2010-2011 LMSA Leadership

 

Felipe's parents immigrated to Southern California from Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Felipe was raised in Long Beach CA and attended Stanford University where he graduated from in 2006 with a B.A. in Human Biology. Before starting medical school, Felipe worked for various sectors of government to address public health issues.

 

Andrea Dreyfuss is a second year medical student originally from Lima, Peru. Before moving to the US, Andrea completed a year of medical school at the Universidad San Martin de Porres in Lima. She moved to the United States to do her undergraduate education at the University of Notre Dame, where she majored in Anthropology. She  graduated in 2008 and worked for a year on the southwest side of Chicago counseling teens that were gang involved and/or substance users. Andrea is interested in international health and has been involved in research projects in Peru, Ecuador and Gibraltar. 

Johana Oviedo was born in Barranquilla, Colombia and grew up in Miami Florida. She attended College at Tufts University where she graduated with a B.S. in Biology and Community Health. During her undergraduate years she spent a year studying abroad at the University of Oxford. After graduating, Johana spent a year doing public health research with Boston inner-city Elementary school children suffering from asthma. She is currently a second year medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine. Johana hopes to complete a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and then continue her career working with urban communities.

Hello! I'm currently a first year medical student, enjoying the many new adventures we experience here at Stanford and loving every minute! I'm originally from Nogales, Arizona a small town on the US-Mexico border. I completed my undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Health Policy at Harvard University. In college I became very involved with the undergraduate Latino community and undergraduate admissions. After four years (well really, after the first year...) I realized that New England weather did not agree with me and was very happy to move back west to attend Stanford. Despite my close attachment to Cambridge and Boston where I have one sister and her husband still in school, Stanford is closer to home and closer to another sister who is an undergraduate here. Since my arrival in September I've once again taken an active role in admissions as the first year recruitment chair in the Stanford Medical Student Association and as the interviewee hosting coordinator. I'm also one of the first year co-chairs of LMSA, a position I very much enjoy. While I'm not sure what my career might evolve into, I have a strong interest in oncology, either pediatric or adult, and therefore also a strong interest in many aspects of internal medicine.

I was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico but grew up in San Jose, CA since I was four. In middle school and high school I volunteered at a food bank that provided food and other resources to low-income, HIV-positive individuals in my county. There, I gained an appreciation for working with underserved populations and for the hardships of living with HIV. I left the Bay Area to attend college at Harvard. During college I led health workshops in Boston public schools teaching teenagers how to prevent STIs, worked in a sexual health clinic and in the student health center as a counselor, and participated in HIV vaccine research in pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. While at Stanford, I hope to continue my work in infectious disease and vaccine research, and I am excited to work with LMSA to expand our mentorship programs with high school students and undergrads in the Bay Area.

Juan Miguel is a 2nd year medical student born in Guanajuato, Mexico and raised in the Coachella valley. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2005. He was an NIH Academy Fellow from 2005-2007. His scientific interests include biochemistry & molecular pathogenesis of infectious diseases, host-pathogen interactions and development of immune response, heart and kidney pathophysiology, drug development and pharmacology.

Outside of academics, Juan Miguel enjoys music, dance, friends, festivals, art, camping, biking, running, off-roading & other outdoor activities, more music, human history, space exploration, travel...

Born in Colombia, Amalia immigrated to the United States at the age of 12. She recently graduated in May 2010 from Johns Hopkins University with honors in Neuroscience. During her undergraduate years Amalia worked with Dr. Nicholas Gaiano on a project involving the notch signaling pathway in the brain development. She also participated in the NIH UGSP program studying a mouse model for autism. Amalia is currently a first year medical student at Stanford University. She hopes to continue merging her passion for research, teaching and helping others as a future physician scientist.

