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News from Health Professions #3, October 2 2026

Greetings  ▪  Our fall appointment schedules  ▪  Upcoming events  ▪  Jobs/internships/volunteering opportunities

 

Greetings

Hello everyone,

Apologies for the delay in getting this newsletter out to you! We fell off schedule because last Thursday and Friday we were at Williams College for the …

By Becca Tishler
Becca Tishler Program Director, Careers in Health Professions
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News from Health Professions #2, September 11 2026

Greetings  ▪  Fall 2028 medical/dental school matriculation  ▪  Our fall appointment schedules  ▪  Upcoming events  

 

Greetings

Hello everyone,

We hope you are doing well as the second week of courses comes to an end. This is such a busy and exciting – and also …

By Becca Tishler
Becca Tishler Program Director, Careers in Health Professions
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The fluff of medicine: Intangibles that make the difference

This article argues that what many call the “fluff” of medicine—things like empathy, listening, compassion, and human connection—are actually essential to being a good doctor, not secondary to technical skill. It emphasizes that true healing comes from combining scientific knowledge …

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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 2026)

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 2026)

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
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Stefan Breitling

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

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Veterinary Pathologist Genentech
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Newton Juhng

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

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Community Research and Evaluation Specialist Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness
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Thierry Pauyo

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Professor of Orthopedic Surgery McGill University
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Lou Silverman

Alumni-in-Residence
  • CEO & Board Chairman
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Jodie Simms-MacLeod

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Midwifery Director University of Tennessee Medical Center
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Cuthbert Simpkins

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

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

Alumni-in-Residence
  • First-year Resident Physician in Pediatrics NYU Langone
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Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge

Alumni-in-Residence
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