{"id":66453,"date":"2008-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-engineering-student-headed-to-brown-med-school\/"},"modified":"2008-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T00:00:00","slug":"uri-engineering-student-headed-to-brown-med-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/04\/uri-engineering-student-headed-to-brown-med-school\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 engineering student headed to Brown Med School"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPortsmouth resident aims for career as orthopedic surgeon<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 16, 2008 \u2013 Portsmouth resident Matthew Young has known for a long time that he wanted to become a doctor, and he even knew long ago that he wanted to attend the Brown Alpert Medical School. But he chose an unexpected route to get there \u2013 studying engineering at the 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\tThanks to an outstanding academic record and several summer jobs at hospitals and medical centers, he has reached the first step of his goal. Young, a junior studying biomedical and electrical engineering, was recently accepted to Brown Med School through its Early Identification Program, making him just the second 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering student to be accepted into the program.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cA professor here once asked me \u2018what\u2019s your gift and who needs it?\u2019 So I sat back and thought about why I wanted to be a doctor,\u201d Young said. \u201cI was always strong in math and science and always had an interest in helping people, and the two seem to go hand in hand. And it\u2019s a great avenue for innovation to help people. There\u2019s a lot that can be done in the field of medicine, and it\u2019s a growing field.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tBut why start off studying engineering?<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWell, I talked to a lot of family friends, some of whom are doctors, and one said that he wished he had become an engineer because there\u2019s so much innovation that can be done in the industry,\u201d said Young. \u201cHaving that background can be a big advantage. I also talked to some engineers, and they said the possibilities are endless.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMatt is among our top students with an almost straight-A record,\u201d said Ying Sun, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of biomedical engineering. \u201cHis engineering skills in medical instrumentation, medical imaging, and biomedical signal processing will provide him with a unique foundation for pursuing a career as an MD.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKnowing how difficult it is to be accepted for admission to Brown, Young spent his time at 溏心vlog免费B站 wisely, building up an impressive resume. He spent the summer after his freshman year working at Women and Infants Hospital assisting on a research project assessing the effectiveness of the chemotherapy agent Taxol. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI designed and performed a comprehensive chart and patient review,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe wanted to see how well Taxol worked when administered a second or third time to patients who have recurrent cancer. Cancer cells can learn, so chemotherapy becomes less effective because the cells can become resistant to it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tLast summer, Young worked in the Biomechanics Lab at the Brown University-Lifespan Cooperative Laboratory. \u201cI built motion-controlled toys for hemiplegic cerebral palsy patients \u2013 those with paralysis on one side of their body,\u201d he said. \u201cThe project was designed to further the kids\u2019 physical therapy through fun, toy-based activities.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen he wasn\u2019t working on the toys project, Young was organizing a fundraiser for the Patient Advocate Fund at Women and Infants Hospital that raised $60,000 last August. Along with a student at Wheaton College, he planned a gala event at the Atlantic Beach Club in Middletown attended by more than 250 people that included an auction of jewelry, trips and sports memorabilia.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe Patient Advocate Fund helps women who don\u2019t have a big family support network,\u201d Young explained. \u201cIf a woman can\u2019t get to the hospital, the Fund will send a taxi. If they\u2019re losing their electricity, the Fund will help with that. They set up support groups for women who are having similar experiences, support groups for families, support groups for children of women with cancer. The Fund supports a lot of great programs.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tEven though Young has already been accepted to medical school, he still has a year left in his undergraduate education, and he is making the most of it. He is president of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Society of Leadership and Success, and he is looking forward to continuing work on the toys project this summer while also participating in a sports medicine internship.<\/p>\n


\n\tStill, he finds it hard not to look ahead to his medical training.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI\u2019m really excited about it,\u201d he said with enthusiasm. \u201cI\u2019m taking a challenging course load here at 溏心vlog免费B站, so I don\u2019t know how much harder it can actually get. But medicine is my passion. It\u2019s something that I enjoy, and because there are so many new things happening, it\u2019s always interesting. Instead of studying a circuit board, I\u2019ll be studying the human body. Instead of mathematical equations, you have bones. It\u2019s going to be great.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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