Chai With The Pre-Med Guys

Dermatologist by day, fashion CEO by night, drinking six cups of chai a day through it all- we bring you Dr. Erum Ilyas! This week’s episode with Dr Ilyas we go deep into the “fabric of reality” of the field of Dermatology. From how the field’s bread and butter has changed over time, to topics as niche as the pros and cons of telemedicine within the field, we’re serious when we say we go through it all. More than that though, Dr Ilyas recounts how she started her clothing line @ambernoonstyle , where she weaves together medical expertise with a passion for textiles to create stylish versatility while being sun aware. Putting together medicine and fashion makes for a whole mix and match of topics discussed in between like fashion sustainability, sun protective clothing, and patient education. We can not thank Dr Ilyas enough for her time and we are genuinely excited to bring this episode to you all! Tune in this Friday morning to hear all about how the business aspect of clinical practice did (or didn’t) carry over to the infrastructure of a clothing line for Dr Ilyas!! For more from Dr Ilyas, give her a follow at @drerumilyas For more from us, visit our website or click the link in our bio ☕️☕️☕️ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

We’re back again with another episode for you guys!!! For this weeks episode of Chai With The Premed Guys, we are pleased to welcome @joshmcgoo !!!! As a current Emergency Medicine resident at Stony Brook University, our episode takes a deep dive into Dr. McGough’s journey to medicine! With a BS and BA in biochemistry and chemistry from University of Rochester, he went onto complete an MS in biomedical science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai! Afterwards he started his medical school journey at Stony Brook University, as part of their inaugural 3-Year MD program, allowing him to graduate early and continue his training in Emergency Medicine!! Beyond medicine, he aims to offer the lessons he had learned from his journey through TikTok and share medical mnemonics on Twitter to help medical students ace their exams! Come join us in our episode as @joshmcgoo shares his lessons and advice to premedical and medical students on how to navigate their own journey to medicine and through life! EPISODE WILL BE RELEASED ON JULY 21st at 6AM EST!!!! To learn more about Dr. Mcgough, visit his Twitter and TikTok (@joshmcgoo)! Please visit our website to tune into our other episodes!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

An injury ridden tenure as a student basketballer first forced Dr. Gianakos to find the bright side to a sticky situation. Since then, she hasn’t stopped turning negatives into positives. Whether it was serving as research chief at her residency program, co-founding SpeakUpOrtho, or helping shape In-Office Needle Arthroscopy early in its lifetime, Dr. Gianakos has found a way to enrich any space she’s a part of. We’ve recently been interviewing more and more medical students in the middle of research years. In our opinion, this episode puts many of our prior episodes on research years into perspective. As someone who took her own research year in med school and now guides medical students in her capacity as a faculty member, Dr. Gianakos is in a great position to speak on making the most of research experiences. In our interview she details the simple, clear, and urgent steps one should take at the beginning and end of any research project. Whether you’re wondering if you’re cut out for a field, you’ve recently been doubting yourself, or you want to learn how to turn around setbacks, this episode is for you. Dr Gianakos’ words are distinctly motivational and we’re so so thankful to her for spending her time with us. In doing so, she helped us record what may just be the extremely informative pick me up you need this weekend. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

Featuring the D.O. Or Do Not Podcast’s very own Dr Ian Storch, we present this season’s fourth episode- “There is No Try” releasing this Friday morning! From a first gen college student studying English at Binghamton, to an ambassador of osteopathic medicine seeing a full schedule of patients at his gastroenterology practice while managing his podcast. The story of Dr Storch’s in between belongs in a book. The highlights of his early days include deciding to be a doctor after watching an EMT friend in action, basing his med school list off of a book he found on a shelf, and writing a poem as his personal statement, just to name a few. If that’s not a must listen story…. I don’t know what is We were really just trying to match the name of this episode to Dr Storch’s podcast title. Ironically though, “There is No Try” fits the theme of the anecdotal lessons Dr Storch shares with us. Going far beyond board scores and research, he shares with us behind the scenes details and tribulations of his journey from residency to his gastroenterology fellowship. Tune in this Friday morning to hear Dr Storch highlight some of the less talked about challenges of completing one’s medical training. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

