Brief Profile:
+ ~7000 clinical hours between graduate education and employment. + Doctoral dissertation on the intersection of psychiatry, psychology, and forgoing medical treatment. + Presented Psychiatric Grand Rounds on involuntary civil commitment. + Several years of clinical presentations in Pennsylvania and Ohio. + Principal investigator for two studies in critical care medicine (psychiatric comorbidity and medical decision-making). + Principal investigator for an upcoming study adapting a psychometric for use with intubated critical care patients and a pilot study on patient attitudes comparing organ system failure. + Developing an educational module for renal replacement therapy for our simulation center. + Teaching at the collegiate level since 2004 (Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Decision Making and Ethical Choices, Ethics in the Sciences, Medical Ethics and the Law, Comparative Religion, English Comp, Technical Writing, General Chemistry, Biopsychology, Principles of Evidence-Based Practice, Current Topics in Health Care; Research and Analysis in Health Care; tenure track; adjunct faculty at three colleges). + Referee for a nephrology journal. + First author for chapters/sections of Critical Care Nephrology (2nd Edition - due out Summer 2008) and the Oxford Desk Reference: Critical Care (due out Fall 2007) - gene polymorphisms in critical illness, acid-base disorders, etc. + Publication in the American Journal of Bioethics + Undergrad GPA: 3.05; Graduate GPA: 3.85; Post-bacc GPA: 3.29 + BCPM could be higher, but it is what it is - I was working 40+ hours per week at the hospital, taking three classes, teaching three classes, and researching/writing a doctoral dissertation. +Accepted to LECOM - Erie (Class of 2012); decided to stay in academia instead.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: Georgetown University
Undergraduate Area of study: Foreign Language/International Studies
User #8862 took the old MCAT and scored a 32 which is in the 88th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 513 on the updated scale which is in the 89th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #8862’s section scores as follows:
User #8862 scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #8862 scored a 11 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 128 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #8862 scored a 11 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
