Medical School Admission Consultants

Our team of medical school admissions consultants is made up of experienced and caring individuals with experience in admissions consulting for some of the best medical schools in the country.

They advise applicants on interviews, resumes, helpful extracurricular activities and overall admissions applications.

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Abhi Aggarwal, M.D., M.B.A., Medical School Admissions Consultant

Abhi Aggarwal, MD, MBA,

Former Admissions Counselor for the BS/MD Program,
St. Bonaventure University/George Washington University School of Medicine

Former Admissions Interviewer for the MD program,
George Washington University School of Medicine

  • 1 Year in St. Bonaventure University Admissions
  • 1 Year in George Washington University School of Medicine Admissions

Dr. Abhi Aggarwal is a graduate of the 8-year Combined BS/MD program at St. Bonaventure University and George Washington University School of Medicine.

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Kathy Baer, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Kathy Baer

Former Director of Admissions and Financial Aid,
Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School

  • 19 Years in Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School Admissions

A first-generation college graduate, Kathy earned a B.A. degree magna cum laude in French/Secondary Education from Providence College and an Ed.M. degree from Harvard University. She is a lifelong higher education professional with deep expertise in college and allopathic medical school admissions. She worked for seven years in undergraduate admissions at her alma mater, interviewing and evaluating more than 300 applications annually.

Kyle Brunner, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Kyle Brunner, MD, MS

Former Admissions Committee Member & Interviewer,
Drexel University College of Medicine

  • 3 Years in Drexel University College of Medicine Admissions

Dr. Kyle Brunner earned his MD at Drexel University College of Medicine where he served as Class President for four years. He was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and received a number of awards for his peer advocacy.

He is currently finishing his Transitional Year residency at St. Luke’s Anderson before he starts Diagnostic Radiology training at Brown in Providence, RI.

Jalen Benson, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Jalen Benson, MD, MPP

Former Admission Committee Member
Harvard Medical School

  • 1 Year Harvard Medical School Admissions Committee

Dr. Jalen Benson is currently a resident is a resident of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with his MD and Master in Public Policy from Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School, respectively. He received his BA from Dartmouth College. While at Harvard Medical School, he was on the admissions committee reading applications and conducting interviews. He was also a teaching fellow at Harvard College for 2 years. He has 4 years of private tutoring and mentorship experience and a passion for working with students of all backgrounds.

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Stephen Frederico, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Stephen C. Frederico

Former Admissions Committee Member,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  • 3 Years in University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Admissions

Stephen is a third-year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and a first-year graduate student at Harvard Medical School. He has been awarded multiple research fellowships and grants for his work in neuro-oncology, including prestigious awards from the American Brain Tumor Association, and Physician Scientist Support Foundation. Stephen aims to practice neurological surgery following the completion of his medical studies.

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Nicolas Govea, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Nicolas Govea, MD

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Harvard Medical School

  • 2 Years in Harvard Medical School Admissions

Dr. Nicolas Govea is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (BS 2014, Psychology and Chemistry).  After graduating from UT Austin with University Highest Honors, Nick stayed at Massachusetts General Hospital as a research technician in the Endocrine Unit. He completed his MD at Harvard Medical School in 2019 and continued his research in the Endocrine Unit throughout medical school.

Tim Goblirsch M.D. Medical School Admissions Consultant

Tim Goblirsch, MD

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Former Gold Humanism Honor Society Selection Committee Member,
Georgetown University School of Medicine

  • 1 Year in Georgetown University School of Medicine Admissions
  • 1 Year in GUSOM Gold Humanism Honor Society Selection Committee

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Rohan Jotwani, M.D., M.B.A., Medical School Admissions Consultant

Rohan Jotwani, MD, MBA

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Tufts School of Medicine Admissions

  • 1 Year in Tufts University School of Medicine Admissions

Dr. Rohan Jotwani is a graduate of Columbia University with a degree in biology.  He completed his MD and MBA from the Tufts University School of Medicine's combined program. He is the recipient of the Norman S. Stearns MD/MBA Award as well as MedTech Boston's "40 under 40" Award. Rohan is currently completing his residency in Anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell.

