Fredonia students to begin medical school study
Dr. Scott Ferguson works with a student in the Science Center lab.
Seven Fredonia graduates were accepted into health professional schools during the 2017-2018 application cycle to prepare for careers in medicine this fall.
Mam Deng (B.S. Molecular Genetics, minors in Philosophy and Chemistry, 2018), of Buffalo, will attend the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Cory Emborski (B.S. Biochemistry, 2017), of Salamanca, N.Y., was accepted at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y.
Melissa Mallay (B.S. Biology, minor in Public Health, 2017), of East Elmhurst, N.Y., will attend Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pa. She was admitted into the Early Acceptance Program at LECOM as an undergraduate at Fredonia.
Janie Mathew (B.S. Biology, minor in Public Health, 2018), of New Hyde Park, N.Y., will attend Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She was the first student given consideration for LECOM’s Early Acceptance Program while still enrolled in high school.
Breanna Myers (B.S. Molecular Genetics, minor Chemistry, 2018), of Seneca Falls, N.Y., will attend Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, Calif.
Matt Salvati (B.S. Biology, 2018), of Clarence, N.Y., will attend Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine in Meridian, Idaho.
Kerri Williamson (B.S. Biology, B.A Dance, 2017) of North Chili, N.Y., will attend Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University in Chicago. Ms. Williamson was awarded a U.S. Army Health Care Scholarship that will fund her four years of medical school. She will enter the service after completing her residency.
Biology professor Ted Lee, who chairs the Health Professions Advising Committee, believes students can greatly increase the likelihood of being accepted into health professional schools through additional job shadowing and volunteer activities. Eleven students and recent alumni applied to these schools during the 2017-2018 cycle.
This year’s group represents the second largest number of Fredonia graduates accepted into health-related professional schools in the last 10 years. The largest number of students accepted into dental, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry or medical schools was 14, in the 2016-2017 application cycle.
