IMPORTANT POINTS OF CONTACT AND INFORMATION
RESOURCES FOR THE PRE-HEALTH STUDENT
Pre-Health Advising and Health Professions Program
Who: Pre-Health Advisors Professor Lee Witters MD, Sarah Berger; Program Coordinator, Annette Hamilton
What: Your Advising Team that helps you to navigate the many academic (class choices, study strategies etc), and extracurricular
moving parts of the pre-health journey AND the actual Med/Vet/Dental School Application Process.
Where: Student Academic Support Center, Carson, (Sarah Berger, Annette Hamilton); 122 Life Sciences Center (Lee Witters)
How to Contact: Walk-in office hours 4 times a week; Appointments can be arranged by contacting Annette Hamilton (646-3377)
for Sarah Berger (or email), or email Lee Witters directly. See Nathan Smith Society web site below for each term’s walk-in
schedule.
On-line Resources: Nathan Smith Society: www.dartmouth.edu/~nss
Nathan Smith Society
Who: ~1200 undergraduates (any and all pre-health students who sign in!) ; leadership by student-run Exec Committee (Dr. Witters
faculty advisor)
What: THE Pre-Health student Listserv for all information concerning Pre-Health throughout the year. Also, source of many
activities to support your journey (Shadowing, Dinner w/ a Doc; Take a Med student to lunch, etc)
Where: 123 Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center
How to Contact: Blitz: Nathan.Smith.Society@dartmouth.edu to join mailing list
On-line Resources: Nathan Smith Society: www.dartmouth.edu/~nss
Minority Association of Premedical Students (MAPS) & Pathways to Medicine
Who: Contact for MAPS, Renee Haughton ’15. Contact for Pathways, Sarah Berger
What: Represents and supports pre-health/ future medical students from Under-Represented backgrounds
How to Contact: MAPS@Dartmouth.edu, Renee.Haugton@Dartmouth.edu, Sarah.Berger@Dartmouth.edu
Pre-Health Mentor Corps:
Who: Contact through Sarah Berger, or Student Leaders Stephanie Chavez and Sara Heard
What: Fosters Pre-Health Community. A group of your Upper Level Peers who are here to help you navigate your pre-health
questions or aspirations
How to Contact: Contact any of the people above, Find bios on NSS website and contact any mentor directly (they welcome it! Come
to Pre-health Community Events http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nss/nav/pages/rennovation/PreHealthMentorCorps.html
Academic Skills Center
Who: Carl P. Thum, PhD, Leslie Schnyder MSW, Holly Potter
What: Learning strategies: time management, reading improvement, note taking; peer tutors and study groups
PE Class-Learning at Dartmouth: fall term course for '18s only
Where: 224 Baker
How to Contact: 646-2014; blitz ‘Academic.Skills.Center@Dartmouth.edu’
On-line Resources: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/ (Click on the **18s link on the bottom of this web page for important
information about fall term study skills course)
Teaching Science Fellows
Who: Natalia Vecerek 14 & Rui Shu 14
What: Learning assistance in introductory science courses (Bio 12/13; Chem 5/6)
Where: 123 Life Sciences Center
How to Contact: natalia.m.vecerek.14@gmail.com; rui.shu@dartmouth.edu
Undergraduate Deans and Student Consultants
Who: Your assigned Dean is posted on your Banner Page
Where: Student Academic Support Center, Suite 125, Carson
How to Contact: Dean.of.Undergraduate.Students@Dartmouth.edu or (603) 646-2243
On-line Resources: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~upperde/
Dean’s Office Student Consultants (DOSCs): A group seniors who provide academic peer advising. Check out roster
(http://www.dartmouth.edu/~upperde/consultants/index.html) and blitz any DOSC for an app’t.
Pre-Dental/Pre-Veterinary
Pre-Dental: Dr. Robert Keene, faculty adviser (dmdsmile@gmail.com), Ryan Lisann ’15, Elisabeth Schricker 17
Pre-Veterinary: Suzanne Rosen ’15, Angela Jin ‘15 (prevet.society@dartmouth.edu)