Health Professions

Explore career opportunities in the Health Professions!

On AiR Podcast featuring Stefan Breitling ’13

Marketing and Communications Intern for the Loeb Center Dian Kun Yin ’28 chats with Alumni-in-Residence guest Stefan Breitling ’13 to discuss his career journey in pediatric medicine, and the lessons and advice he has to share with students interested in …

By Dian Kun Yin
Dian Kun Yin Marketing and Events Intern
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Recommended Read: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

Mountains Beyond Mountains follows the remarkable life of Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist who dedicates himself to bringing high-quality health care to some of the world’s poorest communities in Haiti, Peru, and beyond, challenging medical inequality at every …

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The Loeb Center
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How I Spent My Summer: Enriching Experiences as a Researcher, Ethnographer and Composer

As a Music and Biochemistry student on the premedical track, I found myself immersed in the things I love most. This summer, I stayed on campus and pursued three projects that shaped my academic and personal growth: (1) I began …

By Rebekah Hong
Rebekah Hong Peer Career Advisor
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Job & Internship Search Sites

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Career & Exploration Guides

Amherst College Guide for Premedical Students

About this Guide

This Guide focuses on “allopathic” medicine (i.e. becoming a physician with an M.D. degree), because that is …

Part I: Preparing to Apply to Medical School

Amherst Pre-Health Guide Part 1 (Fall 2025)

Whether you have always known you wanted to be a doctor, veterinarian, dentist, …

Part II: The Medical School Application Process

Amherst Pre-Health Guide Part 2 (Fall 2025)

Applying to medical, veterinary, or dental school is an exciting culmination to your …

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Alumni

Beselot Birhanu

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Fourth-year Medical Student Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Meet Beselot

Stefan Breitling

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Instructor; Attending Physician Harvard Medical School; Boston Children's Hospital
Meet Stefan

Wendy Halpern

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Veterinary Pathologist Genentech
Meet Wendy

Newton Juhng

Alumni-in-Residence
  • New York, New York
  • Portfolio Manager and Head of Healthcare A-CAP Management
Meet Newton

Christina Nieves

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Community Research and Evaluation Specialist Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness
Meet Christina

Thierry Pauyo

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Professor of Orthopedic Surgery McGill University
Meet Thierry

Lou Silverman

Alumni-in-Residence
  • CEO & Board Chairman
Meet Lou

Jodie Simms-MacLeod

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Midwifery Director University of Tennessee Medical Center
Meet Jodie

Cuthbert Simpkins

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Sosland Missouri Endowed Chair in Trauma Services/Chief Innovation Officer UMKC School of Medicine and Vivacelle Bio, Inc
Meet Cuthbert

Will Turner

Alumni-in-Residence
  • New York City, New York
  • Practicing Hospitalist and Associate Professor of Medicine Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Meet Will

Gabriela Ulloa

Alumni-in-Residence
  • First-year Resident Physician in Pediatrics NYU Langone
Meet Gabriela

Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge

Alumni-in-Residence
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413-542-2265
Email
careers@amherst.edu
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