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Joseph Chen Microsurgery / Plastic Surgery |
I graduated from UC Irvine in Biology (2002), UC Irvine School of Medicine (2008), UC Irvine General Surgery (2013), Plastic surgery residency at Hous... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Michael Numamoto Marketing - Medical Devices |
I was initially pre-dental @ UCI and then decided to go in the business direction. I wanted to combine my love of bio with business and transitioned ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Cherri Penne-Myers Physician Assistant |
I am a PA working in Newport Beach in Neuropsych for 17 years. I also have worked in Neurology for 10 years. I do weekend health assessments for DoD... |
Goal setting, Networking skills and introductions, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Phuc Huynh President |
UCI alumnus- Biological Science with Psychology Minor Graduate of Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine Board certified in fami... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Miriam Reyes Executive Vice President Global Operations |
Over 25 years of experience in Research and Development, then transferred into Diagnostics, where I have been for over 18 years. With my MBA, I'm abl... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Joanna Gerry-Paul Sr. Director of QA and Clinical Compliance |
Currently I lead the R&D Global Regulatory Compliance department at a biotech start-up (Allogene - https://www.allogene.com). I lead a team that is ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Skill development |
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Steve Epstein Health Care Consultant (Semi-Retired) |
Customer Services Rep (Maxicare) --> Membership Accounts Rep --> Provider Relations Rep (MaxiCare and PacifiCare) -> Contract Administrator (PacifiC... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Christopher Lawrence Emergency Medicine Attending |
I graduated with a BS from the Neurobiology program at UCI in 2009. followed by attending medical school at Washington University in St Louis from 200... |
Career path, Job search, Mock interviews, Networking, Planning degrees, Skills building |
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Sunny Lo Gastroenterologist |
I graduated from Western University in 2012 and finished my three year internal medicine residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center and Gastroe... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Christopher Tam Biotech R&D Sourcing Manager |
I am a R&D Clinical Sourcing Manager at Genentech. Genentech is a leader in the Biotech industry and a part of the Roche Group. In my role, I am p... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Networking skills and introductions |
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Joyce Fong Optometrist |
I am a 2017 UC Berkeley School of Optometry graduate and work at two locations: a private optometry group practice in Cupertino, CA and a community he... |
Career path exploration and planning, Mock interviews, Workplace shadowing |
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Drew Keres Doctor of Physical Therapy |
Currently I own and operate my own private practice physical therapy business. I mainly serve athletes ranging from high school to the professional l... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Kristen Negvesky Veterinarian |
I've wanted to be a veterinarian since I was in fourth grade. I majored in Neurobiology at UCI, then worked various jobs at veterinary hospitals for a... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Jim Gustafson Medical Device Company Executive, Retired |
After my MS in Biology at UCI in 1978, I began my career in the medical device industry. I worked for several Orange County medical device companies,... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Gary Flashner Independent Consultant |
Direct patient care (primary care and emergency care) in a remote rural environment Transition to direct patient care only in hospital-based emergenc... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Cindy Alvarez Senior Regulatory Affairs Consultant |
I'm a pharmaceutical/biotech regulatory consultant for companies in the Bay Area/West coast. Shortly after graduating with my BS in Biology at UCI, I ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Minhthao Nguyen Endocrinology Fellow |
I graduated from UCI in 2014 with a BS in Biology. I went straight ahead and attended med school at AT Still University of Osteopathic Medicine in Ar... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Sarah Benke Resident Physician |
I am a pediatric resident (PGY-2) at Valley Children’s Hospital. After graduating from UCI, I spent my gap year working at a bio-pharmaceutical comp... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Benjamin Yu Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist |
Grew up in Irvine, CA, I completed my undergraduate, medical, general psychiatry residency, and child and Adolescent psychiatry fellowship at UCI. Af... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing |
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David Abiva Physician Assistant |
BS bio sci UCI PA certificate Riverside community college Physician Assistant for both general medicine and multi specialty starting in private pr... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Networking skills and introductions, Workplace shadowing |
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Brad Gray Principal Scientist |
