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Medschool2.0ReRun: What is a DO and What is OMM?Send us a textTHIS IS RE RUN EPISODE Here at medschool 2.0 we tend to bring guests that are expert in their fields and also help put a fresh perspective in our minds. We can call ourselves lucky enough to have Dr. Sheldon Yao, Professor and Chair OMM Department at NYITCOM come to our podcast.Dr. Yao received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) in 2002. He completed his internship and family practice residency at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., and afterwards co...
2025-04-2541 minMedschool2.0The Holy Trninty: VSLO/Match/SOAPSend us a textIt's that time of year again — Match Week is upon us, and we know it's a nerve-wracking experience for all the MS4s out there. Although we had intended to release this episode a little earlier, we felt it was important to share it now, right before Match Day. In this episode, we were honored to have Dr. Daniel Veyg and Dr. David Shukhman from MatchPal join us to discuss the VSLO, Match, and SOAP processes.At MedSchool2.0, we want to send our be...
2025-03-1445 minMedschool2.0LGBTQiA+ and Medical School(ing)Send us a textFrom the dark ages of stigma to the semi-color state we’re in today—this episode dives deep into the realities of being LGBTQIA+ in medical school and beyond. 🏳️🌈📚We had the privilege of hosting Jeri Ann (MS4, she/they), Marvill Woo (MS3, they/them), Vineet (MS3, he/him), and Matt Walsh (MS3, he/him) to discuss everything from PrEP stigma to how we can uplift and support the next generation of LGBTQIA+ medical professionals.We even got into the lighter side—what...
2025-02-201h 31Medschool2.0ReRun: Writing Something Other Than Your Regular Abstract Paper and or Research WorkSend us a textWe, here at medschoo2.0 are preparing for our board exam and were really in a dilemma as to whether to start a new season now or not but then again we thought if not now then when. Also, we had the chance of once a lifetime to get the “ HOLY TRINITY ” of NYITCOM. Dr. Goldstein, Dr. Plummer, and Dr. Pavia needless to say are immensely intelligent people who sometimes also write other things than abstracts and research works. They have a group called Crea...
2025-01-191h 07Medschool2.0ReRun: Reflection as OMS I and Tips for Incoming ClassSend us a textReRun Episode:There were so many topics covered in this episode and we, here at Medschool2.0 are so proud of it. The honesty and transparency nature of the natural flow of the talk of this episode is the highlight of each and every individual guest we had for this one. Ishita Srivastava, Antonio Patterson and Rohan Francis all rising OMS II students talked with such vast knowledge and shared their perspectives and stories with such honesty we felt like we have so much to...
2024-12-221h 17Medschool2.0EM Bound Top Tip: How to Stand Out as an ApplicantSend us a textWe’re beyond excited to bring you a special episode featuring two incredible future Emergency Medicine residents, Alex & Joe from NYITCOM-OW! 🩺💥 These brilliant minds are truly going places, and we’re so lucky to have them share their knowledge with us.In this episode, we dive deep into everything you need to know about applying to EM – from third-year rotations, SLOEs, and LORs, to audition rotations and interview tips. If you’re planning to apply to EM, this is the episode you can’t miss! 🙌🏼Huge thanks to
2024-11-221h 08Medschool2.0Interview and MatchSend us a textAs the interview season heats up for #Match2025, we’re excited to kick off Season 3 with an incredible episode!We’re thrilled to welcome Jonny Hatch, D.O., a dedicated dermatology resident and an even better human being. In this episode, Jonny shares invaluable insights about VSLO, navigating fourth-year rotations, and tips on requesting Letters of Recommendation (LORs). We boldly explored the dos and don'ts of interviews, and Jonny generously offered his wisdom while maintaining a humble and approachable demeanor.Despite his busy schedule of residency and family life...
2024-10-1843 minMedschool2.0Conversation about life, medicine and life after medicineSend us a textLast one of the season. Season 2 coming to an end; rather a pause to the series. Talking with an old friend, Dr. Sayuj Paudel; frinedship of more than two decades, reminiscing about shared memories and experiences, feels like a warm embrace—a comforting return to a familiar place. Our conversations span the years, weaving together the threads of our lives. This friend, a supporting husband, has been a steadfast presence, standing by his family's side through life’s twists and turns. His unwavering support has also been my anchor, groun...
