How do you manage to stay balanced and healthy in spite of the busy med school schedule? 

I have a wife and small child (11 month old) that assist me in keeping perspective about priorities in life.  I treat school like an 8-5 job (with occasional overtime) and make it a point to spend time with my family.  I go to the gym 2-3 days a week and try to play racquetball at least weekly.  This gives me the opportunity to get to know my classmates outside of class.  I attempt to eat healthy, limiting myself to 1 trip to the Tar Heal Café for a big breakfast per week.

What’s the most important piece of advice you would give to an incoming MS1?

Know and acknowledge your weaknesses, then find someone whose strengths are your weaknesses and study with them.

What is your favorite artery, organ, or nerve; and why? 

Anything involving the word ‘splanchnic,’ just because it’s fun to say.

Tell us one of your favorite memories from your first year of med school in the form of a haiku.

The Tar Heal Café
Big Breakfast with hash browns, steak
And coffee, a must…

 If you could be any element on the periodic table which would you be and why? 

Lithium-lightens the mood, yet combustible in the wrong situation, and lethal in high doses

If you had a theme song that played every time you entered a room, what would it be?

My Baby Daddy by B Rock and the Bizz  ( in honor of my wife)

Give us your favorite first year “one-liner”.

Increased preload leads to increased stroke volume which leads to increased output.  But watch out for afterload…