I have 31 years of professional work experience that spans the range of small start up companies to working for the largest healthcare company in the ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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John Nishimoto Senior Associate Dean for Professional Affairs and Clinical Education |
I'm an optometrist, professor, and administrator at Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University, since 1988. I was a g... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews |
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Tamra Kaplan Senior Vice President & interim Chief Operating Officer |
After a long history practicing clinical pharmacy in acute care, ambulatory, and home health settings as well as serving in multiple leadership roles ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Leena Adhikari Optometrist |
I attended optometry school after graduating from Uci. Currently I own my own practice as an Optometrist. I make business decisions all day, manage a ... | |
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Jasmine Luck PA Student/former ED tech |
I just started my first year of PA school in Florida, and I’m interested in specializing in pediatrics and/or emergency medicine. I worked as an ED ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Caleb B Consultant |
Currently I am a management consultant. I specialize in technology strategy for lifescience and healthcare clients.... |
Career path, Course selection, Job search, Job visits, Networking, Planning degrees, Resume cover letter writing, Skills building |
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Annie Phung Resident PGY1 |
I am currently a PGY-1 in Family Medicine at Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor. I graduated UCI Bio Sci in 2015, moved to Georgia... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Alison Wong Ophthalmologist |
After earning my bachelor degree in Biological Sciences at UCI, I went to UCLA for medical school and stayed there for my residency training in ophtha... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews |
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Navid Ghaffari Medical Student (M3) |
I graduated from UCI in 2018 with a B.S. in Neurobiology. I was involved with research and various campus orgs, and had an excellent time at UCI. I th... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees |
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Ashley Chan Associate Environmental Scientist |
After graduating from UC Irvine, I completed various internships and volunteer programs with companies and organizations such as Disneyland, the Golde... |
Career path exploration and planning, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Lisa Lam Physician Assistant |
ER dept as PA for near 2 years UC March 2020... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Skill development |
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Francie Nguyen Clinical Pharmacist |
I graduated from UC Irvine in 2014, USC School of Pharmacy in 2018, and completed a managed care residency at CalOptima in 2019. I currently work ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Lily Trinh Medical Student - Research Year |
I graduated from UCI with a degree in Biological Sciences. I was a student-athlete at UC Irvine and ran track and field. I was also involved with rese... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Dillon Dejam Medical Student at UCLA |
I loved my time at UCI!!!! I graduated in 2016 with a degree in biochemistry & molecular biology, took 2 gap years, and recently finished my 3rd year ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Tori Tucker PhD Graduate Research Assistant |
I am currently a PhD graduate student at UC Irvine in the department of Developmental and Cell Biology. My research focuses on using zebrafish as an a... |
Career path, Course selection, Job visits, Networking, Planning degrees |
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Connor Farrell Family Medicine Resident Physician |
Currently I am a 2nd family medicine resident at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Before medical school, I worked for two years as a medical scribe... |
Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Joyce Fang Inouye Dentist |
After graduating from UCLA School of Dentistry, I did 2 years of residency at UCLA Medical Center. I also was Adjunct Asst Professor at UCLA at the de... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Sherman Ho CoFounder |
I run a med comm company that develops scientific communication content tools for biopharmaceutical companies since 2003. Pharmacy residency (UCSF) --... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Kevin Lee Senior Consultant |
Internships in healthcare market research, medical devices, industry research. Entry-level job in organizational development management consulting at... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Stephanie Fong Physician |
I enjoyed being part of the Flying Sams club at UCI as an undergraduate and it inspired me to work with the underserved. I recently finished my inte... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Glenn Diekmann Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon |
My career path was decidedly nontraditional. I was the first member of my family to attend college. I briefly attended UC Irvine as a BioSci major... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Nada Awad Family Physician |
After my BS degree in biology from UCI, I completed a 1 year Master's Program in global medicine at USC. Shortly after, I completed my MD at UC-Rivers... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews |
