Michaela Scanlon
Michaela Scanlon is a fourth year navy medical student at the Uniformed Services University. She matched into neurosurgery through the military match, and will complete training at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio. Her clinical areas of interest include pediatric neurosurgery, global neurosurgery and critical care."
The use of the word “Mentor” dates to Homer’s Odyssey, when Odysseus ordered his son, Telemachus, to lead his army while he was away during the Trojan war. Odysseus appointed a guardian named Mentor to guide Telemachus in his absence. Ironically, Mentor failed miserably, and the Greek gods had to intervene to keep Odysseus on the throne. Athena took...
In high school, I spent summers freely on the beaches of the Jersey Shore. I rarely experienced any significant level of stress, as my only responsibilities included selling boards at the local surf shop and training for the upcoming field hockey season. Waves of anxiety would rise and fall as I spent weekends here or there at field hockey...
