/area: | Denver & Boulder, CO |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of Colorado at Boulder; Chemical Engineering |
Jayme Dowdall |
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| E-mail: | jdowdall@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | MMEDIC (Modular Medical Integrated Curriculum) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | Kansas |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
Helen Perakis |
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| E-mail: | hperakis@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | Brooklyn, NY |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Cornell University; double major in Biology (concentration in Neurobiology/Behavior) and History (Southest Asian History) |
Joseph Monteiro |
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| E-mail: | monteiro@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 24 |
| Home town/area: | Manchester, NH |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Catholic University; Biology |
Neelam Gupta |
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| E-mail: | nrgupta@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | ENGMEDIC (Engineering/Medical Integrated Curriculum) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | Pequannock, NJ |
| Undergraduate institution: | Boston University; Biomedical Engineering |
Makara Cayer |
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| E-mail: | mecayer@yahoo.com |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 28 |
| Home town/area: | Providence, RI |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Brown University; Economics |
Payel Patel |
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| E-mail: | ppp4@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 22 |
| Home town/area: | Fairfield County, CT |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Cornell University |
Sonya Dhar |
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| E-mail: | sdhar@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) w/ MA from BU |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 26 |
| Home town/area: | New Jersey |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Biology and Psychology |
Eva Chou |
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| E-mail: | echou@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) w/ MA from BU |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 27 |
| Home town/area: | Los Angeles, CA (now Boston) |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of California Berkeley; Molecular and Cell Biology (Immunology emphasis) and Music |
Kristen Lindgren |
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| E-mail: | kal@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 24 |
| Home town/area: | Stratford, CT |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Wesleyan University; Neuroscience and Biology |
Calvin Lee |
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| E-mail: | calvinl@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 22 |
| Home town/area: | Vancouver, Canada |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Columbia University; Biology and History |
Drew Rogers |
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| E-mail: | ajrogers@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 27 |
| Home town/area: | Framingham, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
College of the Holy Cross; Chemistry with Studio Art minor |
Joshua Sheehan |
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| E-mail: | joshuams@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 25 |
| Home town/area: | Holliston, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of Connecticut; Physiology and Neurobiology |
Adam Terella |
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| E-mail: | aterella@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 24 |
| Home town/area: | Littleton, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of Vermont; Biology |
John Ingle |
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| E-mail: | jwingle@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | EMSSP (Early Medical School Selection Program) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 23 |
| Home town/area: | El Paso, TX |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of Texas at El Paso; Biological Sciences |
Ariel Nason |
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| E-mail: | arieln@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) w/ MA from BU |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 28 |
| Home town/area: | Lexington, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nutrition |
Anthony Talieri |
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| E-mail: | talieri@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) w/ MA from BU |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 26 |
| Home town/area: | Boston, MA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston College; Biology |
Kyle Eberlin |
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| E-mail: | keberlin@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | 7-Year Program (BA/M.D.) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 21 |
| Home town/area: | Buffalo, NY |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Medical Science |
Karen Lee |
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| E-mail: | leeks@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D./Ph.D. |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 28 |
| Home town/area: | Columbus, OH |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Yale University; |
Natalie Cusano |
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| E-mail: | natc@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 22 |
| Home town/area: | Bolton, CT |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
MIT; Biology |
Amanda Conti |
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| E-mail: | amco12@yahoo.com |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 24 |
| Home town/area: | Westerly, RI |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Human Physiology |
Amy Marple |
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| E-mail: | amarple@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 27 |
| Home town/area: | Nashua, NH |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of New Hampshire; Biology |
| Graduate institution & major: |
Purdue University; Pharmaceutics |
| * this student is married w/ one child | |
Kavya Sebastian |
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| E-mail: | kavya@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | 7-Year Program (BA/M.D.) |
| Sex: | female |
| Age: | 22 |
| Home town/area: | Augusta, GA |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
Boston University; Medical Science and Psychology |
Ryan J. Hernandez |
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| E-mail: | rhino@bu.edu |
| Pathway program: | M.D. (Four Year) |
| Sex: | male |
| Age: | 22 |
| Home town/area: | Eastern New Mexico |
| Undergraduate institution & major: |
University of Notre Dame; Biochemistry |
