# Pre-Health ## expand\_more ## Resident Tutors and the Advising Process This page is for anyone who is applying to medical school or other health-related careers, and even for those who are just thinking about thinking about applying. The Winthrop House Pre-Health Advising Committee consists of a diverse group of physicians and medical students who are here to help you decide if medicine is the right career for you and who will guide you through the process of applying to medical school, dental school, or other health professions. See below for the current resident pre-health resident tutors and non-resident tutors. We also have an impressive group of non-resident pre-health tutors who work in almost every area of medicine at major medical centers across Boston and Cambridge. You can reach all of us by emailing . Please contact us with any questions you may have about medicine and medical school. We are also happy to talk with you about other careers in health-related careers such as biomedical research, clinical research, public health, dentistry, physical therapy, nursing and nurse practitioning, and more. All students who are interested in applying to medical school (be it sophomores, juniors, or seniors) MUST email us at to be assigned a non-resident pre-health tutor. Your non-resident tutor is someone with whom you can discuss your interests or questions about medicine, and who will be your source of continuity throughout the application process. Your non-resident tutor will draft your Dean's letter, which is an important component of your medical school application. Harvard students are required to apply to medical school through the house advising system, so you should be in touch with us early, ideally in the fall semester of your sophomore year. You can find out more about the role of the pre-health advisor by looking in the [Winthrop House Pre-Medical Handbook (PDF)](https://winthrop.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/2026-02/pre-med_handbook_updated_26.pdf). Each year there are early fall and winter pre-medical meetings where we discuss the med school application process. These meetings are mandatory if you are planning to apply to medical school in the coming summer. We also have a separate interview workshop (usually in October) for seniors who are going through the medical school interview process. We also have drop-in office hours held once a month which are open to all Winthrop students. Please check with the [Winthrop House calendar](https://calendar.college.harvard.edu/winthrop_house) for more information. ## Resources and Documents The [Winthrop House Pre-Medical Handbook (PDF)](https://winthrop.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/2026-02/pre-med_handbook_updated_26.pdf) is your guide to the med school application process so please consult it early and often. See other materials below, and for further information feel free to contact either the resident pre-med tutors or your non-resident tutor. There is also a lot of helpful information on the [pre-med website of the Office of Career Services](https://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/medical-health) and the website of the [Harvard Undergraduate Premedical Society](https://www.harvardpremed.com/). ### UPDATED MATERIALS: - [Winthrop House Schedule of Deadlines (PDF)](https://winthrop.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/2026-02/pre-med_winthrop_house_schedule_of_deadlines%20updated.pdf) - [Advice to Letter Writers (doc)](https://winthrop.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/2026-02/premed%20advice%20to%20letter%20writers.docx) - [Pre-Med Handbook (PDF)](https://winthrop.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/2026-02/pre-med_handbook_updated_26.pdf) - [Winthrop House Premedical Info Form and Questionnaire (doc)](/file_url/227) ### OTHER MATERIALS: - [Application Procedures (PDF)](/file_url/224) - [Request for a Recommendation Form (PDF)](/file_url/228) - [Request for a Dean's Letter (PDF) ](/file_url/229) ## Resident Tutors [### Radhika Agarwal ](/people/radhika-agarwal) [radhika\_agarwal@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:radhika_agarwal@hms.harvard.edu)Resident Tutor Community is something I deeply value, and I'm thrilled to be a part of the resident tutor team. I grew up in Indiana and earned my degree in Biochemistry from Indiana University Bloomington in 2015. During my undergraduate years, I also had the... ![Radhika headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/r.agarwal_rt2_1_0.png?itok=csW9D7z9) [### Michelle Guo ](/people/michelle-guo) Resident Tutor Hi Winthrop! I'm so excited to join the resident tutor team and my husband Jack and I are so thrilled to be starting our second year at Winthrop! I grew up in New Jersey and studied biology at Harvard, where I met Jack. After college, I went to medical... ![Michelle and Jack](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Michelle%20Jack%20Aug%202025.jpg?itok=gM7QzwCo) [### Zeshan Hussain ](/people/zeshan-hussain) Resident Tutor Hey Winthrop!! I'm excited to continue as a resident tutor this year. Originally, I am from Hyderabad, India, and my family moved to Ohio when I was young. I spent some time in California, doing my undergraduate and master's studies in Computer Science at... ![Zeshan Hussain](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Zeshan%20Hussain%20Aug%202025.jpg?itok=YAbMNweC) [### Moses Murdock ](/people/moses-murdock) [heardley\_murdock@dfci.harvard.edu](mailto:heardley_murdock@dfci.harvard.edu)Resident Tutor Hi Winthrop! I’m so excited to continue as a tutor with my wife Phebe. My family is from Costa Rica (Pura Vida!), and I grew up in Florida. As an undergrad I studied molecular biology and microbiology, then spent two years at the National Institutes of... ![Headshot of Moses in dark suite with striped red tie, smiling and facing forward](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/HKB_6773.jpeg?itok=7VZnv_nW) [### Azeb Yirga ](/people/azeb-yirga) [Azeb\_Yirga@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:Azeb_Yirga@hms.harvard.edu)Resident Tutor Hi Winthrop! I'm so excited to be a resident tutor in the house. I was born in Vancouver, Canada to Ethiopian parents. My family moved around a lot when I was growing up, so I consider both Richmond, VA and Durham, NC to be home. I graduated from Duke... ![Headshot of Azeb](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/nrt_azeb_y.jpg?itok=CPZ0Hfx-) ## Non-Resident Tutors [### Muhammad Abidi ](/people/muhammad-abidi) Non-Resident Tutor Muhammad Abidi is a M2 at Harvard Medical School, with interests in health equity and care delivery innovation. He is from rural Wisconsin and left the Midwest prairies for college at Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated in three years with a B.S... ![Muhammad headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Abidi_Photo.jpg?itok=YuGabw-P) [### Nora Abo-Sido ](/people/nora-abo-sido) Non-Resident Tutor Nora Abo-Sido, MD, MPH graduated from Winthrop House and attended Harvard Medical School. She is currently a physician dual-trained in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and recently a Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Health Policy. She practices at both the... ![Nora Abo-Sida headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/nora.jpg?itok=JpZut_Ey) [### Eric Bent ](/people/eric-bent) Non-Resident Tutor person [### Brandon Bertot ](/people/brandon-bertot) Non-Resident Tutor Hi Winthropians! I am excited to get to know you! My name is Brandon. I am a Cuban American, first-generation college graduate, and first-generation physician from Elizabeth, New Jersey. I graduated from Oberlin College in 2016, where I majored in biology... ![Brandon headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/BB%20headshot.jpg?itok=EwFoULB9) [### Curtis Chong ](/people/curtis-chong) Non-Resident Tutor Dr. Chong completed his categorical residency in internal medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, his oncology fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology... ![Headshot of Curtis wearing a dark business suite](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/chong.jpg?itok=yLZKF9m0) [### Nathan Connell ](/people/nathan-connell) NON-RESIDENT TUTOR Dr. Nathan Connell is Chief of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH), Vice Chair of Medicine for BWFH Clinical Services and Education and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical... ![Nathan Connell](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/12553.jpg?itok=QhvPJtjX) [### Jonah I. Donnenfield ](/people/jonah-i-donnenfield) [jonah\_donnenfield@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:jonah_donnenfield@hms.harvard.edu)Non-Resident Tutor Jonah Donnenfield is a 2024 graduate of the Harvard-MIT Health Science & Technology (HST) MD program. He is currently a first year resident in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at UCLA and enjoys applying his computational skill set to explore next... ![Photo of Jonah Donnenfield](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/jonah.jpg?itok=z3JCqjxZ) [### John Ernandez ](/people/john-ernandez) [john\_ernandez@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:john_ernandez@hms.harvard.edu)Non-Resident Tutor John Ernandez is a current M4 at HMS. He is interested in pursuing a career in urology, with particular interests in urologic oncology, frailty, and prehabilitation before surgery. In his free time, he enjoys playing guitar, hiking, and cooking. John is... ![John Ernandez](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/jernandez_headshot.jpg?itok=hNYrT35Y) [### Alex Farid ](/people/alex-farid) Non-Resident Tutor Hi all! My name is Alex, and I’m an MS3 at HMS. I grew up in Los Angeles and I went to undergrad at Penn in Philadelphia before going straight through to HMS. I’m currently interested in entering orthopedic surgery after graduating from medical school... ![Alex Farid](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/0402.jpeg?itok=9eWWa5Gm) [### Jason Juang ](/people/jason-juang) Non-Resident Tutor Hello! My name is Jason and I am a 3rd year at HSDM. I grew up in Arizona and did my undergraduate studies there before packing up and moving to the east coast. I am currently interested in pursuing further education in endodontics after school, while... ![Photo of Jason Juang](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/jason.jpg?itok=tNopYqYG) [### Yoshio Kaneko ](/people/yoshio-kaneko) Non-Resident Tutor Yosh Kaneko was previously a resident pre-medical tutor in Winthrop with Katherine Rose, where they lived with their two children, Breton and Ayame. They now live nearby and love coming back to the dining hall, so please look for them there! Katherine and... ![Yoshio Kaneko and family](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/img_9658-1.jpg?itok=XIiTyC41) [### Jai Khurana ](/people/jai-khurana) Non-Resident Tutor Jai is a first-year medical student at Harvard/MIT in the Health, Science & Technology (HST) program. Jai graduated from Winthrop in 2024 and studied Chemistry and History of Science. In college, he was involved in various types of research (basic science... ![Headshot of