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Drake Dinh Clinical Pharmacist |
I graduated from UCI in 2015 and received my PharmD from the UCSF School of Pharmacy in 2019. I completed 2 years of residency training at MemorialCar... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing |
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James Hupp Senior Associate Dean |
After my BS degree I attended Harvard to receive a degree in dental medicine. I later completed my MD degree at UConn and a law degree from Rutgers. I... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Bryan Sloane Emergency Physician |
Hello, I am a UCI Bio Sci graduate '09 as well as UCI SOM graduate '15. I took a slightly non traditional pathway and worked as an EMT for 2 years be... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Michael Almaleh Senior Medical Director, Chief of Cardiology and Specialty Care |
I’m chief of cardiology and specialty care for a large HMO in Texas and Florida. I was a biology major at UCI, then got my Master’s and MD from Bo... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Kyle Martin Upstream Leader - Americas - Single Use & Cell Culture |
Kyle, a native of Illinois, moved to Orange County, CA, studying at the University of California Irvine ultimately earning a degree in Biology. Transi... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Austin Yu MD |
UCI to Albert Einstein College of Medicine to UCLA/West LA VA for Internal Medicine then Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep at Cedars/UCLA/West LA VA/Olive... | |
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Harris Waters Physician and Surgeon |
After completing my medical school education, I did a general surgery residency at University of Arizona at Tucson and a vascular fellowship at St Mar... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Kimberly Komatsu Conservation Ecologist |
I am a conservation ecologist with a research focus on community and ecosystem responses to global change drivers. I received my BS from University of... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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E Daniel Mackey Physician |
I graduated from UCI and took a gap year to tutor on campus (UCI tutorial assistance program TAP) and apply to medical school. I attended UCSD Med sc... |
Career path exploration and planning, Planning for additional degrees |
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Paul Nash Expert - Polymer Science |
Science undergrad with PhD Polymer Science. 6 years at Frigidaire developing all home appliances and 24 years at HP developing inkjet printing. I have... |
Career path, Course selection, Job search, Mock interviews, Networking, Planning degrees, Resume cover letter writing, Skills building |
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Renzhi Hou Graduate Student |
I am in my first year of graduate school at UCI. My career path is to become a researcher in the field of regeneration. I currently work as a spec... | |
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John Pitkin Chief Scientific Officer |
After graduation from UCI, I did postdoctoral research at Michigan State University focused on fungal plant pathogens. I was hired by Monsanto in 199... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees |
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Asad Zaidi President/CEO |
Graduated with BioSci degree and work on groundbreaking medical devices. Pls see www.epinex.com and www.redapple.ai... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Shelby Jocoy Resident Physician, PGY-1 |
I graduated from UC Irvine in 2015 with a BS in Biological Sciences and a minor in Spanish. I worked, volunteered, and shadowed for two years before s... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees |
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Seeta Rajpara Scientist |
Early in my career, after graduating from UCI, I was exploring various paths towards studying medicine. My undergraduate research experience was excit... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Arielle Czerwinski Pediatric Hospitalist |
When I started undergrad at UC Irvine in 2006, little did I know that I would spend the next 12 years studying and training there! I graduated from un... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Ryan Ripperdan 4th-Year Medical Student |
Graduated from UC Irvine in 2016, majoring in Biological Sciences. Notable activities during my undergraduate years included founding Hiking Club at U... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Chris Noriega Senior Scientist |
I am a microbiologist applying enzymatic and synthetic biology work for the food and flavor industry. I initially started as an entry level scientist... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Cynthia Rodriguez PhD Candidate |
I obtained my B.S. degree in Biological Sciences on 2012 from the University of California, Irvine. While an undergrad I did research at the UCI Medic... |
Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Michelle Oberoi Medical Degree (MD) Candidate |
Applying to medical school as a first-generation immigrant was daunting but I had a successful application cycle after applying to 28 schools and inte... |
Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Lori-Ann Christie Principal |
After graduating with my PhD, I moved to California to pursue postdoctoral research at UCI. In 2012, I made the decision to leave academia to began an... |
Career path exploration and planning, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees |
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David Chen Nurse Practitioner |