This episode we discuss, with examples, how Michael has gotten hundreds of premeds into med school. A MUST LISTEN for anyone 2-3 years out from applying. Incoming Anesthesiology resident, current MS4 at UCLA, Michael is on a mission to democratize quality premed advising. Whether it’s his work as President of the Premed Catalyst organization, his amazing email blog “Meditating on Medical School”, or his online materials like “Mike’s Office Hours”, Michael Minh Le is an absolute RESOURCE for the premed community. Why should you listen to this episode? We’ll let Mike do the talking “…. Any premed advice you’ve paid for, I want to make resources so good and make them free so that our free stuff is better than everyone else’s paid stuff. That’s my benchmark for releasing materials into the world…”. In this episode we go through ALL of these materials, in so much detail. Michael’s resources are invaluable to every premed out there. If you’re not at least using what he’s put out there for free, you’re doing yourself a disservice. So take your first step, by tuning in to this episode --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

How do I approach research as a premed? A question that’s stumped us all at some point. But what if there was a short, cheap, accessible way to know exactly what to do? Turns out there is.Meet Shivani Mehta. As an undergrad at Johns Hopkins and a Fulbright Researcher working internationally, even Shivani found herself unsure of what was expected of her as a premed researcher. Which is why, after reflecting as a med student at UCSD, she decided to write a book on the short, simple, fundamentals of research. Her goal? To make the process more exciting and less intimidating!Whether you’re starting college or just graduating, this episode’s for you. Featuring advice from Deans, admissions officers, and founders of application advising companies Shivani’s book "Demystifying Research for Pre-Medical Students" details everything from finding research positions to shining in research positions. Join us for our chai time this week as we discuss with Shivani her own undergrad research experiences and facts about research so many students don’t even realize until they’re halfway through med school.Episode releasing THIS FRIDAY, May 19thFor more from us, visit our website or click the link in our bio ☕️☕️☕️ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

Orthopedic surgeon at the Rothman Institute, President of the Rothman Opioid Foundation, and recently appointed Associate Dean of Clinical Research at the Drexel School of Medicine- Dr. Ilyas does it all. A career in medicine can take on so many shapes and forms. For Dr Ilyas that meant molding his work around passions like surgery, improving surgical processes, and training the next generation of physicians. In this week’s episode, we discuss with Dr Ilyas why he chose his field, what he’s hoped to achieve through his non-profit research organization, and how he plans to further develop clinical research proficiency at the Drexel College of Medicine. This episode is essentially a short but detailed set of blueprints to Dr Ilyas’s medical journey. Tune in to get a sense of what it’s like working in his field, as well as to learn how he’s tailored his professional life to his core interests. Trust us, you’d be hard pressed to find many other ways to get such a comprehensive look into the field of Ortho in just 50 minutes! (Major props to Dr Ilyas for that) For more about Dr. Ilyas’s work, visit @ilyasortho --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

Back with another episode for all you future doctors out there!!! Joining in for Episode 5 of the Third season of Chai With The Premed Guys is the one and only @lilyinmedicine Graduate from the Tulane school of medicine, co-founder of the company Med Mentors, and an incoming ENT surgery resident at her alma mater Tulane medicine. On top of that, she even finds the time to share her advice with the med/premed community through her platform as @lilyinmedicine. Dr. Trinh has done it all and has so much experience with research, time management, and just getting things done, plain and simple. If you have no clue what your research experience should look like, or if you’re having trouble balancing your classes with jobs/extracurriculars, this episode is for you. Join us for our chai time this week as Dr. Trinh shares with us how she balanced her time as a D1 athlete in college, how she’s produced a system for optimized research efficiency, and finally how she went about matching into a competitive specialty. Episode releasing May 13th at 12pm EST For more from Dr. Trinh, visit @lilyinmedicine for her candid advice --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

