BHSc Alumni Spotlight

What is your favorite BHSc memory?

Working in my thesis lab during the summer between my third and 4th year, and during my 4th year. It was a very supportive place and I loved being there. It was a place that I really felt at home in.

Looking back, what advice would you give yourself as a student?

Don't see the BHSc program as a stepping stone, but rather an experience in of its self. It's a great program with exceptional experiences, try to take all of that in.

What are you currently working on?

Finishing my neurology residency and deciding on a fellowship pathway. I like both stroke and critical care medicine. I am also working with 4B Harm Reduction Society in Edmonton as a medical lead for their harm reduction street outreach team and on advocacy projects around improving the medical culture for patients who use substances.

 

How did you choose your graduate program/supervisor?

I chose to do an MD right after graduating the BHSc program and chose to go to NOSM because I am from a small town in BC and wanted a program with strong rural and northern clinical exposure. I then chose to my residency in neurology at the University of Alberta. During that time I also completed an MS in Health Policy at Stanford University. I chose Stanford because the program was very flexible and allowed me to take courses in everything from law, to business, economics and health technology.

What are your future plans?

I am hoping to build a career that has a mixture of clinical neurology, health system leadership and health policy research. This will probably mean working at an academic centre/university.

What is the best piece of advice you have received during your educational journey?

Remember where you came from and remember your "why."