Testimonials

"I entered Stuyvesant with a sketchy goal of becoming a doctor when I grow up. But after joining StuyMED and hearing speeches from well renowned doctors, I now know that I definitely want to become a doctor. The society is like a family to me that inspired my life-long journey ahead." ​

Alexander Radu '19

"StuyMED is an all-around great experience for me. As someone who's interested in a healthcare career, the club couldn't be more helpful. Listening to lectures by accomplished professionals helps me think about and plan for a future in the healthcare industry. One very useful tool is the newsletter, which provides members with information on valuable healthcare and science-related opportunities throughout the city. Even beyond the helpful utility of the club, the wide range of subjects helps keep me engaged and interested. Topics like orthodontics and neurosurgery take me outside of what I would study in class and keep me entertained and fascinated." 

Noah Tang '18

"Dr. Oskar Weg said that doctors are the "everyday Mother Teresa's". Of course, doctors need to learn about the different diseases and how to cure them, but they also need to love people and be compassionate. They have to like to get to know people. After all, "People come to you at their worst times, when they are most vulnerable. They are frightened." It is a big responsibility to be in charge of a life, to be the person that the patient leans on the most. But doctors do it everyday so that they can help people. But being a doctor does not just mean that you get to help cure a person. It also means that you get to put a smile on their face; you get to see them go home to their family and cherish life a little longer. I've learned that to become a sufficient doctor you need to go to medical school and get good grades. But to become an excellent doctor, you must have empathy, be thoughtful and kind, and have a big heart." ​

Marta Pawluczuk '18

"StuyMED has definitely helped solidify my interest in the medical field. I enjoyed the variety of speakers that visited throughout the year because it gave club members an opportunity to decide where they were thinking of specializing, and showed us just how integrated medicine is in modern life. For example, when Dr. Richard Park spoke on his business approach to establishing CityMD - an institution with so many locations that I passed one regularly near Stuy - struck me as ingenuity. He also recollected a night in which he had his employees treat a homeless person free of charge because he understood what pain was like. That sort of compassion is what anchored my interest in the medical field in the first place. I also thought the suturing lab was wonderful and definitely worth my time. After getting my hands "dirty," I can appreciate the lifestyle that a physician or surgeon lives from day to day. My only regret with the Premed society is that it was not around in my time at Stuy earlier." ​

​Kevin Zhou '17