This week we have our chai time with Manan Parekh- Medical student at Temple University, artist, and content creator as @mananparekh611 on TikTok. Currently taking a research year to resolve his conflicting interests in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Manan is in a special mental space that requires much introspection and reflection. Join us as we take full advantage of this and pick Manan's brain thoroughly. Other than his fields of interest, Manan walks us through his thoughts on different learning methods, his undergrad life as a basketball officiating frat brother, and how it's the intangible lessons one is taught by life that most measurably impact how one practices medicine. website: https://stonychaibhais.wixsite.com/mysite Instagram: instagram.com/chaibhaispodcast/ Manan's platform: https://www.tiktok.com/@mananparekh611?lang=en --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

Joining us this week is Shaun Anderson- part acrobat, part Youtuber, part medical student from Nevada, Las Vegas! This one’s for all the premeds that give up their nonmedical hobbies to spend more time on classes and activities that will make them “appealing” to med schools. Sayeed has been there, I’ve been there, we hope after listening to this episode you won’t get stuck there. Don’t ditch your idea for a cooking social media page just because you’re premed. Don’t ditch your love for painting just because you’re premed. Don’t drop out of your awesome dance team just because you’re premed. Regardless of whether they’re medically related, your passions are what you should be spending your time on. More so than working some job in a hospital that you find boring because some reddit forum said you need 1000+ hours of clinical experience to get into med school. Paying less heed to these standards set for premeds makes you stand out more, makes you more successful as a student, and most importantly makes this a happier part of your life. Testament to this is Shaun’s experience devoting himself fully to acrobatics as a college student. And it’s that devotion, rather than any of the usual accolades premeds chase, that got him into med school. Join us for a continuation of this conversation and discussion on topics such as switching from Pre-PT to Pre-Med, being an efficient student researcher, and having a well-rounded life in med school. For more from Shaun, check out his YouTube channel: Shaun Anderson --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

For this week’s chai time, we are proud to present Stony Brook Medicine’s own Dr. Jason Mathew! Dr. Mathew started his journey at Rutgers as a premed with a passion for neuroscience. After leaning into his interests through neurotoxicity research, he enrolled as a medical student at NYIT, after which he completed his training in Vascular Neurology at the Cleveland Clinic. If you’ve been looking to get to know more about Neurology, look no further. Join us for not just a glimpse, but an entire inside look at everything Neurology- patient populations, day to day life, thrilling innovations in stroke medicine, and larger obstacles faced by physicians in medicine. We also go over some of the points Dr. Mathew looks out for when interviewing Residency applicants! Have any feedback or episode requests? Reach out to us through Instagram or directly (Wali Pirzada & Sayeed Khan) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

Starting off Season 3 of Chai With The Premed Guys, we have our chai time with Kelly- MS4 in Arizona, manager of the @HeyKellyEllen page, and creator of her own courses for the med school personal statement. Needless to say, Kelly is one of the most, if not the most, kickass med students you’ll find. Join us for an in-depth conversation about the personal statement, the personal statement, and THE PERSONAL STATEMENT. As well as things like moving away from home and having a life in med school. Follow the link below to access Kelly’s free class “How to Write a Unique Medical School Personal Statement” where she goes over her methodology, common mistakes to avoid, and examples of successful essays! Kelly's FREE Personal Statement Class: https://www.heykellyellen.com/a/2147504241/HAPXaiZ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

Our special guest for this week's chai time hails from the infamous Atlanta region of Georgia, Alexa “Lexy” Dantzler, a third-year medical student at the Emory School of Medicine. Alexa started her journey at Emory University, where she graduated with a double major in Biology and African Studies. Aside from excelling in academics, Alexa helps metro Atlanta High School students connect with research laboratories, as the founder of SOAR, to bridge the gap and bring representation in STEM education. Mark your calendars for this FINAL EPISODE of Season 2 to learn more about Alexa's story and her journey to medicine! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

