Our fourth program recorded in front of a live audience. We recently held a Q&A session for prospective Pritzker students attending the 2015 Pritzker Revisit. Four students—Luai Zakaria, Karla Garcia-Huerta, Julie Mhlaba, and Robert Sanchez—fi

53: Revisit 2014 Q&A

May 20th, 2014 29m 20s

Our third program recorded in front of a live audience. We recently held a Q&A session for prospective Pritzker students attending the 2012 Pritzker Revisit a few weeks ago. Four students—Courtney Orsbon, Maureen Beederman,Jordan Green, Sahity

52: Summer Research Program(SRP)

Dec 30th, 2013 12m 7s

In this episode, we discuss the Summer Research Program (SRP) through the eyes of two MS2's, Katie Sullivan and Kevin Wymer.If you have questions for us, please send them to [email protected]. Or, call (773) 336-2POD and leave us

51: Revisit 2013

Mar 29th, 2013 17m 47s

2013 Pritzker Revisit coordinators Julie Mhlaba and Ben Ferguson discuss what to expect at the upcoming Revisit Weekend held April 12–13, 2013. Mohammed Hussain is also introduced as a new member of the Pritzker Podcast crew!If you have ques

50: Where Amazing Happens

Aug 29th, 2012 1m 7s

To celebrate our five-year anniversary(!) and 50th episode(!!), we're keeping it short and sweet with a video made by Jack Peace (Class of 2015) for the incoming first-year Pritzker students, who recently went through Orientation Week and bega

Episode 49: Global Health Initiative (Part 2/2)

Jul 30th, 2012 12m 56s

In this episode, we talk about the Global Health Initiative at the University of Chicago with Kunmi Sobowale, a student at Pritzker.

Episode 48: Global Health Initiative (Part 1/2)

Jul 11th, 2012 30m 19s

In this episode, we talk about the Global Health Initiative at the University of Chicago with two of its leaders, Funmi Olopade and John Schneider.

Episode 47: Revisit 2012 Q&A Session

May 8th, 2012 54m 50s

Our first program recorded in front of a live audience. We recently held a Q&A session for prospective Pritzker students attending the 2012 Pritzker Revisit a few weeks ago. Four students—Courtney Orsbon, Sophie Shay, Kirk Cahill, and Ben Fergu

Episode 46: Revisit 2012

Mar 26th, 2012 14m 34s

2012 Pritzker Revisit chairs Kirk Cahill and Sophie Shay discuss what to expect at the upcoming Revisit Weekend held April 20–21, 2012.If you have questions for us, please send them to [email protected]. Or, call (773) 336-2POD and

Episode 45: New Faces

Feb 7th, 2012 32m 52s

Fellow student Courtney Orsbon has joined the podcast crew! Along with Judy and Ben, we introduce Charles Todd, a new face in the OME, and bring back Dr. Anthony Montag to talk about his expanded role in admissions.If you have questions for

Episode 44: Faculty Profile—Vineet Arora

Aug 2nd, 2011 49m 32s

Dr. Vineet Arora is a hospitalist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She also serves as the Assistant Dean for Scholarship & Discovery and Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Reside

Episode 43: Pritzker Chiefs

Jun 15th, 2011 1s

Judy and Ajay discuss life and leadership as a Pritzker Chief with the newly selected leaders of the fourth-year class: Grace Lee, Geoff Stetson, and Manny Diaz.If you have questions for us, please send them to [email protected]. O

Episode 42: Pritzker Revisit

Mar 11th, 2011 18m 23s

One of the student revisit coordinators joins Camie and Ben to discuss the upcoming revisit weekend here at Pritzker. We discuss the schedule, what to expect, and some other frequently-asked questions.If you have questions for us, please sen

Episode 41: Love Thy Parents: Mythbusters (Part 3/4)

Feb 14th, 2011 25m 28s

Your parents have questions. We have answers. Love Thy Parents is a series dedicated to all the fathers and mothers out there. Applying to medical school can be confusing for applicants themselves; how do you think parents must feel?In this

Episode 40: Love Thy Parents: Financial Aid (Part 2/4)

Nov 30th, 2010 26m 36s

Episode 39: It’s A Team Effort (Part 2/2)

Nov 19th, 2010 23m 29s

The Pritzker Podcast crew is expanding! Here, we’re introducing Judy Chen and Ajay Sampat, current third-year Pritzker students, and David Voce, a student currently taking a year off to do research, who will all be joining the hosting team an

Episode 38: It’s A Team Effort (Part 1/2)

Nov 5th, 2010 25m 10s

The Pritzker Podcast crew is expanding! Here, we're introducing Saba Berhie and Camie Petri, two first-year students who will be joining the hosting team and helping to give listeners an idea of what Pritzker is all about. Anthony Aspesi, a fe

AAIM Workshop Presentation

Oct 22nd, 2010

About a week ago, I (Ben) was in San Antonio to do a joint workshop on using social media in medical education along with some colleagues. Among them was Dr. Vinny Arora, a hospitalist and an Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Residenc

Episode 37: Love Thy Parents: The Application Process (Part 1/4)

Oct 22nd, 2010 31m 51s

Episode 36: Listener Questions

Oct 8th, 2010 12m 51s

Joni and Ben discuss some recent listener questions sent via email and text.How important is Illinois residency in Pritzker's admissions?Is it better to enroll in a formal post-baccalaureate program or do something less structured? Is there

Episode 35: LGBT Life at Pritzker (Part 2/2)

Sep 23rd, 2010 21m 15s

Five current Pritzker students—Akash Parekh, Marina Sharifi, Philippe Tapon, Nathan West, and Ning Zhou—join us to discuss applying to and attending Pritzker as an LGBT student.If you have questions for us, please send them to pritzkerquesti

Episode 34: LGBT Life at Pritzker (Part 1/2)

Sep 15th, 2010 23m 21s

Episode 33: Admissions Update

Aug 3rd, 2010 23m 9s

Joni returns to answer some more FAQs about the admissions season at Pritzker.If you have questions for us, please send them to [email protected]. Or, call (773) 336-2POD and leave us a message.Click here to get the full transcri

Episode 32: Orientation

Jul 15th, 2010 11m 42s

James Iwaz and Maureen Beederman are the 2010 Orientation Co-Chairs. They answer some questions about what Orientation entails at Pritzker and what you should NOT be doing over the summer.Visit http://bit.ly/pritzkerorientation for more info

Episode 31: Waitlist Dynamics

May 10th, 2010 11m 44s

Sylvia Robertson checks in to give a brief refresher on how and when applicants are accepted from the waitlist and review some aspects of financial aid offers.If you have questions for us, please send them to [email protected]. Or,