User #16458
Application cycles: 2011
Demographics: Male, 53, Caucasian
Home state: Florida
Last Active: 10/06/2011

Brief Profile: I\'m a non-trad student. By trade, I\'m a television writer. I\'ve had a very successful writing career, but medicine is my calling, passion and love. Not a great GPA by any stretch. Actually, it\'s a poor GPA. Upward trend though.

Research:

- 4 Journal Papers to date (2 indexed, 2 non-indexed), expect to have ~6 come Oct/Nov.
- 2 Abstract/Poster Presentations
- 1 Textbook Chapter (printing in Jan/Feb 2012)
- 3-5 Papers under review as of 8/11
- 5 or so published \"Acknowledgements\"
- Literally about 20+ uncredited manuscript projects that I\'ve participated in helping write. Maybe more.
- About a dozen academic doctors have me on speed dial for ongoing work, and vice-versa. I hope to convey that I have built a lot of trust with my \"future\" colleagues.

Shadowing/Observing (Over 500+ hours Total)

Peds Anesthesia (~50 hours) (Shadowed at P&S Peds Anesthesia, NYC, FL)
General Anesthesia (~100 hours) (Shadowed P&S and Schneider\'s Childrens LI, FL)
Interventional Pain Management (~50 hours) (Shadowed Intrvntl Pain Doc (Anes) for one week FT; also saw patients with Physiatry, Neuro, & OR cases too)
Cardiothoracic Surgery (~50 hours) (Shadowed Dr. Oz for an MV Repair in NY; two beating heart cases in FL, three CABG+MV repairs in FL)
Cardiology - Cardiac Catheterization Lab - (100+ hours, as part of my research assistant position, PCI clinical trial, seriously cutting edge stuff)
Anesthesia: (75+ hours of additional anesthesiology exposure per my new research assistant position)
Cardiology/IM - Morning Rounds - (20 hours+) (with former boss at research spot, he\'s an academic interventional cardiologist, CCU rounds with interns, interesting to see the actual process)
Cardiology - Clinic (10 hours) Initial Patient Evaluations for Clinical Trial
Neurological Surgery (~9 hours) (saw one coccygectomy and one cervical disk repair)
Integrative/Alternative Medicine, P&S (3 years)
Women\'s Health P&S (3 years)
CME Fundraising for two successful P&S CME courses partnered with Univ. of Ariz. (3 years)

Volunteering:
Emergency Department - Los Angeles, (105 hours)
Cardiology - Clinical Trial - Research Assistant - Volunteer - 400+ hours to date (8/11)

Father:
x2

Continued success to ALL!!!! D712.

Oh: When I was 22, I successfully gave the Heimlich Maneuver to a Male, ~80 y/o pt, who demonstrated bilateral manual clutching of his distal tracheal processes, with rapidly dropping Sp02. Turned out to be too much Tuna Salad for his epiglottis. He gave me a $5.00 tip following said procedure and asked for a doggie bag for 1/2 uneaten tuna salad sandwich. (Could I make this stuff up?)

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User #16458 took the old MCAT and scored a 3 which is in the 0 percentile of all old scores. We converted this to a 472 on the updated scale which is in the -1^st percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #16458’s section scores as follows:
User #16458 scored a 1 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #16458 scored a 1 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #16458 scored a 1 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.

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