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My Observership

My passion for science and medical research lead me to become invested in the work done in the Neuro-Oncology department at Massachusetts General Hospital. With the help of a family friend, I began an observership within this department the Summer of 2016 .

Jorg Dietrich, MD, PhD

Clinical Director, Cancer and Neurotoxicity Clinic and Research Program

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Isabel C. Arrillaga-Romany, MD, PhD

Associate Clinical Director, Neuro-Oncology, MGH Cancer Center

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Elizabeth Robins Gerstner, MD

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Justin T. Jordan, MD

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Deborah Forst, MD

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The Doctors I Shadowed

Setting Up the Observership

Before beginning both my observership and my project this term, I went through an extensive background check, patient information disclosure training, as well as an online training which ensured my suitability in the hospital environment. Within the online training, a series of questions were given in a quiz format. After this, I had the observership course-form signed and submitted and I began my shadowing/work at the hospital

I shadowed Mass General's top neuro-oncologists on their in-patient rounds as well as clinic (patient appointments). 

I looked at patient brain imaging in the Wet Lab Reading Room, where images were analyzed and ROI's were drawn.

I attended case presentations given by the Mass General Fellows and learned about their experiences and findings with different patients. 

I sat in on lectures and brain cuttings conducted by Doctors and Medical School Professors 

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