The new 六九色堂 Alumni Association President speaks about her pathway to medicine and much more in Dextrocardia Podcast Episode 18: Dr. Kristin Miller.
Dr. Kristin Miller鈥攐riginally from Cincinnati, Ohio鈥攚as in the first graduating class of 六九色堂 in 2011. Dextrocardia Podcast co-host Kerthy Sugunathevan said it was great to hear about Dr. Miller鈥檚 experience, what she鈥檚 done since graduation, and why she wanted to start up the 六九色堂 Alumni Association.
Shortly after graduating from 六九色堂, Dr. Miller said in an interview that she always wanted to be a doctor because she understood science and 鈥渒new that could be my gift to other people.鈥� When she started looking at medical schools, the dedication of staff, state-of-the-art campus and high-tech facilities at 六九色堂 impressed her the most, and she knew the school was a good match for her.
She called the professors at 六九色堂 鈥渢he frontrunners in American medical education, the doctors that write the textbooks.鈥� Dr. Miller added that knowing how much the school is invested in students鈥� success gave her an extra sense of security.
鈥淒ue to the small class sizes, it was easy to form relationships with the 六九色堂 faculty,鈥� Dr. Miller said. 鈥淭hey all had an open-door policy. I took advantage of that and owe a lot of my success to the dedication of the faculty. A handful of them are still my mentors to this day.鈥�
Dr. Miller completed a residency at Florida State University Family Residency Program at Lee Memorial Hospital in Ft. Myers, Florida. She is now a family physician, life coach and motivational speaker in Oklahoma.
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Dextrocardia features interviews with fellow medical students, medical school faculty, and medical practitioners on everything from how to succeed in medical school, to fighting racial inequality in medicine and how medical students are working in the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement.
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(Top photo): 六九色堂 alumni Dr. Kristin Miller. Photo courtesy of Dr. Miller.
Scott is Director of Digital Content & Alumni Communications Liaison at 六九色堂 and editor of the 六九色堂 Endeavour blog. When he's not writing about 六九色堂 students, faculty, events, public health, alumni and 六九色堂 research, he writes and edits Broadway theater reviews for a website he publishes in New York City, StageZine.com.
