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Setting The Scene
by The Premed Scene
Setting The Scene is a podcast created by The Premed Scene, a non-profit organization aiming to give opportunities to pre-health students. Opportunities include, internships, leadership experience, virtual shadowing, research journal club, mentoring, and much more! However, we started this podcast with the goal of highlighting how other industries affect healthcare, the various ways to impact the healthcare industry, giving advice for medical school, and more!
Episodes
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The Exploring Entrepreneurs Scene with Dr. Harsha Moole: Bridging Medicine, Research, and Entrepreneurship
On the 66th overall episode and 2nd episode in our series: "Exploring Entrepreneurs," we are joined today by Dr. Harsha Moole, a physician, researcher, and entrepreneur. Dr. Moole discusses his academic and professional journey, the transition from clinical medicine into healthcare investing, and...
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Dr. Justin Stanton: The Journey of a Physical Therapist
On the 65th overall episode and 16th episode in our series: "Guest Spotlight," we are joined today by Dr. Justin Stanton, a board certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist in Physical Therapy. He shares what sparked his interest in physical therapy, the key steps and surprises along his academic...
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Peter Khoury: The Stops Along the Way
On the 64th overall episode and 15th episode in our series: "Guest Spotlight," we are joined today by Peter Khoury, a former Big Four management consultant who’s now a medical student at Kansas City. He shares his exciting path as a pre-med student, his time on the Penn State University Board of...
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The College Counsel Scene with Dr. Aanika Warner: Advice for Different Phases of Being Pre-Med
On the 63rd overall episode and 8th episode in our series: "College Counsel," we are joined today by Dr. Aanika Warner, senior admissions consultant at Inspira Advantage, an edtech startup offering guidance for students entering healthcare careers, and an internal medicine physician who served on...
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The College Counsel Scene with Sandhya Senthilkumar: Finding Balance as a Non-traditional Premed
On the 62nd overall episode and 7th episode in our series: "College Counsel," we are joined today by Sandhya Senthilkumar, a non-traditional pre-med student. She shares her journey as a premed majoring in Computer Science, balancing her separate passions, finding a way to combine them, and…
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The College Counsel Scene with Dr. Renee Darko: Viewing Medicine in a New Way
On the 61st overall episode and 6th episode in our series: "College Counsel," we are joined by Dr. Renee Darko, a physician who specializes in OB/GYN and also helps with pre-med strategies. She shares her journey into medicine, specializing in OB/GYN, and then finding a passion in helping pre-med...
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Dr. Nii Darko: Going Beyond the Limits
On the 60th overall episode and 14th episode in our series: "Guest Spotlight," Dr. Nii Darko, an author, a speaker, a physician's coach on podcasting, and a trauma surgeon, shares his journey getting into medicine, the challenges he faced and the decisions he made to achieve higher and better...
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The College Counsel Scene with Dr. Shirag Shemmassian: Avoiding Common Mistakes During Medical School Applications
On the 59th overall episode and 6th episode in our series: "College Counsel," we are joined by Dr. Shirag Shemmassian, founder of Shemmassian Academic Counseling. Dr. Shemmassian shares an overview of the medical school application journey as well as some common and big mistakes students make…
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The Exploring Entrepreneurs Scene with Dr. Koen Kas: Reinventing Healthcare and the Future of Prevention
On the 58th overall episode and 1st episode in our series “Exploring Entrepreneurs”, we are joined by Dr. Koen Kas, a healthcare futurist, entrepreneur, and author. Dr. Kas takes us through his journey from being a molecular oncologist to becoming a visionary in digital health and preventive...
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Dr. Danielle Ofri
On the 57th overall episode and 13th episode in our series: "Guest Spotlight," we are joined today by Dr. Danielle Ofri, a physician and writer. Dr. Ofri shares how she went with the flow of life from choosing to go to a university in Canada, then deciding to apply to an MD PhD program to taking...
