SAMOPS Specialty Spotlights

This special episode is the recording of the Air Force Residency and MODS application panelist discussion. In this episode you will hear experiences, FAQs and advice from a few current 4th year Air Force students who have recently completed the 2023 audition and application cycle across different specialties! 

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch in the U.S. Military or the Department of Defense.

This special episode is the recording of the Navy Residency and MODS application panelist discussion. In this episode you will hear experiences, FAQs and advice from a few current 4th year Navy students who have recently completed the 2023 audition and application cycle across different specialties! 

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch in the U.S. Military or the Department of Defense.

This episode is a recording of an in-person interview between 2LT Leilani Lopes and Dr. Kevin O'Connor. Dr. Kevin O'Connor is currently working as the White House physician and is a retired Army Colonel. Dr. O'Connor has a vast amount of military and medical experiences that we look forward to hear about.

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch in the U.S. Military or the Department of Defense.

This episode is the third recording in the SAMOPS 2023-24 Live Lecture Series. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Brit Geisler, who is currently working on her third board certification for occupational medicine to go along with her previous residencies in OB/GYN and Aerospace medicine. Dr. Geisler has a vast amount of experience through army education and training and sits down to share it all with us.

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch in the U.S. Military or the Department of Defense.

This episode is the second recording in the SAMOPS 2023-24 Live Lecture Series. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Jaysun Frisch, a Program Director of the Air Force Operational Medicine Residency discussing his experiences within the Air Force as well as the residency itself.

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch in the U.S. Military or the Department of Defense.

This episode is the first recording in the SAMOPS 2023-24 Live Lecture Series. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Joseph Lee, a PGY-2 Navy General Surgery Resident discussing his experiences from medical school through now.

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch in the U.S. Military or the Department of Defense.

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Roxanne Wallace, an Army Orthopedic surgeon who has had numerous experiences as an orthopedic surgeon both in and out of the military. 

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch in the U.S. Military or the Department of Defense. 

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Amy Hernandez who completed her Navy General Surgery Residency after spending time on the "green side" with the Marine Corps. 

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch of the U.S. Military or the Department of Defense. 

In this episode, we talk to Susan Roberts, who is currently a surgical intern at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. She provides a lot of great advice about navigating the HPSP world and how to be a competitive applicant for the match, both within the surgical specialty, and in general. She also discusses intern year as a surgical resident, and provides advice for students beginning their surgical sub-internships. This is a special episode, as Susan actually started THIS podcast in 2019 while she was Education Chair of the National SAMOPS Board. Susan continued her involvement within AMOPS, and is currently the Secretary of the National RAMOPS Board, which is the resident branch of the organization.

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch of the U.S. military, or the Department of Defense.

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Allen a retired Air Force emergency medicine physician who is currently an assistant professor at the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine. We talk leadership, special operations, being a flight surgeon, choosing emergency medicine, and words of wisdom for future military physicians. 

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch of the U.S. military, or the Department of Defense.