![]() ![]() I was accepted into a program that resonated with me the same day I was returning from a vipassana meditation retreat, and I took that as a sign and ran with it.Īfter college, I earned my Master of Arts (MA) in the medical humanities and bioethics from Northwestern University. I filled out a couple of feeler applications – just to see what might happen and to leave my options open. At some point over the next two-and-a-half years I began to question everything I thought I was planning on doing with my life and decided that taking more time to study the humanities, and ultimately learn about myself, was needed. I didn’t feel as though my education in science was able to provide me with the tools to answer those questions and it was mostly serendipity that led me to the classics department as a second semester sophomore. While the information was fascinating, it ultimately provided more questions than answers. As a neuroscience major my passion for the brain deepened, but I found little satisfaction in what I was learning. I was locked into position on a proverbial conveyer belt that would presumably drop me off where I thought I wanted to be. I had an innate interest in the brain and somewhere down the line I became pretty set on becoming a neurosurgeon. But the medical profession still appealed to me. I tend to be something of a contrarian by nature, so all I really knew was that I didn’t want to be a dentist. Growing up my father was a dentist – as was my grandfather before him. I can’t be sure when it was exactly that I decided to pursue graduate work. What made you decide to pursue graduate work?
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