2024-05-2552 minMedschool2.0VSLO and ERAS and Everything it entailsSend us a textIn the pursuit of their ultimate goal, fourth-year medical students and international medical graduates alike recognize the paramount importance of the residency match process. Every aspect, from VSLO to ERAS applications, demands meticulous attention. Dr. Daniel Veyg, an interventional radiology resident and the visionary behind Matchpal, a resident-run platform dedicated to providing specialty-specific residency advising, joins us in unraveling the intricacies of this journey. At Medschool 2.0, our mission is to equip aspiring physicians with the knowledge and support they need. In this episode, we delve into the...
2024-04-1536 minMedschool2.0ReRun : Armed Force and Med SchoolSend us a textReRun : Armed Force and Med SchoolHello and welcome to the new episode. Since we are doing once-a-month episodes; this episode was actually recorded a while back during Veterans Day, 2022 but we were looking for a suitable time to publish it. The main reason for publishing it now is upcoming classes. There would be a new upcoming class in 2027 and hopefully, this episode would help to shed some light on HPSP (Health Professions Scholarship Program) and a general look into...
2024-03-1459 minMedschool2.0Future of Healthcare: Siblings in Medicine Talking about IMG, AMG, MD and DO InsightsSend us a textIn the realm of medicine, common threads intertwine the lives of siblings, binding them in a shared journey. Dr. Bishant Baral, hailing from the vibrant tapestry of India, and Eshani Baral,MS IV; currently navigating the corridors of medical education in Ireland, exemplify this familial bond amidst the vast expanse of the medical landscape.Their narrative resonates with the resolute spirit of being first-generation medical professionals. Against the backdrop of their father's illustrious career as a respected physician in the United States, they tread a path illuminated...
2024-02-1454 minMedschool2.0Everything You Need To Know Before Starting OMS IIISend us a textWe, medschool2.0 recently had a chat with few of the OMS II. Concerns from the majority of the people were wondering 💭 🤔how regional and non-regional rotations work. To begin with, regional rotations are those rotations which you do in a single hospital scenario whereas non-regional are those you rotate in different hospitals.Some students were also asking how does a third year rotation look like 🧐. I don’t blame them, for I was in the same shoe when I began my rotations and because those sort of things are really learnt by experien...
2024-01-141h 17Medschool2.0How Successful People Make the Most of Their Social Media and Med school (Full Episode)Send us a textRerun Episode =====================================We, here at Medschool 2.0, are always trying to bring you topics that are close to us and we try as much as we can to bring in the guests that are involved in some way or other in the topics we are discussing.In today's episode, we have tried the same. As we always say, everybody has their own stories and we are just a medium to bring those stories to light. OMS II Asnat Yuabov and Noor Asif are...
2023-12-1954 minMedschool2.0Lets Talk About that ERAS Tour (The other kind)Send us a textTwo medical students will be knighted Dr in the coming months. We, at Medschool2.0, know these superstar future doctors and couldn't be more proud to see the path they took a while back is coming to its fruition. As a third-year medical student the ERAS (other kind), NRMP, and Rank Order List (ROL) are kind of daunting cause there are only so many resources and so many layers of each to gather information from while stepping into as a 4th-year med student. These two brilliant personalities not only were brave enough...
2023-11-151h 32Medschool2.0HAPPY PA (Physician Assistant) WEEKSend us a textHello everyone!Happy PA week to all my PA colleagues and especially to PA students. I know how hard we all have worked and dedicated ourselves to come this way to be here in this position. To celebrate PA Week (Oct 6-12) we have a few of the best and the brightest PA-S with us talking about life, PA school, debt, and everything in between. Please welcome Roshni Desai PA-S and Paul McGuinness PA-S from Touro University with a...
2023-10-1243 minMedschool2.0Medical School and Managing Family is not for the weak heartSend us a textFirst and foremost; there were some technical issues with the recording so at times there might be some static sounds till minute 18 and we are really sorry about that. This is such a good talk that we risked the static sounds are are producing it. Hello and welcome to the new episode. Managing medical school in itself is a huge task and doing it for the second time I cannot even start to explain how tough it is mentally and socially as well and now put family and k...
2023-08-1455 minMedschool2.0Reflection as OMS I and Tips for Incoming ClassSend us a textThere were so many topics covered in this episode and we, here at Medschool2.0 are so proud of it. The honesty and transparency nature of the natural flow of the talk of this episode is the highlight of each and every individual guest we had for this one. Ishita Srivastava, Antonio Patterson and Rohan Francis all rising OMS II students talked with such vast knowledge and shared their perspectives and stories with such honesty we felt like we have so much to learn from these par excellent...
