David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Exploring interests, meeting new classmates, and finding community at the DGSOM Student Engagement Fair 🩺💙💛

You spend years trying to get into med school… then you meet your classmates. 😬

The Cohort — Episode 1: The First Day 🩺💙💛

First day of med school for our new students! Welcome to UCLA ✨💙💛

Meet Bobby del Carlo, PhD 💙💛 He’s a rising third-year med student who attended
University of Nevada, Reno, where he later worked as a postdoctoral researcher and instructor for McNair Scholars, UNR first-gen undergraduates.

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Video Description:
UCLA medical student Bobby del Carlo’s journey of becoming a doctor. He shares his pre-med experience and goals here at DGSOM so far.

Meet Caleb Garcia 💙💛 He’s a second-year student from Bakersfield, CA, who is on his way to becoming a triple Bruin! Between undergrad and med school, Caleb worked in clinical administration USC Psychiatry and as a scribe in a South LA emergency room.



Video Description: UCLA medical student Caleb Garcia’s journey of becoming a doctor. He shares his pre-med experience and goals here at DGSOM so far.

Meet Kade Garrard! 💙💛 He's a second-year med student who attended University of Georgia. At DGSOM, he's a peer tutor and executive director of The Backpack Project, Inc. at The Backpack Project Los Angeles.



Video Description:
UCLA medical student Kade Garrard's journey of becoming a doctor. He shares his pre-med experience and goals here at DGSOM so far.

Meet Noor Alesawy! 💙💛 She’s a first-year med student on the global health pathway. Noor attended University of Michigangan and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and was also a The Global Surgery Foundation fellow in Geneva, Switzerland.



Video Description: UCLA medical student Noor Alesawy’s journey of becoming a doctor. She shares her pre-med experience and goals here at DGSOM so far.

Meet Tiffany Chen! 💙💛 She’s a third-year med student who attended UCLA, where she founded the High-tech and Neurological Disorders organization.



Video Description:
UCLA medical student Tiffany Chen discusses her journey to becoming a doctor. She shares her pre-med experience and goals here at DGSOM so far.