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The College Counsel Scene with Ashby Glover
On the 56th overall episode and 5th episode in our series: "College Counsel," we are joined today by Ashby Glover, a content writer at The Pre-med Scene. Ashby walks us through her life journey from becoming a pre-med after earned a bachelor’s degree in history, the challenges she faced along the...
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The College Counsel Scene with Dr. Amna Shabbir
On our 55th overall episode and the 4th episode in our series "College Counsel," we are joined by Dr. Amna Shabbir, a geriatrician and certified physician coach. Dr. Shabbir walks us through her life and struggles she faced medically and mentally and how she now advocates for better support…
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The Specialty Spotlight Scene with Dr. Bradley Block
On our 54th overall episode and the 2nd episode in our series "Specialty Stories," we are joined by Dr. Bradley Block, an ENT surgeon. Dr. Block recounts his lack of direction in his early years as a premed, his path to choosing ENT as his specialty and his day to day in the field. He also talks...
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The Specialty Spotlight Scene with Dr. Kamala Tamirisa
On our 53rd overall episode and the 1st episode in our series "Specialty Stories," we are joined by Dr. Kamala Tamirisa, a cardiac electrophysiologist based in Dallas, TX. Dr. TamirisaOn our 53rd overall episode and the 1st episode in our series "Specialty Stories," we are joined by Dr. Kamala...
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The College Counsel Scene with Rameesha Mustafa
On our 52nd overall episode and the 3rd episode in our series "College Counsel," we are joined by Rameesha Mustafa, a content writer at The Premed Scene. Rameesha shares her experience as a premed who participated in research throughout college along with taking on a literature minor, and how she...
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The College Counsel Scene with Dr. Andrew Brown
On our 51st overall episode and the 2nd episode in our series "College Counsel," we are joined by Dr. Andrew Brown, a psychologist at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Brown shares his experience as pre-med who switched tracks after encountering a difficult course, the support...
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The Exploring Startups Scene with Allisa Song
On our 50th overall episode and the 4th episode in our series “Exploring Startups,” we are joined by Allisa, a graduating medical student at the Mayo Clinic. While an undergrad at the University of Washington, Allisa founded Nanodropper, a commercial-stage medical device company focused on…
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with JR Smith
On our 49th overall episode and the 12th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by JR, a fourth-year medical student at the Mayo Clinic. While in college at Duke, he had a tragic injury but later won Comeback Athlete of the Year and became the senior captain of the Track & Field...
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The College Counsel Scene with Michael and Asma
On our 48th overall episode and 1st episode in our series "College Counsel", co-hosts Michael and Asma share their journeys in college and beyond. Michael graduated from college in 2022 and has since worked the night shift as a sleep technologist, continued to teach at a local literacy center…
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The Blog Scene with Ashby Glover
On our 47th overall episode and the 2nd episode in our series the “Blog Scene,” we are joined by Ashby, one of the content writers at The Premed Scene. Ashby graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Rhodes College, and after two years out of college, she decided to pivot to medicine....
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Ethan Liebross
On our 46th overall episode and the 10th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by Ethan Liebross, a 1st-year medical student at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. Prior to medical school, Ethan has had a unique story, one filled with lots of adventure and ambition — he’s...
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Melisa Rodriguez
On our 45th overall episode and the 9th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by Melisa Rodriguez, a 4th-year medical student from Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Melisa has been through all the highs and lows of medical school, from USMLE Step 1 to Step 2 CK to finally...
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Sarah Snyder
On our 44th overall episode and the 8th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by Sarah Snyder. She is a fourth-year medical student at The University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine and will be part of their inaugural graduating class. Before medical...
