Pre-Health Advising
The Pre-Health Professions Program at Fordham College at Rose Hill assists students in all majors who are interested in pursuing a health-related career by providing them with focused academic and career advising, advice on gaining clinical, research, and volunteer experience, as well as specialized extracurricular and residential options. Many of the opportunities and resources available to pre-health professions students can be found on this site. If you have any additional questions, please come to visit the Pre-Health Professions Office.
Fordham has a long history of preparing students for medical, dental, veterinary, and other health-professional careers. Fordham graduates have gained acceptance to study at numerous medical schools, including Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, Jefferson, New York University, Albert Einstein, New York Medical College, Brown, Creighton, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, George Washington, Loyola University, Northwestern, St. Louis University, Tufts, Tulane, all of the SUNY medical schools, as well as many osteopathic schools of medicine. Students have also gained admission to many top tier schools of dentistry, optometry, podiatry, and veterinary medicine.
ANNOUNCEMENTs
Attention: Students enrolled in Introductory Biology I
Please contact either of the students listed below if you are interested in participating in their Biology tutoring sessions:
Victoria Cipollone vcipollone@fordham.edu
Chris Awad cawad@fordham.edu
Information Session on New Medical School Requirements and Revised MCAT Exam, with Deans Heald and Watts
Wednesday, March 28, 4-5pm, Keating 319
The AAMC has recently approved new medical school requirements and a revised MCAT exam. The changes will take effect for those seeking admission for Fall 2016. Even though you may be planning to apply for Fall 2015, we strongly urge you to plan as though you are going to apply for Fall 2016. Many students choose to wait or have to wait (or are not accepted and have to apply again). You therefore must be prepared and plan for the possibility that the new requirements will apply to you. If you already attended the session we provided on March 8th, you do not have attend the March 28th event. The content will be identical.
Psychology Department Seminar - "Decision-making about Research on Innovative Technologies: Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression"
Wednesday, March 7, 3:30pm, Flom Auditorium in Walsh Library
The talk will be given by Dr. Paul Applebaum, MD from Columbia University. Dr. Applebaum is past President of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
Seminar with Dr. Adam Levy
Wednesday, February 8, 6:30-8pm, Keating 3rd floor auditorium
Dr. Adam Levy is the Director of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, as well as an Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He will be speaking about giving bad news to patients diagnosed with cancer, as well as the role of communication between patient and physician. This seminar is sponsored by the Laennec Society. Pizza will be served at 6:15pm, prior to the seminar.
Information Session for Students Planning a Health Professional Application this Summer
Wednesday, February 1, 3:30-4:30pm, Keating 116
Thursday, February 2, 6:30-7:30pm, Keating 116
If you are going through the Committee on Health Professions process this year, please try to attend one of the two meetings. Dean Heald will discuss the application time line, review the statistics for students accepted in 2011, and will answer any questions that you have about the Committee on Health Professions process.
Medical and Dental Admissions Deans' Panel Discussion
Thursday, January 26, 6-8pm, O'Hare Hall
The Deans of Admissions from NJ Medical School, Jefferson Medical College, and Columbia University College of Dental Medicine will be participating in a panel discussion about medical and dental school admissions. Participants will discuss how the admissions process works from the inside: What matters besides grades? What is the purpose of the interview? What makes a quality personal statement? How can I set myself apart from the pack?
Participants include Dr. George Heinrich, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Dr. Elizabeth Brooks, Jefferson Medical College, and Dr. Laureen Zubiaurre Bitzer, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. Refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to Dean Watts by Wednesday at 5pm.
Information Session - Creigton University's Professional Science Masters Degree Program in Bioscience Management
Friday, December 2, 3-3:30pm, Keating 121
A representative from Creighton University will be on campus to meet with students interested in learning about this new degree program. Note that this program is not a path to a medical or health profession, but is for students interested in the combination of science and business for their future career. For more information on the program, click here.