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Michael Kim, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Michael Kim

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Weill Cornell Medical College

  • 1 Year in Weill Cornell Medical College Admissions

Michael graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Case Western Reserve University where he received a BA in Biochemistry with Honors. He is now continuing his education at Weill Cornell Medical College where he has performed extensive research in basic science and clinical cardiology, including funding from the New York Academy of Medicine to study molecular signaling pathways underlying heart failure.

Margo Kozinn, J.D., Medical School Admissions Consultant

Margo Kozinn, JD

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Stanford Medicine

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Chicago Medical School

  • 1 Year in Stanford University School of Medicine Admissions
  • 5 Years in Chicago Medical School Admissions

Margo is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies. She received her Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law.  In law school, Margo received the highest award for Legal Research and Writing and served as a distinguished writing TA, helping students improve and polish their advanced writing skills.

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Emal Lesha, M.D., Medical School Admissions Consultant

Emal Lesha, M.D.

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Tufts University School of Medicine

  • 1 Year in Tufts University School of Medicine Admissions 

Emal is a graduate of UMass Boston with a degree in Biology. He completed his MD from Tufts University School of Medicine. He is currently completing his residency in Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis. He has extensive research experience in biomaterial engineering, genetic engineering, and endovascular neurosurgery, and has multiple publications including in high impact scientific journals such as Science and Nature.

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Pejman Majd M.D. Medical School Admissions Consultant

Pejman Majd, M.D.

Former Admissions Committee Member,
UC Irvine School of Medicine Admissions

  • 3 Years in UC Irvine School of Medicine Admissions

Pejman graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. Before entering medical school, he worked as a Neurobiology tutor, EMT, Senior Trauma Tech in a Level 1 Trauma Center, and co-founded the Irvine Clinical Experience (I.C.E.) program.

Ni Mummareddy, M.D. Medical School Admissions Consultant

Ni Mummareddy, M.D.

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Neurosurgery Resident,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • 2 Years in Vanderbilt School of Medicine Admissions

Dr. Mummareddy is currently a 4th-year neurosurgery resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Neuroscience and Economics. Subsequently, he attended Vanderbilt School of Medicine, where he was awarded Gold Humanism Honor Society as well as the Hospital Award of Excellence.

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Devika Nadkarni, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Devika Nadkarni

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • 1 Year in Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Admissions

Devika Nadkarni is a graduate of Boston University with a degree in Chemistry. She worked in biomedical engineering and public health, resulting in numerous publications and presentations alongside public health professionals at the Geneva Health Forum. She began medical school at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York in 2018.

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Jonathan Perez, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Jonathan Perez

Former Director of Medical School Admissions,
Stanford University School of Medicine

Former Director of Medical School Admissions,
University of South Florida College of Medicine

  • 9 Years in Stanford Medical School Admissions
  • 4 Years in USF Medical School Admissions
  • 40,000+ Applications Read and Evaluated

Jonathan Perez has over 17 years of experience in highly selective admissions, pre-admissions counseling and  admissions committee activities.  He is a former Director of Medical School Admissions at Stanford School of Medicine and USF College of Medicine where he directed the day to day operations processes for MD, BS/MD and MD/PhD applications.

Julie Povick, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Julie Povick

Former Admissions Committee Member,
University of Washington Medical School (UWSOM)

  • 7 Years in University of Washington Medical School (UWSOM) Admissions
  • 1,000 medical school applications read and evaluated

Julie graduated from Antioch University with a BA/emphasis in Diversity in 2004. In 2006 she created an International Exchange program for physicians coming from around the world to observe and train in Seattle. The following year she created an observing program for students seeking careers in medicine and two years later, the program also included a mentoring program for diverse students needing a better understanding of how to succeed in medicine.

Jonathan Preminger, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Jonathan Preminger

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine

  • 1 Year in Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine Admissions
  • 1 Year in Hofstra-Northwell 4+4 BA/MD Program Admissions

Jonathan is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a degree in Neuroscience. After graduating with Honors, he completed his MD at Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine. Jonathan is currently a resident in Anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell. He has published papers on infection prevention and quality improvement protocols.