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Ishita Kopparapu
On our 43rd overall episode and the 7th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by Ishita Kopparapu. She is a rising senior in Hathaway Brown School planning to pursue a path in medicine with a combination of business. Ishita’s passion in the healthcare field lies in providing…
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Suhas Babu
On our 42nd overall episode and the 6th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by one of the co-founders at The Premed Scene, Suhas. He is now a senior majoring in Biology and double minoring in Business and Public Health. With graduation in sight this upcoming May, Suhas joins…
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Ilana Saidov
On our 41st overall episode and the 5th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by one of the Content Writers at The Premed Scene, Ilana. She is a junior at St. John's University and majors in Biology. With her sights set on becoming a pediatric ophthalmologist, Ilana is putting…
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Nayiri Khatchadourian
On our 40th overall episode and the 4th episode in our series “Guest Spotlights,” we are joined by Nayiri, a 4th-year medical student who went through two application cycles as a prior applicant. Between her first and second cycles, she directed her focus to tackle the weaknesses she found in her...
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The Gap Year Perspectives Scene with Aprile Bertomo
On our 39th overall episode and the 2nd episode in our series “Gap Year Perspectives,” we are excited to bring forward another spotlight! This time we are joined by Aprile, the Newsletter Director here at The Premed Scene. Last summer Aprile tackled her applications. This past year has been a…
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The High School Pre-Med Scene with Zakia Irfan and Dr. David Janiczek
On our 38th overall episode, we are excited to bring forward a unique spotlight! We are joined by Dr. Janiczek, who is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, and a familiar face to some of you: Zakia Irfan, a high school senior from Canada. Together, Dr. Janiczek and Zakia collaborated on a book…
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The Premed Scene Blog Scene with Siri Nikku
On our 37th overall episode and our very first episode in our brand new series about articles written by our team’s own content writies, we are joined by Siri. Siri wrote an article revolving around community actions against pandemics. On this episode, we discuss her findings and reflections in...
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The Dual Degrees Scene: MD/MBA with Dr. Jessica Dong
On our 36th overall episode and the 10th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Jessica Dong - a recent graduate from her internal medicine residency. Dr. Dong graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Biological Sciences and a minor in Environmental Studies. Before...
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The International Perspectives Scene with Dr. Vidhu Anand
On our 35th overall episode and the 3rd in our series “International Perspectives,” we are joined by Dr. Vidhu Anand - a physician who serves Senior Associate Consultant for the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr....
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The Duel Degrees in Medicine Scene: MD/MBA with Dr. Ramon Cancino
On our 34th overall episode and the 9th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Cancino - an MD/MBA physician who serves as the Director of the UT Health Physicians Primary Care Center and Senior Medical Director of Medical Management. Dr. Cancino trained in a Family…
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The Dual Degrees in Medicine Scene: MD/MPH with Dr. Timothy Judson
On our 33rd overall episode and the 8th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Timothy Judson - an MD/MPH physician who works in several leadership capacities with a focus on clinical informatics. Dr. Judson works as an informatics lead at UCSF's Center for Digital Health...
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The Dual Degrees in Medicine Scene: MD/MBA with Dr. Crystal Manohar
On our 32nd overall episode and the 7th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Crystal Manohar - an MD/MBA physician who is the Associate Program Director of the Anesthesiology Residency for the Department of Anesthesiology at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Manohar received…
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The Dual Degrees in Medicine Scene: MD/MS with Dr. Matt Pantell
On our 31st overall episode and the 6th in our series “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Matt Pantell - a pediatrician who earned his MD and MS through the UC Berkeley - UCSF Joint Medical Program. Before attending the Joint Medical Program, Dr. Pantell worked at the Health Policy...
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The Student Spotlight Scene with Andy Nguyen BS/MD
On the 30th overall episode, we are joined by Andy Nguyen, or also known as ND MD, is a third-year medical student who has expanded his passion for videography to a growing following on social media platforms. Popular for videos including his “73 Questions” series, Andy has become a familiar face...
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The Dual Degrees in Medicine Scene: MD/MS with Dr. Elaine Khoong
On the 29th overall episode and our fifth episode on our series: “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Elaine Khoong. Dr. Khoong is a MD/MS graduate involved in research to develop and apply interventions for chronic disease outcomes. She pursued an internal medicine residency along…
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The International Perspectives Scene with Dr. Nandita Khera
On the 28th overall episode and our second episode on the brand new series: “International Perspectives,” we are joined by Dr. Nandita Khera. Dr. Khera began her journey at a medical college in India before moving to the US for residency and fellowship while picking up her MPH along the way....