From Fordham to Heart Surgery - a Seminar with Dr. Anthony Tortolani, Chairman of the Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Surgery at New York Methodist Hospital
Thursday, November 17
6pm pizza reception in the entryway to Walsh Library
6:30pm Seminar in Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library
Dr. Tortolani is a graduate of Fordham College at Rose Hill and attended medical school at George Washington School of Medicine. He is a professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery and Professor of Clinical Surgery at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Wiell Medical College of Cornell.
Click here to RSVP.
Seminar on World Hunger with Katherine Schwarz, MS, MPH
Wednesday, November 2, 6-7pm in JMH 140
Ms. Schwarz is a specialist in nutrition education, worldwide hunger, and the associated agricultural and environmental causes. She spent two years working as a nutritionist in Malawi in sub-Saharan Africa, and currently teaches nutrition at Lehman College in the Bronx.
Writing a Personal Statement Workshop with Dean Heald, for 2013 health professional school applicants
Monday, October 24, 5:30-6:30pm, Keating 120
OR
Tuesday, October 25, 6-7pm, Keating 318
Your personal statement is an extremely important part of your application and will be read multiple times, by numerous evaluators of your application. It may seem like October is too early to begin to think about your personal statement, but it really is not. If you are planning to apply to a health professional school for 2013, this will be an important meeting--please make every effort to attend. You need only attend one of the sessions.
Einstien/Fordham Symposium: Exploring Research Opportunities
Tuesday, October 18, in O'hare Special Collections, Walsh Library
Faculty Presentations 2-4pm, Reception 4-5pm
For any interested graduate or undergraduate students.
To register, click here.
Ms. Deborah Benvenger, Director of Admissions from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)
Thursday, October 13, 4-5p., Keating 214
Ms. Benvenger will be visiting Fordham to talk about PCOM's medical school program and meet with prospective applicants to PCOM. If you have applied to PCOM or are considering a medical school application next summer, it would be extremely beneficial to attend this event.You will have opportunity to speak to the Director about your interest in PCOM.
Pizza will be served! Please RSVP to Lorene at pasciotty@fordham.edu so we are sure to order enough refreshments.
HER FATE Event in Pre-Health Symposium
Wednesday, October 12, 3:30pm, Keating 1st
HER FATE (Heart Recovery Awareness Team), is a group of women who endured and recovered from acute heart failure. They will be discussing heart disease from the patient's prospective.
Dr. Philip Pizzo, FCRH '66, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine
Thursday, October 6, 6:00pm
at the University Club, 1 West 54th Street, NYC
Dr. Pizzo will be speaking on how advances in basic science have altered medical practice and medical education.
For further information, see: Pediatrics and Immunology Expert to Speak on Emerging Trends in Medicine, A Prescription for Doctors of the Future
Mandatory Information Session for Students Planning to Apply to a Health Professional in 2012
Monday, September 19, 6-7pm, Keating 318
OR
Thursday, September 22, 5:30-6:30, Keating 114
You need only attend ONE meeting.
Topics for discussion:
Preparing for the MCAT/DAT/OAT/GRE
When to take the MCAT/DAT/OAT/GRE
Preparing to Apply to a Health Professional School
Visit from Dean Brandon Schneider, the Assistant Dean of Admission from Georgetown University
Tuesday, September 13, 6-7:30pm, Keating 318
Dean Schneider will be visiting Fordham to speak about Georgetown's medical school program. If you are planning to apply next year, I strongly encourage you to attend. It will be an ideal time to speak to Dean Schneider about Georgetown and for him to have the opportunity to meet you.
'What is Public Health?' a Presentation by Representatives from Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins
Wednesday, September 12, 5-7pm
After the presentation, representatives will be available to meet with you at individual tables to answer your specific questions about their programs. If any aspect of public health interests you or you would like to learn more, please make every effort to attend. We will have hot food, snacks, and refreshments available!
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Contact
Donna N. Heald, Ph.D.
Fordham College at Rose Hill
Keating Hall, Room 320
441 East Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
email: heald@fordham.edu
phone: (718) 817-4710
fax: (718) 817-4002
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