Student Spotlight: Conversation with Max Kutch, Class of 2026

  Name (pronouns): Maximillian Kutch, but I go by Max   Hometown: Born in Houston and raised in Dallas, TX but I call College Station, TX home   Year at Geisel: MS3   Career interest: Still undifferentiated but I most like Emergency Medicine   The best thing about Geisel is: The genuine goodness of everyone I meet here   Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: My little piece of land in Bradford VT   Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: Spending time trudging through the woods with my kids   Favorite book/poem:  I can't narrow it down to just one favorite so I will give you a few.  Meditations -Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays translation  Blood Meridian -Cormac McCarthy The War of Art -Stephen Pressfield   Favorite song/piece of music:  "Atlantic City" Hank Willians III   Favorite quote: I also have to give more than one here “We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” -Confucius “There are more things, Lucilius, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” -Seneca; Letter 13: on groundless fears Most treasured travel: I can't narrow it down to just one because the act of traveling and the experiences gained is what is most treasured whether it's a small town in the midwest or an exotic tropical location. Everywhere is unique in its own right and everywhere can be amazing if you view it through that lens.   Guilty pleasure: raw cookie dough. It's one of the few places I can control myself and most of the time I will open the package in the store and start eating it before I check out.   Unknown fact about you: Most people don't know that I have had to relearn how to walk twice.    Short Bio: "My name is Maximillian and I go by Max. I am a 34-year-old father of two wild toddlers, and calling them a handful is an understatement. Cain is my five-year-old son and Scarlett is my four-year-old daughter. Elizabeth is not only the glue that keeps us together, but my best friend. We met at a Misfits concert in 2014 and married shortly thereafter. As a couple we love to travel, and I have visited 49 of the 50 states and 31 countries. I am originally from Texas, but our family now lives in Bradford, VT, about thirty minutes north of campus. Prior to my pursuit of medicine, I served over twelve years in the United States Marine Corps as a Special Operations Scout Sniper. I cross trained as a medic and enjoyed practicing both trauma and clinical medicine over the course of my six deployments. In 2018, I was medically retired from the military which opened the door for me to move to College Station, Texas and pursue my BS at Texas A&M where I studied Exercise Physiology and competed as member of the TAMU powerlifting team. I am a zealous gymgoer with powerlifting and strength sports being my passion outside of medicine. I am also an avid reader with a deep interest in both eastern and western philosophy."