Resources
Career Advising at Pritzker
The Pritzker School of Medicine incorporates career advising and professional development into all aspects of students' medical education. Career Advising Seminars are held throughout the year. These consist of panel discussions with physicians from various specialties who discuss career options, ways in which students may explore the field further, and ways to enhance their application portfolio.
Useful Career Advising Tools
Advising Societies
All students are assigned to one of eight Career Advisors through their membership in one of the four Pritzker Societies: Coggeshall Society, Huggins Society, Lewis Society and Rowley Society. The societies are named for key figures who made seminal contributions to research, clinical care, and education at the University of Chicago. They provide a context and opportunity for gaining advice over time from a broad array of individuals, ranging from peers to faculty. Each Society contains a balanced number of students drawn from each class, breaking down barriers between classes and promoting peer-to-peer layered mentoring.
The ultimate goals of the Pritzker Societies are to provide career advice and guidance, to help make resources easily and readily accessible, and to foster a sense of community within the larger Pritzker School of Medicine community.
During the third and fourth year of medical school, Pritzker Students attend one-on-one meetings with their advisors to help guide them through the matching process.
The Coggeshall Society is named for Lowell T. Coggeshall (1901-1987) who served as Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Medical School of the University of Chicago for 16 years. Dr. Coggeshall's greatest contribution to American medical education was his role in reshaping the AAMC into an effective voice for academic medicine.
Career Advisors:
- Brian Callender, MA'98, MD'04 (Medicine)
- Emergency contact pager #1205
- Students should contact Dr. Callender directly to schedule an appointment
- Maureen Beederman, MD'14 (Surgery)
- Emergency contact pager #1082
- Students should contact Dr. Beederman directly to schedule an appointment
The Huggins Society is named for Charles B. Huggins (1901-1997) who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1966 for his pioneering discoveries regarding the relationship between hormones and prostate cancer.
Career Advisors:
- Brandon Baird, MD (Surgery)
- Emergency contact pager #1177
- Students should contact Dr. Baird directly to schedule an appointment.
- Arlene Roman, MD (Pediatrics)
- Emergency contact page #9947
- Students should contact Dr. Roman directly to schedule an appointment.
The Lewis Society is named for Julian H. Lewis (1891-1989) who is sometimes referred to as the “Father of Anthropathology.” He is best known for his groundbreaking research on race and blood typing that challenged the idea of race and its perceived permanence as a biological status. He was the first
African American to teach at the University of Chicago soon after receiving his MD PhD.
Career Advisors:
- Victoria Barbosa, MD, MPH (Medicine)
- Emergency contact pager #9235
- Students should contact Dr. Barbosa directly to make a appointment
- Tipu Puri, MD, PhD (Medicine)
- Emergency contact pager #5811
- Students should contact Dr. Puri directly to make a appointment
The Rowley Society is named for Janet Rowley, MD'48 (1925-2013) who was a pioneer in connecting the development of cancer with genetic abnormalities. Rowley’s findings opened the door to development of drugs directed at the cancer-specific genetic abnormalities.
Career Advisors:
- Wei Wei Lee, MD, MPH (Medicine)
- Emergency contact pager 4085
- Students should contact Dr. Lee directly to schedule an appointment.
- Brady Still, MD'17 (Anesthesia and Critical Care)
- Emergency Contact pager 91466
- Students should contact Dr. Still directly to schedule an appointment.
Careers in Medicine
The AAMC Careers in Medicine Program offers a comprehensive web-based program that students may choose to use in addition to Pritzker programming. This program focuses on:
- Understanding Yourself
- Exploring Options
- Choosing a Specialty
- Getting Into Residency
Students are encouraged to begin their career assessment through the AAMC Careers in Medicine online program. Students need a log-in number to participate, which they will receive at the beginning of the academic year.