7 episodes

More Than An MD aims to highlight diversity within the healthcare field and discuss adversity faced by pre-meds, medical students and physicians. We dive into various topics including taking multiple gap years, facing rejections from programs, being an international student, dealing with financial hardships, having children during residency, doing poorly in exams, mental health and so much more! We hope to inspire people to pursue a career in medicine despite their background; whether they identify as first generation, low-socioeconomic, underserved, underrepresented, non-traditional, POC, international and/or LGBTQ+.

More Than An MD Madison Earle

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More Than An MD aims to highlight diversity within the healthcare field and discuss adversity faced by pre-meds, medical students and physicians. We dive into various topics including taking multiple gap years, facing rejections from programs, being an international student, dealing with financial hardships, having children during residency, doing poorly in exams, mental health and so much more! We hope to inspire people to pursue a career in medicine despite their background; whether they identify as first generation, low-socioeconomic, underserved, underrepresented, non-traditional, POC, international and/or LGBTQ+.

    S1. EP7. Dr. Daniel Indorato, MD

    S1. EP7. Dr. Daniel Indorato, MD

    Dr. Daniel Indorato was born and raised in a suburb outside of Boston, and graduated college with a B.S. degree in medical sciences at The University of Tampa. During his undergraduate years, Daniel travelled throughout Europe and South America, as well as volunteering on three international medical mission trips. After college, he attended medical school at American University of Antigua in the Caribbean, where he graduated this past winter. Now, Daniel is pursuing a residency in Anesthesiol...

    • 40 min
    S1. EP6. Dr. Renée Rodriguez Paro

    S1. EP6. Dr. Renée Rodriguez Paro

    Dr. Renée Rodriguez Paro is a pediatric cardiologist in the Bay area who attended medical school at the University of Chicago, and then completed residency at Stanford. However, Renée wears many different hats, and when she’s not in clinic; Renée is a mom, a fitness enthusiast, wife, proud Latina, friend, podcaster, leader and inspiration to all. In this episode, we discuss couples matching, life skills, choosing a specialty, test-taking, having children, burnout, fitness, philanthropic ...

    • 1 hr 4 min
    S1. EP5. Tyler Lung, BS

    S1. EP5. Tyler Lung, BS

    In this episode, Tyler discusses his experience as a first generation pre-medical student, facing rejection from 19 medical schools, working during college and so much more. Tyler started his journey at a local community college while working three jobs to pay for his tuition in full. After two years, Tyler transferred to the University of Illinois at Chicago where he obtained a degree in neuroscience from UIC Honors College in 2019. During his time at UIC, he served as the President of the S...

    • 59 min
    S1. EP4. Kelly, BS

    S1. EP4. Kelly, BS

    In this episode, Kelly discusses her experience as a current third year medical student in Arizona. As an undergraduate, she attended UCLA and is originally from Los Angeles, CA. After graduating, she took two gap years where she worked as a scribe and medical assistant while studying for the MCAT. Kelly is currently rotating through all of the specialties but is leaning towards Psychiatry as she enters her fourth year. Outside of medical school, she enjoys running her Instagram account @heyk...

    • 37 min
    S1. EP3. Aurelio "Al" Muzaurieta, M.Econ

    S1. EP3. Aurelio "Al" Muzaurieta, M.Econ

    Aurelio “Al" Muzaurieta is a second year medical student at the University of Michigan. He graduated from Harvard College in 2017 where he majored in Romance Languages and Literatures and minored in Global Health Policy, Latin American Studies, and Mandarin Chinese. Al is of Cuban heritage and is passionate about languages. He is fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese and Mandarin. In this episode, we chat about Al's college experience, his non-traditional pathway to medicine,...

    • 1 hr 3 min
    S1. EP2. Dr. Erin Alpert-Rathauser, MD

    S1. EP2. Dr. Erin Alpert-Rathauser, MD

    In this episode, Dr. Erin Alpert-Rathauser dives into post-bacc study, gap years, advice for pre-meds, how to choose a speciality, what it was like to be a resident during the pandemic, her work with The Resident Optimist, her experiences as a wife, sister, friend, doctor and so much more. Erin graduated from Brown University with honors in Psychology in 2011 and completed a post-baccalaureate certificate in pre-medical sciences at Columbia University in May 2013. She then worked as a re...

    • 53 min

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