When he started at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Armaan Mazra, MS, had a goal: In 2025, he would be matching into a surgical residency, possibly orthopaedic surgery. “I joined almost every surgical Interest group I could because I didn’t have a lot of perspective on medicine, family members in medicine, or general exposure,” he…

With two older sisters planning to go into medicine, young Katherine Tzou was looking for a separate career. “Because I’m the youngest and wanted to be different, I thought there was no way I was going into medicine,” she said. “I was going to be an oceanographer.”  Instead, the seas parted, and life changed for…

Going overseas allows visitors to have adventures and experience new and exciting cultures. Going overseas to attend medical school can be risky, sometimes making it tougher for students to find a residency spot in the U.S. when they finish their studies. Robert Liddell, MD, experienced nothing but positives when he went abroad for medical school…