2023-07-141h 17Medschool2.0Talking about Boards, Residency, Mentoring and more...Send us a textThis episode is unique on its own. We produced this episode in the midst of board preparation and now since the boards are done this episode is going live. Another interesting fact about this episode is we did not edit a single part from it. It is as recorded as it was. We had an absolute brain awakening talk with Dr. Daniel Veyg, DO, PGY-1 who is currently in integrated IR/DR residency at Northwell Health- LIJ/NSUH. He talked to us like a true mentor and like a...
2023-06-1433 minMedschool2.0Armed Forces and Med SchoolSend us a textHello and welcome to the new episode. Since we are doing once-a-month episodes; this episode was actually recorded a while back during Veterans Day, 2022 but we were looking for a suitable time to publish it. The main reason for publishing it now is upcoming classes. There would be a new upcoming class in 2027 and hopefully, this episode would help to shed some light on HPSP (Health Professions Scholarship Program) and a general look into how would shape a medical student through that program. ...
2023-05-2159 minMedschool2.0Writing Something Other Than Your Regular Abstract Paper and or Research WorkSend us a textHERE WE REBOOT.The second season, episode 1. We, here at medschoo2.0 are preparing for our board exam and were really in a dilemma as to whether to start a new season now or not but then again we thought if not now then when. Also, we had the chance of once a lifetime to get the “ HOLY TRINITY ” of NYITCOM. Dr. Goldstein, Dr. Plummer, and Dr. Pavia needless to say are immensely intelligent people who sometimes also write other thin...
2023-04-141h 07Medschool2.0Re: A beginner's guide to LGBTQ and Med SchoolSend us a textAttn: We are on a break. We will begin with season 2 after sometime. We wish nothing but good luck and prosperity all around. Happy New Year 2023 and happy holidays. We will come back stronger and with even better episodes. Till then we appreciate each and everyone of you and we couldn’t have come this far without your support. Thank you to all our listeners and to all those who download and make this show a buzz in town. Juggling med school and a podcast is definitely a very tough thi...
2022-12-191h 11Medschool2.0Associate Dean Talking Directly to you- Part 2 of 2Send us a textHere is the Part 2 of 2 of the wonderful episode.As promised we try to bring you different speakers from students to doctors to everyone.In todays episode after a hiatus we are back and with a bang if we may add. Today we bring you Dr. William Blazey, D.O. who oversees the delivery of all four years of medical education content at NYITCOM and academic support for the medical students in his role as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He conducts...
2022-12-0226 minMedschool2.0Associate Dean Talking Directly to you- Part 1Send us a textAs promised we try to bring you different speakers from students to doctors to everyone.In todays episode after a hiatus we are back and with a bang if we may add. Today we bring you Dr. William Blazey, D.O. who oversees the delivery of all four years of medical education content at NYITCOM and academic support for the medical students in his role as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He conducts lectures for osteopathic medical students and physician assistant students as well...
2022-11-1829 minMedschool2.0ReRun of Episode 1 Starting Medschool AgainSend us a textTAKING A BREAK !!We have exciting episodes coming up. This is a rerun of the first episode. ===============================================================This is Jyoti Bhattarai, who was a working physician few years back but now is a medical student starting from scratch. In this episode we have tried to start the story from the beginning going back in time, going back in memory lane; how medical school happened in the first place and how it happened the second time. We also tried to explain why go through this path again, but...
2022-11-0424 minMedschool2.0What is a DO and What is OMM?Send us a textHere at medschool 2.0 we tend to bring guests that are expert in their fields and also help put a fresh perspective in our minds. We can call ourselves lucky enough to have Dr. Sheldon Yao, Professor and Chair OMM Department at NYITCOM come to our podcast. Dr. Yao received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) in 2002. He completed his internship and family practice residency at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., and afterwards completed a one-year fellowship in neuromuscular medicine-osteopathic m...
2022-10-2141 minMedschool2.0A beginner's guide to LGBTQ and Med School- Part 2Send us a textWe re-start from where we left at.We are not here to define the words but we certainly are here for the words to be out. The topic itself needs to be spoken more often and people should become familiarized and educated about the community. It’s not one person job or a job of few folks it’s everybody’s duty. We can make the world better by coming together.These three individuals have no idea what big of an impact they’ve made on us while...
