Alumni
Alumni Corner – November 2017
Nov. 29, 2017—Vanderbilt MSTP alumni and students gathered for a Boston area alumni dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel during the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting. Alumni in attendance included MSTP Director Christopher Williams (’02), Pratik Talati (’17), Kristie Aamodt (’17), Erin Ciampa (’13), Carolyn Fruci (’91), Stephanie Flavin (’16), Jacqueline Clauss (’16),...
The Surgeon-Scientist: A Conversation With Alumni Continued
Oct. 30, 2017—Part 2: After the MSTP by J-N Gallant (M3) A conversation with alumni, including: Charles Davis, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1991, Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State University David Poon, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1996, general surgeon, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1997, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of...
Alumni Corner – September 2017
Sep. 28, 2017—Alumni Corner – September 2017 Stay up to date with the professional and personal accomplishments of our Vanderbilt MSTP Alumni! Congratulations to Kristen Eckstrand (’15) for receiving the Peter Henderson MD Memorial Award from the American Associate of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training! Learn more here. Albert Powers (’12) recently had a first-author publication in...
Alumni Profile: James Atkinson, M.D., Ph.D. (’81)
Sep. 28, 2017—by Rachel Brown (G1) Dr. James Atkinson Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology Vice Chair for Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt MSTP Class of 1981 After growing up in Alabama, Dr. Atkinson attended Vanderbilt University, where he received a B.A. in Biology. He then entered...
Creation of the Alumni Committee
Sep. 13, 2017—by Matt De Niear (M4) This past year, the MSTP Alumni Committee was created to engage former graduates of the program, maintain connections between former MSTP classmates, and provide networking opportunities for current and former students. Including the newly graduated Class of 2017, 267 students have earned MD-PhD degrees from the Vanderbilt University MSTP. As...
Alumni Corner – August 2017
Aug. 28, 2017—Stay up-to-date with the professional and personal accomplishments of our Vanderbilt MSTP Alumni! Jason Metcalf (’16) and his wife, Elise Pfaltzgraff (’15 PhD in Cell & Dev. Biology), recently adopted a newborn baby girl, Eleanor, born June 28, 2017. Jason is currently a Pediatric Resident at the University of Michigan, and Elise is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan....
The Surgeon Scientist: A Conversation with Alumni
Aug. 28, 2017—by J-N Gallant (M3) A conversation with alumni, including: Charles Davis, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1991, Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State University David Poon, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1996, general surgeon, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1997, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Zoe Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.,...
Alumni Profile: William Oldham, M.D. Ph.D. (’08)
Feb. 21, 2017—by Abin Abraham (M2) William Oldham, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Physician and Instructor of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Vanderbilt MSTP Graduate, 2008 I attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While there, I was an undergraduate research technician in the Department of Pharmacology where I stuffed pipette tip boxes, cleaned...
Alumni Profile: John Erickson, M.D., Ph.D. (’15)
Jan. 30, 2017—by Abin Abraham (M2) Dr. John Erickson, M.D., Ph.D. Resident Physician, PL-2 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Vanderbilt MSTP Graduate, 2015 I attended college at Case Western Reserve University, majored in Biology, and studied mechanisms of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in the laboratory of Peter Zimmerman. At Vanderbilt, under the mentorship of John V. Williams,...
Meet the Goodpasture PSTP Associate College Advisors: Dr. David Meoli and Dr. Niki Winters (Vanderbilt MSTP ’15)
Jan. 30, 2017—Get to know a little bit more about the Goodpasture PSTP Associate College Advisors! by Rachel Brown (M2) David Meoli, M.D., Ph.D. What residency/fellowship program and year are you in? I am PGY 6 in cardiology. I have completed two years of Internal Medicine residency and two years of Cardiology clinical fellowship. I am currently...