Meet Our Student Ambassadors
If you are applying for admission to the T.H. Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School and have questions about student life, research or curriculum, you are welcome to contact our Student Ambassadors for firsthand feedback.
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Matt Ball
MD, MS4
Pathway: Social justice and inequality
Undergrad: Boston University
Favorite quote: Always earned, never given
Contact: Matt Ball
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Lauryn Bates
MD, MS4
Undergrad: University of South Florida
Degree: Biomedical Sciences
Areas of interest: Women's health, Adolescent health
Favorite quote: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
Contact: Lauryn Bates
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Racquel Bitar
MD, MS4
Undergrad: UMass Amherst
Degree: Microbiology and Anthropology
Areas of interest: Dermatology, pediatrics
Favorite quote: "Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin
Contact: Racquel Bitar
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Anna Bogursky
MD, MS3
Pathway: Structural Inequity, Advocacy, and Justice (SIAJ)
Undergrad: Boston University
Areas of interest: Surgery, emergency medicine
Contact: Anna Bogursky
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Rachel Bolognese
MD, MS3
Track: PURCH
Undergrad: UMass Amherst
Favorite Quote: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” - Eleanor Roosevelt
Contact: Rachel Bolognese
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Anna Bryce
MD, MS3
Pathway: Global Health Pathway
Undergrad: Villanova University
Favorite quote: "The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." —Thomas Edison
Contact: Anna Bryce
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Hannah Carroll
MD, MS4
Undergrad: UMass Amherst
Degree: Psychology
Areas of interest: General surgery, Psychiatry, Health Systems Science
Favorite quote: "Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you're donating blood." - Bill Murray
Contact: Hannah Carroll
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Julia Devlin
MD, MS2
Pathway: Structural Inequity, Advocacy, and Justice
Undergrad: Tufts University
Favorite Quote: “Life is a marathon, not a sprint”
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Ariana Fantakis Ettore
MD, MS4
Pathway: Population, Community, and Global Health
Undergrad: Salve Regina University
Degree: Biology, chemistry, global studies
Areas of interest: Surgery, Global Health, Women's Health, Pediatrics, and Adolescent Medicine
Favorite quote: "Be curious, not judgmental."
Contact: Ariana Fantakis Ettorre
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Courtney Heitmiller
MD, MS2
Pathway: Education
Undergrad: Stevenson University
Favorite quote: “Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.” -Oprah Winfrey
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Abigail Horgan
MD, MS4
Pathway: Clinical, Community, and Translational Research
Undergrad: Boston University
Degree: Human Physiology
Areas of interest: Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Genetics
Favorite quote: "It always seems impossible until it's done."
Contact: Abigail Horgan
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"Michael" HyukJoo Hwang
MD, MS2
Pathway: Education
Undergrad: Harvard College
Favorite quote: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” - Steve Jobs
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Lindsay Issokson
MD, MS4
Undergrad: Colgate University
Degree: Neurobiology, Religion
Areas of interest: OB/GYN, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Cardiology
Favorite quote: "If the brain were so simple that we could understand it,we would be so simple that we could not."
Contact: Lindsay Issokson
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Nick Jarostchuk
MD, MS4
Pathway: Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Innovation, and Design
Undergrad: Pennsylvania State University
Favorite quote: “The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice” – Matthew McConaughey
Contact: Nick Jarostchuk
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Vritti Kharbanda
MD, MS3
Pathway: Education Pathway
Undergrad: Brandeis University
Favorite quote: “Diamonds are made under pressure”
Contact: Vritti Kharbanda
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Michael Marget
MD,MS4
Undergrad: University of Virginia
Degree: Global Public Health and History
Special interest: Pediatrics/Internal Medicine
Favorite quote: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt
Contact: Michael Marget
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Aris Paschalidis
MD, MS4
Pathway or Track: Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Program
Undergrad: Brown University
Areas of interest: Surgey, Cardiovascular disease, Health analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics
Favorite quote: "As you set out for Ithaka, hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery." - Constantine P. Cavafy
Contact: Aris Paschalidis
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Colin Stoll
MD, MS4
Pathway: Population, Community, and Global Health
Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
Favorite quote: "A ship is safe in the harbor, but that's not what ships are built for" - Unknown
Contact: colin.stoll@umassmed.edu
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Dan Swanson
MD, MS3
Pathway: Clinical Care
Undergrad: Fairfield University
Favorite quote: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
Contact: Dan Swanson
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Sabrina Zhang
MD, MS2
Pathway: Clinical, Community, and Translational Research
Undergrad: Tufts University
Favorite quote: “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.”
