In this episode, Dr. Erin Alpert-Rathauser dives into post-bacc study, gap years, advice for pre-meds, how to choose a speciality, what it was like to be a resident during the pandemic, her work with The Resident Optimist, her experiences as a wife, sister, friend, doctor and so much more. 

Erin graduated from Brown University with honors in Psychology in 2011 and completed a post-baccalaureate certificate in pre-medical sciences at Columbia University in May 2013. She then worked as a research associate at the Thyroid Head and Neck Cancer (THANC) Foundation until May 2014.  After leaving THANC, she went on to study medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, graduating in 2018. Erin is now in her final year of residency training in pediatrics at NYU Langone Health & Bellevue Hospital Center.