During my time at UC Irvine, I volunteered at the Aquarium of the Pacific and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center to gain animal experience hours for a c... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Workplace shadowing |
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Julie Chan Resident Physician |
I am currently a PGY-6 Neurosurgery Resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. After graduation in 2023, I will begin my Spine Fellowship in Boston befo... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Matthew Mahavongtrakul Postdoctoral Scholar |
While earning my PhD, I participated in GPS-STEM (then called GPS-BIOMED) to meet with industry professionals. I was also an adjunct instructor at San... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Regis Lee Medical Student |
SoCal Native that graduated from UC Irvine in 2017 as a Biological Sciences major. Some of my involvements during my time at UC Irvine include being a... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews |
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Mihir Sheth Cardiothoracic Surgery PA |
After UCI I worked as a heart and lung transplant procurement tech. After 2 years of surgical experience I went to PA school. I received training in c... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Samantha Reyes Life Science Research Professional 2 |
Since graduation from UCI Irvine, I have worked in medical research, and have been in the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford since 2015. I have ext... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Paria Ali Pour Lecturer |
I completed my bachelor's in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and master's and PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine. I have 8 years of r... |
Career path exploration and planning, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Emaad Farooqui Vascular surgeon |
Graduated with a bio sci degree from Uci. Completed a masters program and medical School in Chicago. Finished residency and fellowship in vascular su... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees |
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Peter Chung Dentist |
Graduated UCI in 1997, graduated from UCSF School of Dentistry in 2001. Currently the owner of my practice in Napa, CA. It's a family oriented pract... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Andy Luo General Dentist |
Graduated from UC Irvine in 2018. Worked in real estate and education until going to dental school in Chicago. Have been a practicing dentist for over... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Shane Mesko Physician - Radiation Oncology |
I was born and raised in southern California, went to UC Irvine for undergrad, business school, and medical school before heading down to San Diego fo... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Perry Woo Senior Assistant General Counsel |
I studied Biological Sciences at UCI and went to law school. My current occupation is in-house patent attorney.... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Phillip Richardson Physician / VPMA |
Anesthesiologist, who was fortunate to become CEO of his group. Also served on the boards of CHOC Hospital & PIH Hospital. Obtained his MBA to gain ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Workplace shadowing |
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Bardia Bahadori Medical Student |
I was born and raised in Southern California and graduated from UCI in 2017. I spent my gap year doing research in Infectious Diseases at UCI. I'm now... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Brittany Pham PhD Student |
I am a first year Pharmacology PhD student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. My interest in research was a direct result of my han... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees |
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Genevieve Buenaflor Physician |
6th grade science teacher US Navy Medical Officer Urgent Care Physician Geriatric Home Physician Student Health Physican... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Cynthia Binoya Physician Assistant |
My bachelors degree was in Visual Arts Media: Film and Video. After working for one year as a video editor, I decided to change career paths and end... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Jason Kim Professor and Director |
As a Professor of Molecular Medicine and MD/PhD Admissions Committee member at UMass Medical School, Dr. Kim conducts diabetes research and educates m... |
Career path exploration and planning, Mock interviews, Workplace shadowing |
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Daniel Peiffer Director, Marketing |
I have worked at Illumina, Inc (San Diego) since 2005 in a variety of roles in Product Management, Sales and Marketing.... |
Career path exploration and planning, Job visits tours, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing |
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Debbie Tran Physician |
I have been practicing internal medicine for Kaiser Permanente since 1998 I’m in outpatient practice... | |
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Steve Chen Dentist |
High School BS DDS Worked in various dental offices for 2 years before opening my own private dental office.... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Workplace shadowing |
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Dennis Nguyen Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
