Upper St. Clair students selected for cardiology program
Nine Upper St. Clair High School students are among the 42 selected to participate in the I Look Like a Cardiologist program.
Senior Kaelyn Moran; juniors Shree Diora, Markella Jahn, Mansi Lathia, Priyanka Palayekar, Sophia Song and Daniel Wang; and sophomores Priyasha Itani and Irene Yap will be participating in the program.
The hybrid program takes place virtually each Wednesday evening throughout January, followed by a morning with mentors on the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center campus Feb. 5. Session topics include Panel Session and Mentoring, Cardiology 101 and Issue Simulation, featuring case study discussion relative to diversity, medicine, education and society.
The mission of the I Look Like a Cardiologist program is to expose students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in cardiology to the field in order to inspire diverse high school students to consider a career.
Coordinating the program Dr. Kathryn Berlacher, a practicing physician educator at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Diana Rodgers, founder and CEO of Fit Education Consulting University of Pittsburgh Medical Center LLC and a doctoral graduate in higher education management with a focus on medical school admissions at the University of Pittsburgh.
Students were selected by competitive application that included the submission of transcripts, test scores and two essays.
Launched in January 2019, the I Look Like a Cardiologist program is sponsored by the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute.