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Hosted by Ryan Gray · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 645 episodes
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If you're struggling on your premed journey, trying to figure out the best way to study for the MCAT, or trying to understand how to best apply to medical school, the award-nominated podcast, The Premed Years, has you covered. From interviews with Admissions Committee members and directors to inspirational stories from those who have gone before you, The Premed Years is like having a premed advisor in your pocket. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or anywhere else you listen to music or podcasts so you don't miss an episode. It's free. Every week. Don't forget to watch us on YouTube, or follow us on Instagram too! We're medicalschoolhq everywhere!
Ryan Gray hosts The Premed Years, a science show with 645 episodes published.
(00:47) — Grandfather's Illness as Catalyst: Shemiele traces her interest in medicine to caring for her grandfather in Jamaica and losing him to a stroke. (02:30) — Immigrating in Sixth Grade: How moving to the US opened
(01:57) — Father's passing at 13: the moment that pointed toward medicine (03:22) — Growing up in Nigeria with no doctors in the family (05:07) — Applying to med school in Nigeria and not getting in (06:53) — Leaving hom
(00:00) — First spark for medicine: Medical kit, microscope, and a fascination with how life works. (03:01) — Surgical tech discovery: How a quarter-life crisis and financial strain led Karen to a trade-school OR program
(00:00) — Welcome and framing: What this conversation is for and who Dami is (00:40) — Growing up in Lagos: How health inequity planted the seed for medicine (02:16) — Medicine vs. public health: Why exposure shapes the
(00:00) — From physics to premed: Riley describes deciding to pursue medicine at the end of sophomore year after shadowing in medical physics. (03:37) — Patient transport as a first clinical role: what it taught him abou
(00:00) — Family in medicine: How a neurologist mom and a sister in pediatrics shaped Justin's early interest (03:28) — The chemistry PhD question: Why lab research pushed Justin back toward medicine (07:14) — Duke and t
(00:00) — Pre-k graduation and "I want to be a baby doctor": Where the idea of medicine first appeared for Riya. (01:07) — Seventh-grade biology and Hashimoto's thyroiditis: The classroom moment that made medicine feel l
(00:00) — Welcome and origin spark: Kiki’s path starts without an “aha” and a teacher’s nudge changes everything. (02:24) — First shadowing, open-heart: A six-hour quadruple bypass leaves her captivated. (03:48) — Type B
(00:00) — Ear cleaning origin: A childhood earwax ritual lights the first spark for medicine. (01:25) — Writer first, then premed: Entering college for writing before finding patient care through EMT work. (02:10) — EMT
(00:00) — Ear cleaning origin: A childhood earwax ritual lights the first spark for medicine. (01:25) — Writer first, then premed: Entering college for writing before finding patient care through EMT work. (02:10) — EMT
(00:00) — Welcome and setup: from premed dropout to med student (00:47) — Corporate grind sparks the spreadsheets vs patients question (01:30) — Rewinding to undergrad premed and the 495 MCAT during COVID (03:15) — Finan
(00:00) — Welcome and setup: from premed dropout to med student (00:47) — Corporate grind sparks the spreadsheets vs patients question (01:30) — Rewinding to undergrad premed and the 495 MCAT during COVID (03:15) — Finan
(00:00) — Early spark for medicine: Jasmine’s childhood curiosity and desire to help takes root at age four or five. (02:40) — High school split focus: AP sciences vs. seven-hour show choir and a one-week summer health p
(00:00) — Early spark for medicine: Jasmine’s childhood curiosity and desire to help takes root at age four or five. (02:40) — High school split focus: AP sciences vs. seven-hour show choir and a one-week summer health p
(00:00) — Avoiding medicine to committing at 22: Sports injuries, engineering Cs, and a hospital trauma that made medicine click. (03:06) — Doubting smart enough: Imposter syndrome, scraping through chem, and possible AD
(00:00) — Avoiding medicine to committing at 22: Sports injuries, engineering Cs, and a hospital trauma that made medicine click. (03:06) — Doubting smart enough: Imposter syndrome, scraping through chem, and possible AD
(00:00) — Family roots and Flint crisis: Medicine in the house, art dreams, and volunteering during Flint’s water crisis point Omar toward health. (02:00) — Why physician, not just public health: Leadership and impact pu
(00:00) — Family roots and Flint crisis: Medicine in the house, art dreams, and volunteering during Flint’s water crisis point Omar toward health. (02:00) — Why physician, not just public health: Leadership and impact pu
(00:00) — Meet Dr. Leila Amiri + her route from peer advising to admissions: How a peer advising job led to a career shaping medical school classes. (03:20) — What’s stayed the same—and why the “black box” persists: Core
(00:00) — Meet Dr. Leila Amiri + her route from peer advising to admissions: How a peer advising job led to a career shaping medical school classes. (03:20) — What’s stayed the same—and why the “black box” persists: Core
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