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Dr Alex Schupper, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Dr. Alex Schupper

Former Admissions Committee Member,
UC San Diego School of Medicine

Fourth Year Neurosurgery Resident,
Mount Sinai Hospital

  • 2 Years in UC San Diego School of Medicine Admissions

Dr. Alexander Schupper is a fourth-year neurosurgery resident at the Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. He grew up outside Philadelphia and went to Johns Hopkins for his undergraduate education, where he studied neuroscience and psychology and played collegiate baseball. During his time at Hopkins, Alex began mentoring students applying to college, as well as pre-medical students. He was involved in several pre-medical groups and taught multiple neuroscience courses as a teaching assistant.

Harsh Shah, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Harsh Shah, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

  • 2 Years in Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Admissions

Harsh is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (BS, Molecular Biology; MPH, Health Care Organization and Policy) with the distinction of Summa Cum Laude. After graduating from UAB, he attended Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine on a full academic scholarship. While in medical school, Harsh went on to attend Stanford University and earned a Master of Science in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; conducted developmental cardiology research through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and worked on the COVID response with the United Nations and World Health Organization.

Patricia M. Soares, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Patricia M. Soares

Former Assistant Director of Admissions,
Yale University School of Medicine

  • 7 Years in Yale School of Medicine Admissions

Patricia is a graduate of Rhode Island College with a B.A. in History and The Ohio State University with an
M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs. Currently, she is an Independent Educational
Consultant. During her tenure as Assistant Director of Admissions at the Yale School of Medicine, she
counseled pre-medical students and career changers through each phase of the application process.

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Jessica Tran, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Jessica Tran

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai FlexMed

  • 3 Years in Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai FlexMed Admissions

Jessica Tran attended Tulane University on a full-tuition Posse Foundation Scholarship where she studied Public Health and Cell & Molecular Biology. During her undergraduate years, she founded an academic mentoring program for high school students and conducted health disparities research at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology.

Cindy Tsui M.D. Medical School Admissions Consultant

Cindy Tsui, M.D.

Former Admissions Committee Member,
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

  • 1 Year in SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Admissions

Cindy earned her B.A. in Computer Science at New York University while simultaneously completing her pre-medical studies. She graduated from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in 2020, receiving her M.D. with Commendation in Investigative Scholarship. She is now an internal medicine resident at NYU Langone Hospital in New York.

During medical school, Cindy was selected to be one of four student voting members of the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Admissions Committee.

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Dillan Villavisanis, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Dillan Villavisanis, M.D.

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai FlexMed

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident,
Penn Medicine

  • 2 Years in Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai FlexMed Admissions

Dillan Villavisanis is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery resident at Penn. He received his MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai through the early acceptance FlexMed program. He attended Johns Hopkins University with the full tuition Hodson Scholarship. As an undergraduate, he completed a year-long fellowship at the University of Oxford in Biochemistry where he rowed for his college.

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Brian Wei, Medical School Admissions Consultant

Brian Wei, M.D.

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Yale University School of Medicine

  • 1 Year in Yale University School of Medicine Admissions

Dr. Brian Wei is a highly accomplished medical professional with a passion for guiding aspiring physicians through the challenging process of medical admissions.

Dr. Wei is a current medical dermatology resident at Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center. He earned his MD from the Yale University School of Medicine after graduating with distinction from Stanford University. At Stanford, he pursued a B.S. in Science, Technology, and Society, with a minor in Human Biology, showcasing his dedication to interdisciplinary learning.

Alexander Wilson, MD, PhD - Medical School Admissions Consultant

Alexander Wilson, M.D., PhD

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Yale University School of Medicine

  • 2 Years in Yale University School of Medicine Admissions

Dr. Wilson is a resident in the integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery program at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wofford College with a degree in chemistry, where he played varsity baseball resulting in his selection by the Atlanta Braves in the Major League Baseball draft. After a career in professional baseball, he attended the Yale School of Medicine and completed his MD. He also holds a PhD from the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in the Netherlands where he studied pediatric brain development in syndromic craniosynostosis.

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Ryan Zahalka, M.D., Medical School Admissions Consultant

Ryan Zahalka, M.D.

Former Admissions Committee Member,
Perelman School of Medicine at UPenn

  • 2 Years in University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Admissions

Ryan is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Pereleman School of Medicine, now continuing his medical education at Penn as an Emergency Medicine resident. He previously graduated suma cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Molecular Biology.