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The Lifestyle in Medicine Scene with The Medschoolboiz
On the 27th overall episode about “Lifestyle in Medicine,” we are joined by Medschoolboiz, a group of 10 medical students with a booming presence on social media platforms like TikTok. We’ll take you through the personal stories for each member from Medschoolboiz as well as their experiences…
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The Community College Route as a Premed Scene with Madeleine Babb
On the 26th overall episode and our first episode of Setting the Scene’s new series: “The Community College Route as a Premed,” we are joined by Madeleine Babb, a recent graduate of UCLA and current medical school applicant. Madeleine began her journey as a premed at Santa Barbara Community…
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The Dual Degrees in Medicine Scene: MD/PhD with Dr. Maya Kotas
On the twenty fifth overall episode and our fourth episode of Setting the Scene’s series: “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Maya Kotas. Dr. Kotas is a graduate of Yale University, where she received her MD and PhD in immunobiology. After her residency training in Internal medicine…
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The Dual Degrees in Medicine Scene: MD/MS/MPH with Dr. Kim Rhoads
On the twenty-fourth overall episode and our third episode of Setting the Scene’s series: “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Kim Rhoads. Dr. Rhoads received her BA and MS from University of California, Berkeley and her MD from University of California, San Francisco. She completed…
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The Majoring in Humanities and Sciences Scene with Fatima
On the twenty third overall episode, we are joined by Fatima, our Content Coordinator at the Premed Scene to talk about her experiences as a premedical student majoring in the social sciences and minoring in the humanities. On this episode, we explore how her major and minor have had an impact on...
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The International Perspectives Scene with Adaora
On the twenty second overall episode and our first episode on Setting the Scene’s series: “International Perspectives,” we are joined by Adaora Ezike, a second year medical student. Having moved from her home country to America to pursue her undergraduate and medical education, Adaora talks about...
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The Expectations of a Pre-Med Freshman Scene
On the twenty first overall episode, we are joined by a new team member and the Content Coordinator, Fatima Makama to talk about our experiences prior to college and what our transition from high school to college was like. On this episode, we also talk through the things incoming undergraduate...
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The Leadership as a Student Scene with Tarun
On the twentieth overall episode, we are bringing back Tarun, one of our Executive Committee members at The Premed Scene, from our earlier episode. We will discuss, reflect and share some insight on the leadership as a student: our experiences and perspectives. On this episode, we also talk…
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The Growth Through Extracurriculars Scene with Tarun
On the nineteenth overall episode, we are joined by Tarun, one of our own Executive Committee members at The Premed Scene. We will discuss the growth we have experienced through extracurriculars. Extracurriculars provide route to explore, define and fine-tune our interests. The interests that...
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The Guest Spotlight Scene with Aditi
On the eighteenth overall episode, we are joined by Aditi. Aditi is a high school student in her junior year with a strong affinity for healthcare. Since moving to another state during high school, she has taken on the new challenges of adjusting to a different environment while getting a head...
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The Duel Degrees in Medicine Scene with Dr. Lawrence Brass
On the seventeenth overall episode and our second episode of Setting the Scene’s series: “Dual Degrees in Medicine,” we are joined by Dr. Lawrence Brass. Dr. Brass is a graduate of Harvard College and Case Western Reserve University, where he received his MD and a PhD in biochemistry. After...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Setting The Scene is a podcast created by The Premed Scene, a non-profit organization aiming to give opportunities to pre-health students. Opportunities include, internships, leadership experience, virtual shadowing, research journal club, mentoring, and much more! However, we started this podcast with the goal of highlighting how other industries affect healthcare, the various ways to impact the healthcare industry, giving advice for medical school, and more!
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