Tamara, who grew up in New Zealand, graduated from Columbia University with a major in Environmental Science in 2005. For her senior thesis she researched the effects of manganese in drinking water on the intellectual health of children in a Bangladeshi village. After graduation, she headed to rural Mexico where she spent a year developing public health programs in an orphanage medical clinic serving 800 children. As a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, she began her MPH studies at Mailman School of Public Health in 2006 studying Environmental Health Science in the Global Health Track. During her MPH studies, Tamara worked as the study coordinator for an international research project on the environmental causes of non-familial retinoblastoma. She also participated in a five-month internship with the UN World Food Program in Panama where she coordinated the start up of a newly funded, inter-agency initiative on HIV and Emergencies. After completing her MPH degree she spent a year as a global health fellow with the CDC's Global AIDS program in Rwanda and Ethiopia. She is excited to be studying medicine at Stanford!

I'm currently a second year medical student at Stanford. I grew up in New York City and received my degree in Biology from Brown University. As an undergrad, I enjoyed working in research labs and chose to pursue a Ph.D. at Columbia University. At some point during my graduate research I decided that a career in medicine was a better fit for me and I ended up starting medical school only a few months after defending my thesis.

I was born and raised in Richmond, KY. I went to Harvard for undergrad, where I majored in Biology and my main extracurricular interests involved teaching or tutoring (my very favorite activity involved teaching health classes in Boston public high schools). Additionally, I worked in a lab doing research on type 2 diabetes and low birth weight. While at Harvard, I met my husband, Cesar, and we got married in 2008 (he is now also a first-year at SMS).  Before coming to Stanford, I worked for one year as a clinical research assistant at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. At Stanford, I am planning to concentrate in Community Health.

I was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California.  I attended Stanford University for college where I majored in Human Biology with a Concentration in Cross-Cultural Medicine and International Health.  After graduating in 2008 I took two years off before medical school: during the first year I finished up some final premed requirements, worked for a local Internet startup, and took the MCAT; the second year I spent performing medical research with a nonprofit foundation in rural Ecuador on a Fulbright Scholarship.  I'm so happy and blessed to be back at Stanford: the academic environment - in combination with the people, campus and weather - make this such an incredible place.  Professionally, I'm pretty set on going into surgery - I've had some pretty cool experiences in Vietnam, Spain and Ecuador that are propelling me in that direction.  With my free time I love to hang out with my family and friends, play sports (tennis, squash, snowboarding, futbol), watch movies, read, or catch up on sleep.

I was born and raised in Southern California, but traveled to the East Coast for undergrad (needless to say I am glad to be back in warm weather). I majored in Neurobiology and focused both my research and volunteer interest on Autism and other developmental disorders. I am interested in Emergency Medicine and continuing to work in communities to provide low income and under-served/under-represented populations with health education.

I am currently a first year medical student here at Stanford. I am a third-generation Arizonan born in Phoenix. For college I stayed close to home and attended Arizona State University. I majored in Life Sciences and did basic science research in molecular endocrinology. When not in the lab I spent time volunteering at various hospitals around the valley. Now at Stanford, I have become more involved in mentoring programs for undergraduate students pursuing medical school. My future career interests include internal medicine and emergency medicine.

Born in El Salvador but raised in Los Angeles, CA. Graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in Physiological Science. Took a year off after graduating to work for a non-profit in Tanzania doing HIV/AIDS Awareness work and continue doing clinical research in the Emergency Department at UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital. Currently a first year medical student at Stanford University; interested in pursuing a career in pediatrics.

I am a first year at Stanford SOM (Entering Class of 2010).  I graduated from UC San Diego in 2009. During my year off I decided to do research at my undergrad. Since 5th grade I have been playing the viola and enjoy playing in small ensembles and symphonies.

 

Juan Vitelio was born in El Salvador and immigrated to San Jose, CA. He attended the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the UCSD Post Baccalaureate program. He coordinated many activities that were very close to his heart including: 1) Coordinating a medical mission to my native homeland of El Salvador 2) Becoming an Assistant Spanish Pastor at R.J. Donovan prison in San Diego 3) Learning Japanese. He is currently a 2nd year medical student.