Northwestern Events Calendar

Sep
26
2016

Pre Med: Lessons learned - A WCAS Student Alumni Engagement Event

When: Monday, September 26, 2016
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT

Where: Harris Hall, 108, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Graduate Students

Cost: free, but you must register.

Contact: Jane Holt   (847) 467-3497

Group: Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program in Weinberg College

Category: Other

Description:

The Weinberg Student Alumni Engagement program invites you to participate in an exciting lunchtime panel discussion.

Come hear from WCAS alumni who are now MDs on the choices they made undergrad, whether you need to be pre-med to go to med school, what they would do differently if they had to do it all over again.

Our panel:


Dr. Paul Checchia, Medical Director, Texas Children's-Cardiovascular Intensive Care, Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine (Weinberg - English - '89, Feinberg Residency '96, Post Graduate Fellowship '99)

Dr Gwen Erkonen, assistant professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) (WCAS History, ’88)

Dr Steve Schwartz, Professor of Paediatrics, Senior Associate Scientist
Head, Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children (WCAS Political Science, ’84)

Dr Megan McCArville, Medical Director, Center for Clinical Effectiveness at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (WCAS Econ, 2000)

LUnch will be served.

This is the first of three panel discussions in our "Career Exploration: Understanding the Value of a Liberal Arts Education" series.

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