Humanizing Geisel: The Podcast

From Books to Bedsides with Third Year Medical Students at Geisel

Hear from third year medical students at Geisel as they reflect on their experiences during preclinical years, Step 1, transitioning to clinical phase, what they like to do outside of medicine, and more!
 
Name (pronouns): Jewelia Durant (she/her)
Hometown: Madbury, NH
Year at Geisel: MS3
Career interest: General Surgery 
The best thing about Geisel is: Location! You have the pleasure of living where so many people travel for vacation and sightseeing.
Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: ooooh this is a tough one.
Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: Sunday night trivia at Salt Hill! Such a lively and fun way to end the week with friends and good food/brews.
Favorite quote: “How you do anything is how you do everything”
Most treasured travel: THREE WAY TIE- trip to the UK with my family for a lacrosse tournament OR trip with college friends to the outer banks OR ski trip with med school friends to Mont Tremblant <3
Guilty pleasure: Buying too much fancy cheese from the co-op 
Jewelia was born on base in Nebraska where both of her parents were serving in the Air Force at the time, but shortly moved to the NH seacoast, which she now calls home. She attended Plymouth State University where she graduated with a BS in Biochemistry from their atmospheric sciences and chemistry department. While at PSU, she was a member and senior co-captain of the NCAA women’s lacrosse team. She enjoys skiing with friends, playing intramural soccer at Geisel and continuing to explore and appreciate all that the beautiful Northeast has to offer. On weekends that she is able to escape home to the seacoast, she looks forward to year-round beach trips with her family and two dogs, Winston and Stella.
 
Name (pronouns): Constance Fontanet (she/her) 
Hometown: Paris, France 
Year at Geisel: 2025 
Career interest: Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine 
The best thing about Geisel is: amazing clinical opportunities 
Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: Brightside Brewing inside the Lebanon Municipal Airport 
Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: Swimming in the Connecticut River 
Constance Fontanet is a 3rd year medical student who is originally from France but has been living in New England for a little over 10 years. She is interested in any specialty that will allow her to remain a generalist, as well as health policy and healthcare delivery.
 
Name (pronouns): Shahin Shahsavari (he/him)
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Year at Geisel: 3rd
Career interest: professorship at an academic institute
The best thing about Geisel is: the people (classmates and faculty)
Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: Ice Cream Fore-U
Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: cycling over the summer. Swimming at CCBA
Favorite song/piece of music: adagio for strings - Samuel barber
Most treasured travel: visiting family in California and in Iran
Guilty pleasure: ice cream
 
Shahin was born and raised in Iran. He came to the US for college and received his bachelor's in physics. He worked for 3 years as a clinical data analyst and bioinformatician.
Host: Tamar Mosulishvili
Editor: Willa Merrill

Kern National Network (KNN) for Flourishing in Medicine with Joelle Worm

Name (pronouns): Joelle Worm, she/her
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
At KNN since: July 2021
Career interest: Program development and facilitation, MVP - meaning, values, purpose
The best thing about KNN is: Frolleagues! I consider my KNN colleagues - inside the Program Office and out - friends, so I coined the phrase Frolleagues, which is a blend of “friend” and “colleague”
Book/Author Recommendation: 
Fiction: Matt Haig & Octavia Butler
Non-fiction: Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides by Geoffrey L. Cohen
Favorite quote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead
Guilty pleasure: Dessert, it’s an everyday requirement in our house
 
Short Bio:
Joelle Worm serves as the Administrator for the Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine, or the “KNN.” She is also the Director of the KNN Student Network and is delighted to work with medical students exploring flourishing across the United States. She comes to the KNN with 20+ years of experience in the administration of programs in educational settings, from arts education programs in public schools to teaching and administration in higher education. Joelle holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a Masters in Public Administration from Baruch College - City University of New York and is currently working on a Masters of Arts in Character Education at the University of Birmingham. To learn more about KNN visit  KNN Framework for Flourishing.
 
Host: Tamar Mosulishvili
Editor: Willa Merrill