2022-10-0735 minMedschool2.0A beginner's guide to LGBTQ and Med SchoolSend us a textWe are not here to define the words but we certainly are here for the words to be out. The topic itself needs to be spoken more often and people should become familiarized and educated about the community. It’s not one person job or a job of few folks it’s everybody’s duty. We can make the world better by coming together.These three individuals have no idea what big of an impact they’ve made on us while recording the episode. Medschool 2.0 will always be thankful...
2022-09-2338 minMedschool2.0How Successful People Make the Most of Their Social Media and Med school- Part 2Send us a textPART 2 from where we left at in Episode 7.We, here at medschool 2.0, are always trying to bring you topics that are close to us and we try as much as we can to bring in the guests that are involved some way or other in the topics we are discussing.In todays episode we have tried the same. As we always say, everybody has their own stories and we are just a medium to bring those stories to light. OMS II Asnat Yuabov...
2022-09-0930 minMedschool2.0How Successful People Make the Most of Their Social Media and Med school- Part 1Send us a textWe, here at medschool 2.0, are always trying to bring you topics that are close to us and we try as much as we can to bring in the guests that are involved some way or other in the topics we are discussing. In todays episode we have tried the same. As we always say, everybody has their own stories and we are just a medium to bring those stories to light. OMS II Asnat Yuabov and Noor Asif are here talking about how they handle...
2022-08-2627 minMedschool2.0Advice to the New Class: Expectation vs Reality- Part 2 of 2Send us a textAs promised here is the second part of the episode. Even though we bring contents biweekly, as this one is a part of previous episode we thought it would be in the best interest of our listeners to have the second part in a week's time.We will see you again in two weeks. ________________________________Here at medschool 2.0 we always try to bring fresh topics related to the world of med school. The stories of peoples lives, because before a med student we are a human being and we ha...
2022-08-1248 minMedschool2.0Advice to the New Class: Expectation vs Reality- Part 1 of 2Send us a textHere at medschool 2.0 we always try to bring fresh topics related to the world of med school. The stories of peoples lives, because before a med student we are a human being and we have our own struggles and victories and they have a story of their own. It's a daunting kind of feeling going into medical school for the first time. Most of us have certain mind set and ways to do things and have some kind of pre conceived notion that we would do this and wont...
2022-08-0536 minMedschool2.0A small talk with Assistant Director of AdmissionsSend us a textMr. David Oroza is assistant director of Admissions at NYITCOM. We had the opportunity we couldn't miss to talk to him. We tried to learn from his illustrious career if there are certain things that really matters while applying to a med school specifically at NYITCOM, does MCAT (number of attempts affect or not) and many more. We had to focus on NYTICOM more and not med school all over the country because that would be very unfair to him and to us here at medschool2.0 but w...
2022-07-2225 minMedschool2.0Interview with (not so) new med student, Baira, OMS IISend us a textIn the school, I am also involved in Student Ambassador Program as one of the few extra curricular activities. In that process one is sure to meet different people and in no time make acquaintances and that flourishes into a friendship . In the same process I met Baira, a second year student who is a very head strong girl and has a great personality. No hesitation in what she wants in life and what she wants to achieve in future. You would surely be inspired by her. Baira, courageously and with withou...
2022-07-0834 minMedschool2.0What Google Doesn’t Tell You About Med School Experience Nepal vs USASend us a textI walked into a memory lane with this episode. This is my humble attempt at disclosing and sharing things from my first med school and how things worked back then. I am sure things have changed by now and in no way I am trying to undermine the education system or education I received from either school. Its just my personal walk in the memory lane and what a beautiful ride that was. I have a huge amount of gratitude towards my first med school because of its installation of faith and believe...
2022-06-2422 minMedschool2.0Episode 1: Starting medical school againSend us a textThis is Jyoti Bhattarai, who was a working physician few years back but now is a medical student starting from scratch. In this episode we have tried to start the story from the beginning going back in time, going back in memory lane; how medical school happened in the first place and how it happened the second time. We also tried to explain why go through this path again, but that is a very difficult thing to be told in one episode. I was about to go into Law as well and what...
2022-06-1024 minMedschool2.0Trailer Episode: Starting Med School AgainSend us a textThis is Jyoti Bhattarai, who was a working physician few years back but now is a medical student starting from scratch. This is just a trailer of what can be expected in the following episodes. We have tried to start the story from the beginning going back in time, going back in memory lane; how medical school happened in the first place and how it happened the second time. We also tried to explain why go through this path again, but that is a very difficult thing to be told in o...
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