Alumni
Dr. J-N Gallant, M.D., Ph.D. (’19): Sutherland-Watkins Associate College Advisor
Aug. 30, 2022—by Kaitlin McKernan (G1) Dr. Jean-Nicolas Gallant, M.D., Ph.D. is a 2019 graduate of the Vanderbilt University MSTP and is currently a fourth year in Vanderbilt’s Otolaryngology residency program and a Sutherland-Watkins Associate College Advisor. He is from Montréal, QC, Canada, and he attended Amherst College, where he majored in Anthropology and Chemistry. He then...
Alumni Corner
May. 31, 2022— Drs. Bobak Parang (‘17) and Brian Grieb (16’) received Young Investigator Awards from American Society of Clinical Oncology!
Congratulations to the 2022 Graduating Class!
May. 31, 2022—Congratulations to our 2022 MSTP Graduates! The table below lists their next steps. Several of our graduates were recognized with awards at class day! Benjamin Reisman received the Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine from the Department of Medicine. This award recognizes graduating students who have demonstrated high academic achievement, superior clinical competence, and the qualities of...
India Reddy, M.D., Ph.D. (’18): Stahlman-Thomas Associate College Advisor
Apr. 29, 2022—by Camille Wang (G3) Dr. India Reddy is a fourth year at Vanderbilt’s research track psychiatry residency program and a recent addition to the Stahlman-Thomas Associate College Advisors. She is from Glastonbury, CT, and she attended college at Cornell University before matriculating in the Vanderbilt MSTP program. There, she worked in the Galli lab doing...
Alumnus Spotlight: Dr. Asit Parikh
Dec. 1, 2021—An Audience with Asit Parikh by Matthew O’Neill (G2) Asit Parikh is an alumnus of the Vanderbilt MSTP who sits at the helm of MOMA therapeutics, serving as the President and CEO of the early-stage biotech company headquartered in Boston. Having traversed the traditional path of training through MSTP, residency, fellowship, and postdoctoral training, he...
Dr. Harold Jordan, a Trailblazing Alumnus
Jul. 29, 2021—by Xavier Bledsoe (G2) Dr. Harold Jordan, M.D., is an alumnus of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) residency program in psychiatry, and he was one of several distinguished alumni nominated for the Vanderbilt MSTP Advising College Namesake. Following medical school training at the prestigious Meharry Medical College, he completed an intern year at his...
Wisdom from the Graduating Class of 2021
May. 20, 2021—In order to honor and celebrate our 2021 graduating class, the Vanderbilt MSTP dedicated our last seminar series of the year to our graduates. Over Zoom, we shared memory videos and gave each graduate a few minutes to share some wisdom, words of advice, and gratitude with our program. Their invaluable advice to our younger...
Alumni Profile: Katy Beckermann, M.D., Ph.D. (’11)
Jan. 28, 2021—By Natalie Bennett (G2) Dr. Katy Beckermann, M.D., Ph.D. is a 2011 graduate of the Vanderbilt MSTP and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with her to learn about her path to her current position, exciting clinical trial work, and advice for current trainees....
Alumni Feature: Dr. Jennifer Watchmaker M.D. PhD. (’19)
Dec. 18, 2020—Dr. Jennifer Watchmaker is a current PGY-2 Mount Sinai Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology resident. Last year, during the first wave of the pandemic, she was serving on the front lines at Elmhurst hospital in Queens and at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. She created an Instagram account that uses bitmojis and fun animations to share...
Alumni Profile: Kristen Eckstrand, M.D., Ph.D. (’15)
Oct. 29, 2020— by Camille Wang (G2) Kristen Eckstrand, M.D. Ph.D., is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the Western Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). For her undergraduate degree, Dr. Eckstrand attended Beloit College, a private liberal-arts college in southern Wisconsin. She then matriculated at Vanderbilt University for her...