EDUCATION:
1996 - 2000 Denham Springs High School Denham Springs, LA
GPA: 3.82
2000 - 2004 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
Bachelor of Science
GPA: 3.9
Major: Biochemistry; Minors: Philosophy and Chemistry
2004 – 2008 Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2000 Veterans of Foreign Wars Future of America Essay Contest: 1st place
2000 Woodman’s Award for Best in History: Denham Springs High School
2001 Alpha Lamba Delta: National Honor Society for First Year College Students
2001 National Collegiate Honor’s Society
2003 Greek Week Trots for Tots 5K: 1st place
2003 Alpha Epsilon Delta: Premedical Honor Society
2004 College Graduation Honors: Summa Cum Laude
2007 Alpha Omega Alpha: Elected as Junior
2007 Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society
2008 Who’s Who among students in American Universities and Colleges
2008 The Tulane Caldwell Society Award in recognition in the undergraduate study of orthopaedic surgery
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
2004 – 2005 Tulane Medical School Admissions Student Interviewer
2004 – 2005 Students Against Right Brain Atrophy
2004 – 2005 Intramural football and basketball
2004 – 2006 Rudolph M. Matas Surgical Society
2004 – 2006 C. Thorpe Ray Internal Medicine Society
2005 – 2006 Treasurer, History Of Medicine Society
2006 – 2008 Tulane University Owl Club
2008 Tulane Resident Fellow Congress
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2004 – 2008 American Medical Student Association
2004 – 2008 American Medical Association
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
2005 Summer Physiology Research Fellowship at Tulane SOM
Renal hemodynamics and excretory function: regulation by endothelial factors. (Primary Investigator: DS Majid, Ph.D, Tulane University)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
2001 – 2003 Lions Club of Downtown Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Participated in Lions Camp for children with disabilities
2002 – 2003 Emergency Room Volunteer
Earl K. Long Charity Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Observed physicians at work. Transported patients, drugs, charts. Broadened understanding of emergency medicine.
2002 – 2003 St. Agnes Soup Kitchen
Baton Rouge, LA
Served food to homeless of Baton Rouge
2003 – 2004 Best Buddies
Baton Rouge, LA Best Buddies is an organization that aims to enhance the lives of people with mental disabilities through the foundation of one-on-one friendships. Members are paired up with a mentally challenged buddy, who they form friendship with through various everyday activities.
2004 – 2005 MEDIC
New Orleans, LA
Member duties included autoclaving expired medical supplies, sorting them, and packaging them for shipment to areas of Africa where they are needed.
2004 – 2005 Paint Rally for Public Schools
New Orleans, LA
Painted and otherwise restored dilapidated public schools in NO area.
2004 – 2005 Ozanam Inn
New Orleans, LA
Administering TB tests and providing drugs from the dispensary to homeless men of New Orleans.
2004 – 2005 Doctors ‘Otta Care (D.O.C.)
Tulane University School of Medicine
Going to public schools in the New Orleans area and speaking to the children about pertinent public health issues.
2005 Pete Maravich Assembly Center Volunteer
Baton Rouge, LA
Helped provide medical care for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina
2003 – 2008 Habitat for Humanity
New Orleans Chapter and LSU Chapter of Habitat for Humanity
New Orleans, LA; Baton Rouge, LA; and Plaquamine, LA
Member of team responsible for building houses
2004 – 2008 Bridgehouse Clinic
New Orleans, LA
Performing histories and physicals and assisting attending physicians in making diagnosis. Interaction with substance abuse rehabilitation patients in a controlled environment.
LICENSING EXAMS:
2006 USMLE Step 1: passed, score 253
2007 USMLE Step 2 CS: passed October
2008 USMLE Step 2 CK: passed Febuary
HOBBIES:
Running, Raquetball, Basketball, Reading, Enjoying the outdoors