On this week's episode, we had the honor of welcoming Dr. Matthew Berchuck to our podcast. Dr. Berchuck attended the Case Western Reserve Medical School in the 1980’s. After years working in Alabama and then Baylor University in Dallas, he is now the Chief of Spine and Scoliosis Service from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stony Brook Medicine. Come join as we talk to Berchuck about how medicine has evolved through the years and how it will evolve further into the future! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

This week we have our chai time with Dr. Jaffer Ahmad, a Second year Internal Medicine Resident over at the Nassau University Medical Center. Listen in to hear us talk about overcoming obstacles in premed life, getting through the rigor of Caribbean Med School, and what Jaffer has taken away from 10 years as an EMT. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

For this week's episode we had our cup of chai with the wonderful Dr. Aamisha Gupta: the Lead Inpatient Pediatric Cardiologist at the Rady Children's Hospital & Assistant Professor at UCSD. In our conversation with Dr. Gupta we discussed the process of discovering different medical specialties, spreading awareness on the medical field through social media, and most importantly maintaining self-care throughout your journey to medicine. Come and join us to hear more about how exciting the field of Pediatric Cardiology is, how we can use our social media effectively as students and professionals, and what it really means to be resilient. If you'd like to see more from Dr. Gupta, be sure to check out her Instagram @doubleaguptamd where she posts awesome content from her show "Heart2Heart" as well as some occasional motivational posts! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

Coming up on this week's chai time, we are very proud to present Prerak Juthani. Prerak started out his journey at UC Berkeley where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Molecular Biology and Public Health and now currently is completing his MD/MBA degree at Yale SOM. Come join us in our chai time, as we talk about Prerak's enthusiasm for running, his startup idea using Organic Chemistry, and creating content for his YouTube Channel. If you'd like to hear more about Prerak's journey to medicine, make sure to follow his Instagram (@prerakcity) and his YouTube channel: Prerak Juthani. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

We're starting off our new season with a brand new episode with Dr. Darsh Shah, a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation resident at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. In our conversation with Dr. Darsh, we dig deeper into how athletics influenced his journey to medicine, efforts to put health back to healthcare, and how he came to choose PM&R as his designated specialty in medical school. Come and join us to hear about the exciting field of Physiatry, the many ways DO doctors use OMM, and maximizing your potential in your journey to medicine from Dr. Darsh. If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Darsh and his journey to medicine, make sure to follow his Instagram (@doctor.darsh) and tune into his podcast "Medicine Redefined" on Spotify! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

We're ending our holiday season special episode with Dr. Martin Pham, an attending neurosurgeon at the University of California San Diego Health. In our chai time with Dr. Martin Pham, we dig deep into Dr. Pham's journey to medicine, how he navigated his dream of being a physician during his undergraduate studies, and how he came to choose neurosurgery as his designated specialty in medical school. Tune into this special episode to learn more about the field of neurosurgery, as well as an in-depth look at a neurosurgeon's day-to-day life in our Chai time with Dr. Martin Pham. If you'd like to hear more about Dr. Pham's journey to medicine and neurosurgery, please make sure to follow his Instagram (@martinphammd), where he shares his memories and reflections of his journey to medicine! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support

We're kicking off our holiday season special episode with Dr. Rashmi Advani, a gastroenterologist fellow at the Renaissance School of Medicine. Right off the bat, we dive into an engaging conversation about why Dr. Advani chose to take this long journey to medicine and how she came to decide on specializing in gastroenterology. Tune in to our episode with Dr. Advani to learn more about her day to day activities as a gastroenterology fellow, and follow her Instagram (@drscopeswithguts) for everything gastroenterology and beyond! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaiwiththepremedguys/support