URI pre-health alumni pursue different avenues toward successful admission to medical school and other health profession training programs. Read below about the paths followed by our recent grads.
Where our Alumni goMedicine
Interview with Nana Ofei-Tenkorang, ’12 - The current Chief Resident of the family medicine residency program at Cleveland Clinic in Akron, Ohio shares her thoughts on how URI helps prepare students for medical careers.
Interview with Mazen Taman, ‘23 - As a first year medical student at Brown, Mazen Taman shares his thoughts on life after URI and his advice for other students.
Keyline Moreno ‘21 - Howard University College of Medicine
Matt Kaczynski ’19 - Alpert Medical School of Brown University 
Isabella Church ’22 - New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sydney Chratian ’22 - Ohio State University Department of Medicine
Lila Berle ’21 - University of Maryland School of Medicine
Nikita Maryanov ’23 - The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University via the URI-Brown Early Identification Program
Justin Jewell, ’19 - New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Mileah Sawtelle, ’19 - University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kendra Walsh, ’21 - The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Christopher Phothisane, ’18 - The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University via the URI-Brown Early Identification Program
Richard Lisi, ’18 - Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Jasmine Miller, ’16 - University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Caitlin Green ’16 - Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Anne Reisch ’19 - University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Todd Costello, ’17 - University of Connecticut Medical School
Jordan Dudley, ’19 - University of Massachusetts Medical School
Dentistry
Olivia Traboulssi ’22 - Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Paige Alshon, ’20 - University of Florida College of Dentistry
Connie Wang, ’19 - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Sean Pierel, ’09, ’17 - University of New England College of Dental Medicine
Jake Molgano, ’19 - University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
Physician Assistant
Sara Bertuccio ’21 - Duke University School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
Renee Bourgault, ’20 - Johnson and Wales University PA Program
Eliza Clarke, ’20 - Emory University Physician Assistant Program 
Emily Minakin, ’15 - Tufts University Physician Assistant Program
Optometry
Emily McDermith, ’20 - SUNY College of Optometry
Physical Therapy
Interview with Alex Conklin, First Year DPT Student at URI - First-year DPT student has advice for current pre-health students: "If you have a positive mindset and believe in yourself, you’ll do the best you can and be successful."