Great schools and training programs offer learning opportunities that go far beyond the syllabus. We asked some amazing folks from the community to share stories from their educational journey with us.

Jean, Rachel, Anna Marino, Pope, Myers

Every day in the office at least one woman asks, “why didn’t anyone tell me about this?” There are so many conflicting messages and misinformation, we would like to be a resource for women and provide information they can trust. Read more>>

Edward Chamata

Some tips I’ve learned after going through medical school and surgical training that I’ve found extremely helpful: 1. Don’t expect everything to go as planned. There will be multiple changes along the way to your goal- My initial goal during college was to become a cardiac surgeon in the future, however as I became exposed to the art of plastic surgery, I realized that’s where my true passion is, and it’s ok to change plans to follow what makes you happy, no matter how late it may be. Read more>>

Ian Taras

From the tales of the, “if at first, you don’t succeed try try again” files: Confessions of an OB/GYN, at my first delivery! It was 1990 and I was a third year medical school student at Chicago Med. While I was going through different specialty rotations, looking to figure out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, I fancied being an OB/GYN. Read more>>