Meet Our Student Ambassadors

MD/PhD, MS3

Undergrad: UMass Amherst

Degree: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Areas of interest: Neurology

Favorite quote: "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." - Babe Ruth

Contact: Anna Aristarkhova

MD, MS3

Pathway: Social justice and inequality 

Undergrad: Boston University

Favorite quote: Always earned, never given

Contact: Matt Ball

MD, MS4

Pathway: Rural Health  

Undergrad: McGill University

Degree: Neuroscience

Areas of interest: Wilderness and Rural Medicine, promoting balanced lifestyles in medical professionals

Contact: Sophie Barlos

MD, MS3

Undergrad: University of South Florida

Degree: Biomedical Sciences

Areas of interest: Women's health, Adolescent health

Favorite quote: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

Contact: Lauryn Bates

MD, MS3

Undergrad: UMass Amherst

Degree: Microbiology and Anthropology

Areas of interest: Dermatology, pediatrics

Favorite quote: "Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin

Contact: Racquel Bitar

MD, MS2

Pathway: Structural Inequity, Advocacy, and Justice (SIAJ)  

Undergrad: Boston University  

Areas of interest: Surgery, emergency medicine 

Contact: Anna Bogursky

MD, MS2

Track: PURCH

Undergrad: UMass Amherst

Favorite Quote: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Contact: Rachel Bolognese

MD, MS2

Pathway:  Global Health Pathway  

Undergrad: Villanova University

Favorite quote:  "The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." —Thomas Edison  

Contact: Anna Bryce

MD/PhD, MS3 GS3

Undergrad: Salem State University

Favorite Quote: “If you build it, they will come”

Contact: Webb Camille

MD, MS3

Undergrad: UMass Amherst

Degree: Psychology

Areas of interest: General surgery, Psychiatry, Health Systems Science

Favorite quote: "Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you're donating blood." - Bill Murray

Contact: Hannah Carroll

MD, MS4

Undergrad: University of Maryland, College Park

Degree: General Biology

Areas of interest: Orthopedic Surgery

Favorite quote: "I don't have friends, I got family." - Dominic Toretto/Vin Diesel

Contact: Daniel Chen

MD, MS3

Pathway: Clinical and Translational Research Scholars program  

Undergrad: Northeastern University

Favorite quote: "The only way to do great work is to love what you do” – Steve Jobs  

Contact: Bradley Colarusso

MD, MS4

Undergrad: Tufts University

Favorite quote:  “Sue, did the President call?” - Selina Meyer  

Contact: Michael Dente

MD, MS3

Pathway: Population, Community, and Global Health 

Undergrad: Salve Regina University

Degree: Biology, chemistry, global studies

Areas of interest: Surgery, Global Health, Women's Health, Pediatrics, and Adolescent Medicine 

Favorite quote: "Be curious, not judgmental."

Contact: Ariana Fantakis Ettorre

MD, PhD (MS4/GS3)
Undergrad: Oberlin College
Degree: Neuroscience
Special Interests: Neurology, psychiatry, behavioral medicine

Contact: Jason Freedman

MD, MS3

Pathway: Research Pathway

Undergrad: Lehigh University

Degree: Behavioral Neuroscience, Health, Medicine, and Society

Areas of interest: Radiation oncology, Hematology oncology

Favorite quote: "If you risk nothing, then you risk everything."

Contact: Julia Hayden

MD, MS4

Undegrad: UMass Amherst

Degree: Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience

Areas of interest: Dermatology

Favorite quote: "No act of kindess, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop

Contact: Allison Holt

MD, MS3

Pathway: Clinical, Community, and Translational Research  

Undergrad: Boston University

Degree: Human Physiology

Areas of interest: Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Genetics

Favorite quote: "It always seems impossible until it's done."

Contact: Abigail Horgan 

MD, MS3

Undergrad: Colgate University

Degree: Neurobiology, Religion

Areas of interest: OB/GYN, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Cardiology

Favorite quote: "If the brain were so simple that we could understand it,we would be so simple that we could not."

Contact: Lindsay Issokson

MD, MS3

Pathway: Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Innovation, and Design  

Undergrad: Pennsylvania State University  

Favorite quote: “The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice” – Matthew McConaughey  

Contact: Nick Jarostchuk

MD, MS2

Pathway: Structural Inequity, Advocacy, and Justice  

Undergrad: Washington University in St. Louis   

Favorite Quote: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new” – Albert Einstein

Contact: Kate Jones

MD, MS4

Undergrad: UMass Amherst

Degree: Biology, Anthropology

Areas of interest: Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine

Favorite quote: “At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse” – Samuel Shem, House of God

Contact: Renee Joyce

MD, MS2

Pathway: Education Pathway   

Undergrad: Brandeis University

Favorite quote: “Diamonds are made under pressure”  

Contact: Vritti Kharbanda

MD, MS2

Pathway or Track: Structural Inequity, Advocacy, and Justice

Undergrad: Brown University

Favorite quote:  “Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out.” –Taylor Swift  

Contact: Kyle Kingston 

MD/MBA, MS4
Undergrad: UMass Dartmouth
Degree: Bioengineering
Special Interests: Emergency medicine, sports medicine, pediatrics
Hobbies: Soccer, hiking, camping, reading, DnD
Favorite quote: "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford
Contact: Kayla Loycano

MD, MS2

Pathway: Population, Community, and Global Health

Undergrad: College of the Holy Cross

Areas of interests: Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Neurology

Favorite quote: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

Contact: Christina Manxhari

MD,MS3

Undergrad: University of Virginia

Degree: Global Public Health and History

Special interest: Pediatrics/Internal Medicine

Favorite quote: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt

Contact: Michael Marget

MD, MS3

Undergrad: UMass Dartmouth

Degree: Biology, biochemistry

Areas of interest: Oncology, Cancer immunology, Therapeutic development

Favorite quote: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."

Contact: Haim Moore

MD, MS4

Undergrad: Northeastern University

Favorite quote: “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment” -Ralph Waldo Emerson  

Contact: Alex Neamtu

MD, MS3

Undergrad: UCLA

Degree: Mollecualr, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Areas of interest: Pediatric Oncology

Favorite quote: "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln 

Contact: Christina Nguyen

MD, MS3

Pathway or Track: Education

Undergrad: University of North Carolina at Charlotte  

Favorite Quote: “Don’t abandon who you could be for who you are”

Contact: Ali Nimeri 

MD/PhD, MS3
Undergrad: UC San Diego, 2020
Degree: Bioengineering, biotechnology
Special Interests: Marine biology
Hobbies: Running and swimming
Favorite quote: "I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious."
Contact: Rebecca Panwala

MD, MS3

Pathway or Track: Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Program

Undergrad: Brown University

Areas of interest: Surgey, Cardiovascular disease, Health analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics

Favorite quote: "As you set out for Ithaka, hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery." - Constantine P. Cavafy 

Contact: Aris Paschalidis

MD,MS2

Undergrad: University of Notre Dame

Degree: Psychology 

Areas of interest: Cardiology, Sports Medicine

Favorite quote: "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

Contact: Colin Stoll

MD, MS2

Pathway: Clincal Care

Undergrad: Fairfield University

Favorite quote:  “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde  

Contact: Dan Swanson

MD, MS3

Pathway: Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Program (CTRS)

Undergrad: Yale University 

Favorite quote: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

Contact: Vanessa Zhang