I had many interests while at UC Irvine, but knew I wanted to be in healthcare. I attended at the UC Berkeley / UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Eric Mangahis Environmental Health Officer |
I currently serve as an Environmental Health Officer with the Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service. The USPHS Commissioned Corps is one... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Pascal Krotee Senior Associate |
After completing my undergrad degree at UCI, I worked as a technician in the Developmental Biology Center. While at UCLA for my PhD studies, I quickly... |
Career path exploration and planning, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Nikan Khatibi CEO / Medical Director |
www.DrNikanKhatibi.com... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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David Kovacs Rheumatologist |
Board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology... | |
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Tushar Patel Radiologist Physician |
Diagnostic Radiologist in private practice since 2001. I specialize in general radiology, primarily CT, MRI, PET/CT imaging with an emphasis on cance... | |
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Joseph Bellomo Cardiologist |
Practicing Cardiologist for years; I would like to give back to the UCI community if possible since it gave me my start in Education... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Lamia Gabal Urologist |
Urologist with own practice in Santa Ana, Prestige medical group. After graduating from UCI w/BS in 1984, took 3 years off then attended UCSD school o... | |
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Edna Betgovargez Director of Marketing |
I have 19 years of experience in Marketing, Applications and Sales in the Life Sciences, Biopharma and Diagnostic markets globally. I started my care... |
Career path exploration and planning, Job visits tours, Workplace shadowing |
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Anh L. Ngo Dude |
UCI Undergrad, Business School, Med School. USC Anesthesia Residency. Private Practice Anesthesia. Sold to Private Equity. Academic Faculty at Har... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees |
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Diana Dizon President |
I am currently the co-founder and president of Bionerds. Bionerds offer Biology hands-on workshops for students from K-8th graders. I earned my bache... | |
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Jacob Duong Physician |
A Bio Sci Counselor told me that I should consider a field other than medicine - I proved her wrong.... | |
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Laura Wong Clinical Pharmacist |
Over the past 2 decades I have worked in predominantly pharmacy based careers, but have additionally worked in marine biology, microbiology, teaching,... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Anne Matich Physician |
I am a neurologist at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego with a subspecialty in neuromuscular diseases. I also have administrative responsibilities as the... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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James Truong Emergency Physician |
Medicine was my second career. I first graduated from UCLA with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After working in the aerospace industry for two ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Skill development |
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Yi Cheng Chia Senior Strategic Account Manager |
I have been working in sales within the biotech industry for the past ten plus years, focusing mainly on molecular biology related technologies and to... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Jennifer Dean Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon |
I graduated from UCI with my bachelors in 2010 and then graduated from UCLA school of dentistry in 2014. After that, I did a 6 year residency in Oral... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Planning for additional degrees |
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Jeanette Barrera Physician Assistant |
Experience in Emergency Department, Family/Peds clinic, currently working full time in Urgent Care with Kaiser Permanente for 12 years.... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Rajiv Ramdeo Senior Manager |
Trained in public health, built experience in healthcare technology... | |
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Melody Fang Emergency Medicine Resident Physician |
Hi everyone! I am from the Bay Area (Fremont, CA). I studied biological sciences at UCI for undergrad and graduated in 2017. During my time at UCI, I ... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Networking skills and introductions, Planning for additional degrees, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development, Workplace shadowing |
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Stephen Bumb Vice President Marketing |
Stephen has an insatiable curiosity about the human operating system that start in high school. He pursued the study of biology at UCI, engaging in t... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Mock interviews, Resume and cover letter writing, Skill development |
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Valentina Bonev Breast Surgeon |
went to UCI for undergrad and med school, loma linda university medical center for general surgery residency, Northwestern University Hospital for bre... |
Career path exploration and planning, Goal setting, Job visits tours, Networking skills and introductions, Resume and cover letter writing, Workplace shadowing |