Medical School Reps Visiting UCLA
Spring 2007
“JUMPSTART YOUR CAREER IN MEDICINE”,
Supported by the UCLA Career Center
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRITZKER
SCHOOL of MEDICINE
David M. Owen, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE at UCLA
Theodore Hall, M.D., Assistant Dean Admissions
UCSD SCHOOL of MEDICINE
Brian Zeglen, Director of Admissions
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Albert T. Chevez, Ed.M., Associate Director of Medical School Admissions
PHYSICIAN SPEAKERS INCLUDED:
Jaime Chen, M.D.
Gastroenterologist
Alum of the University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine
Dr. Irving Posalski , M.D.
UCLA School of Medicine Associate Clinical Professor specializing in Infectious
Diseases
Director of Cedar-Sinai
Medical Center Experience in Clinical Medicine for Pre-Med College Students
Yince Loh, M.D.
Neurologist (Army Physician)
MEDICAL STUDENT SPEAKERS INCLUDED:
Kathy Palatnik
Ricardo Salas (Class President)
First Year Medical Students: David Geffen
School of Medicine UCLA
HEALTH CARE PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVES INCLUDED:
Alice DeLaurier-O’Neil
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE LEARNING
International Trips for Pre-Meds Shadowing Physicians in Costa Rica, Africa
and Mexico
Sarvenaz Alibeigi
EMRA Coordinator
EMERGENCY
MEDICINE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Silva Thomas
Manager, CARE EXTENDER PROGRAM
SM-UCLA Medical
Center & Orthopedic
Hospital
Dr. Glen Pearlstein
Full-Time MCAT Specialist
KAPLAN: Presented on Navigating the MCAT
Jeremy Lawrence
UCLA Campus Outreach Manager
KAPLAN
SGT Christopher Herring USAREC
ARMY MEDICAL and HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Presentation on Military Scholarships for Financing Medical School.
Fall 2006
THE MEDICAL
COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
Magdalisse Gonzalez, Admissions Officer
Supported by the UCLA Career Center
THE DAVID GEFFEN
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA
Associate Dean of Admissions
Supported by the Office of Residential Life and the UCLA Career Center
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE of CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
Associate Dean of Admissions
Supported by the Office of Residential Life and the UCLA Career Center
STANFORD SCHOOL of MEDICINE
Dr. Gabriel Garcia, M.D., Associate Dean for Medical School Admissions
Stanford School of Medicine
Supported by UCLA’s Pre-Medical Peer Association (PPA), Undergraduate Medical
Sciences Organization, www.ph.ucla.edu/umso
and the UCLA Career Center
KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE of APPLIED LIFE
SCIENCES
Lee Ann Cornell Associate Director of Admissions
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
Supported by UCLA’s Pre-Medical Peer Association (PPA), Undergraduate Medical
Sciences Organization, www.ph.ucla.edu/umso
and the UCLA Career Center
Winter 2006
DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL
Mary Kendall Brown, Admissions
Supported by UCLA’s American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Association
and the UCLA Career Center
Spring 2006
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Dr. Gabriel Garcia, Assoc. Dean of Admissions
Supported by the Pre Medical Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
and the UCLA Career Center
CLEVELAND CLINIC
LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF CASE WESTERN RESERVE
Dr. Andrew Fishleder, Executive Dean
Supported by UCLA’s American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Association
and the UCLA Career Center
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRITZKER
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
David M. Owen, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
Supported by UCLA’s American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Association
and the UCLA Career Center
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AT ST. LOUIS
John Walters, Assistant Dean and Chairman of Admissions
Supported by UCLA’s American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Association
and the UCLA Career Center
DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
AT UCLA
Theodore Hall, MD Admissions
“Jumpstart Your Career in Medicine”: Supported by the UCLA Career Center
UCSD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Brian Zegler Dean of Admission
“Jumpstart Your Career in Medicine”: Supported by the UCLA Career Center
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA
Ms Itzé Del Castillo Lebrija, Director Off Campus Programs and Advisor Relations
Supported by The UCLA Career Center
Fall 2005
UCI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: MD/MBA
Joint Program
Dr. Maria Chandler, M.D, MBA Admissions Director
Supported by UCLA’s Pre-Medical Peer Association and the UCLA Career Center
In addition the following physicians visited UCLA to speak at meetings
held by UCLA’s Pre-Medical Peer Association:
Group PPA
Quarter Fall
School UCI
Rep: Dr. Maria Chandler, M.D. MBA , UCI , MD, MBA Admissions Director
Group PPA
Quarter Fall
School UCLA
Rep: Jorge A. Lazareff, M.D. - UCLA Neurosurgeon
Group PPA
Quarter Spring
School UCLA
Rep: Dr. Paul Torrens, M.D., Professor, Health Services UCLA
Group PPA
Quarter Spring
School UCLA
Rep: Dr. Carole Browner, PhD, UCLA Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Group PPA
Quarter Spring
School UCLA
Rep: Dr. Calmes, M.D. and Dr. Robertson, M.D., Minority Health Topics/Asthma
Program
Group PPA
Quarter Spring
School UCLA
Rep: Dr. Ellen Alkon, M.D. UCLA School of Public Health Director
Public Health Education in Medicine
Group Students for Organ Donation Co-Hosted with PPA
Quarter Spring
School UCLA
Rep: Jonah Odim, M.D., Heart and Lung Transplant surgeon, UCLA Associate professor
of Surgery
Group PPA
Quarter Spring
School UCLA
Rep: Kenneth Kuchta, MD , UCLA Medical Center, Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology
Group PPA
Quarter Spring
School UCLA
Rep: Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil, M.D., Associate Director of the UCLA Center on
Aging, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the School of Public Policy
and Social Research