Jai](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Khurana.jpg?itok=l2PXBXg0) [### Juliana Lawrence ](/people/juliana-lawrence) Non-Resident Tutor Juliana is a resident in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Brigham and Women's and Boston Children's Hospitals. Originally from Los Angeles, California, she attended Yale School of Medicine and obtained a master's from Tsinghua University as a... ![Juliana Lawrence](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/img_6234.jpeg?itok=kPfcTG4X) [### Benjamin Lin ](/people/benjamin-lin) Non-Resident Tutor Benjamin Lin is a resident with Harvard Emergency Medicine, and has worked as an pre-med advisor at his medical school, the University of South Florida. He is a first-generation doctor, and his interests within medicine are in the fields of Ethics an... ![Photo of Benjamin](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/lin_1.png?itok=b2499t2K) [### Anjali (Anji) Misra ](/people/anjali-anji-misra) [anjali\_misra@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:anjali_misra@hms.harvard.edu)Non-Resident Tutor Anjali (Anji) Misra is an MS3 in the Pathways program at HMS. She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and graduated from MIT before earning her Master of Public Health (MPH) as a Mitchell Scholar in Cork, Ireland. She is excited to pursue a career in emergency... ![Photo of Anjali Misra](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/anjali.jpg?itok=cxJYm0IR) [### Andrew Mu ](/people/andrew-mu) Non-Resident Tutor Hi! My name is Andrew Mu, and I am a second-year medical student at HMS in the Pathways program. I grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey, and graduated from Rice University with a degree in Biochemistry & Cell Biology. After college, I taught biology at an under... ![Andrew headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Mu.jpg?itok=qtu2EPCJ) [### Kavya Pathak ](/people/kavya-pathak) [kavya\_pathak@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:kavya_pathak@hms.harvard.edu)Non-Resident Tutor Kavya graduated from Winthrop in 2017 and concentrated in Biomedical Engineering. She worked at Roivant Sciences prior to starting medical school and is now a fourth year in the joint MD/MBA program, and is interested in therapeutic and device development... ![Headshot of Non-Resident Tutor, Kavya](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/cropped_headshot_kavya.jpg?itok=XxiS_TDz) [### Ricardo Reyes ](/people/ricardo-reyes) Non-Resident Tutor I am a 4th year medical student at Harvard Medical School in the Pathways program. I am from Tijuana, Mexico / San Diego, CA region. I went to the University of Southern California where I studied neuroscience. For two gap years, I also completed a master... ![Ricardo headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/ricardo_reyes_portrait.jpg?itok=jwttMenZ) [### Katherine Rose ](/people/katherine-rose) Non-Resident Tutor person [### Leon Sanchez ](/people/leon-sanchez) Non-Resident Tutor person [### David Schaffer ](/people/david-schaffer) Non-Resident Tutor David Schaffer, MD, is a fourth-year resident physician in Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital. Originally from North Carolina, he studied Biology and Chinese at Georgetown University before attending... ![Headshot of Non-Resident Tutor, David S.](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/schaffer-david-214x300.jpg?itok=zH67R-J2) [### Charlotte Solmssen ](/people/charlotte-solmssen) Non-Resident Tutor Charlotte Solmssen is a resident physician in pediatrics in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. She graduated from Harvard College in 2017 and received her MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at... ![Photo of Charlotte Solmssen](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/charlotte_medium.jpeg?itok=2utIK7jL) [### Adam Stark ](/people/adam-stark) Non-Resident Tutor Hey Winthrop! I'm Adam, a first-year psychiatry resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital. I grew up in the Appalachian foothills of Chattanooga, TN before heading up to Nashville for undergrad and medical school. Academically, I'm interested in first... ![Adam headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/stark.jpg?itok=o74SqaDF) [### Sierra Tseng ](/people/sierra-tseng) Non-Resident Tutor I graduated from Winthrop in 2020 (Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology with a secondary in East Asian Studies). After college, I took two gap years to do developmental biology research. Currently, I am pursuing an MD at HMS and am interested in... ![Photo of Sierra Tseng](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/sierra_tseng.png?itok=4qPykIsJ) [### Jenny Yao ](/people/jenny-yao) [jenny\_yao@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:jenny_yao@hms.harvard.edu)Non-Resident Tutor Hey Winthrop! My name’s Jenny, and I’m excited to be back for my second year as a non-resident tutor! I’m originally from Charleston, SC, and I graduated from Harvard in 2022, where I concentrated in Chemistry and Physics and lived in Winthrop House. I’m... ![Jenny Yao](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/yao-jenny-2023.png?itok=asaJQcrj) [### Andrew Zhou ](/people/andrew-zhou) Non-Resident Tutor I am a first-year medical student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program. I graduated from Caltech with a degree in Chemistry in 2021 and from the University of Cambridge with an MPhil in 2022. I hope to become an oncologist, and my... ![Photo of Andrew Zhou](/sites/g/files/omnuum9706/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/winthrop-house/files/andrew.jpg?itok=XN-t5uAU)