Student Profiles

First Year:

Shika Jain
Many of the experiences in my life that have shaped my desire to enter into the medial field are unconventional. One of the main reasons I chose to attend CHM is its proximity to my family. [View this Profile]

Mark Hanwook Song
I wanted to go into primary care, and CHM at MSU is a highly ranked school in primary care. The school's reputation for primary care combined with the fact that students seemed to be happy with their settings and to have a great sense of camaraderie when I visited really set CHM apart in my mind. [View this Profile]

Second Year:

Alric Devon Hawkins
I've always had an interest in medicine. As a youngster, I was the kind of guy who was always interesed when I was in or around hospitals. My interests were refined by my experiences with family members, especially when encountering health issues in the African American community. [View this Profile]

Veena Rao
I was really attracted to CHM's mission of serving the underserved and those who have been marginalized by the current health care system. [View this Profile]

Third Year:

Kate A. Damm
I chose to pursue a career in medicine after I took part in the Exploring Medicine program at CHM's Saginaw campus as a high school student. I observed physicians and medical students in several departments there during the summer months, and it was after that experience that I decided to pursue medicine in college. [View this Profile]

James (Jamie) Chamberlain Harlan II
I've always wanted to be a physician. I have a long family history of physicians on my father's side (including my father), so I was always interested in medicine. My mother is a nurse, and this just added to my medical family. As I grew older and began thinking about my future career goals, I knew I wanted an intellecutally stimulating and challenging career. [View this Profile]

Fourth Year:

Joseph J. Maleszewski
Knowing that my future was teaching medicine, it was clearly important to me to find excellent teaching mentors. Having gone to MSU for my undergraduate education, I was acutely aware of the type of faculty that teaches at the college. They are, by an overwhelming majority, an enthusiastic group of people that truly love to teach. [View this Profile]

Prashant Vaishnava
I came to CHM through the Baccalaureate/M.D. Combined-Degree Medical Scholars Program, which offers conditional acceptance into medical school at the time of entry into a course of undergraduate study at Michigan State. I entered this program after high school because I had an established and tested commitment to medicine, and the Medical Scholars program offered me flexibility during my three years of undergraduate study. [View this Profile]