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Katie Miller ’06 Third-year medical student at the Medical College of Virginia |
| "Medicine has always been a part of my life," says Katie Miller. "Several of my family members, including my father, are physicians, and much of what I value in life is a direct result of growing up around physicians." Miller chose a medical career for the challenges and rewards that it offers. "I expect my career to be challenging, to teach me something new every day and to provide me the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives," she says. "I realized that a career in medicine meets all of these expectations." |
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Matt Pulisic '87, PT, MS, OSC Owner, Richmond Physical Therapy and Ashland Physical Therapy |
| Matt Pulisic has been working with R-MC students as interns for the past 20 years. "It is a great experience for me," he says. "I enjoy seeing students get excited about the future and the career path they are choosing. It is stressful for them to figure out what they want to do and how to go about it. Because I have been through it, it is so easy for me to help them. The internship program helped me get where I am today and I want any student interested in physical therapy to have the same opportunity that I had." |
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Rebecca Swan, M.D. '86 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Residency Program, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt |
| "The combination of helping others while learning more about the human body and understanding how it works (and what happens when it doesn’t work) seemed to make medicine the right path for me," says Rebecca Swan. "I wanted a smaller school that would allow me to pursue a variety of non-science interests on my way to medical school." Swan, who majored in chemistry at R-MC, says, "The liberal arts education has been a defining force in who I have become and it clearly benefited me as a doctor." |
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Steve Long, M.D. '82 Co-founder, Commonwealth Pain Specialists |
Dr. Steve Long recently spoke to pre-medical students at R-MC, telling them about his professional life and advising them about medical careers. "This led to students asking if they could come into my private practice and 'shadow' me," says Long. "I love having students shadow me and while they often don't understand the technical aspects of what I do, they are very bright, engaging and energetic and ask many stimulating and provocative questions. That keeps me on my toes and reminds me to remember how to teach the basics and how to best interact with my patients." |