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Matthew Becar

Medical school: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha Matthew Becar was initially drawn to medicine because of his desire to make a tangible impact on people’s lives while leveraging his talents and passion for biology, chemistry and the sciences. “Medicine blended together my academic interests in science with the chance to work with people instead of in […]

Mar 27, 2023

Kalkena Sivanesam

Medical school: Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Spokane, Washington Kalkena Sivanesam always thought she would one day follow in the footsteps of her mother, a pediatric oral surgeon. After shadowing a surgeon prior to medical school, she became interested in anesthesiology instead. “I realized that while surgery was interesting enough, it did […]

Mar 27, 2023

Christopher Keenan

Medical school: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York Christopher Keenan’s younger brother experienced a spontaneous pneumothorax in high school and required video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for repair. “All that meant to teenage me was that my brother’s lung had ’exploded‘ and the physicians were going to ’fix’ him,” Keenan said. “My […]

Mar 27, 2023

Tyler Austin

Medical school: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine Tyler Austin initially became interested in medicine as a senior in high school after taking anatomy and physiology and as an undergraduate student at Missouri State University. “I worked as a burn technician in a burn ICU where that initial interest really blossomed into something I knew […]

Mar 27, 2023

Hailey Buckingham

Medical school: University of Colorado School of Medicine Buckingham began her career in medicine as a certified nursing assistant, a path that allowed her to explore the medical field by being part of the patient care experience. “I was initially drawn to medicine because of the opportunity to use a wide breadth of scientific knowledge […]

Mar 27, 2023

Celebrate National Public Health Week with the UNMC College of Public Health

The UNMC College of Public Health is excited to host and sponsor several virtual and in-person events throughout National Public Health Week (April 3–April 9).

Mar 27, 2023