From Books to Bedsides with Third Year Medical Students at Geisel

Hear from third year medical students at Geisel as they reflect on their experiences during preclinical years, Step 1, transitioning to clinical phase, what they like to do outside of medicine, and more!

 

Name (pronouns): Jewelia Durant (she/her)

Hometown: Madbury, NH

Year at Geisel: MS3

Career interest: General Surgery 

The best thing about Geisel is: Location! You have the pleasure of living where so many people travel for vacation and sightseeing.

Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: ooooh this is a tough one.

Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: Sunday night trivia at Salt Hill! Such a lively and fun way to end the week with friends and good food/brews.

Favorite quote: “How you do anything is how you do everything”

Most treasured travel: THREE WAY TIE- trip to the UK with my family for a lacrosse tournament OR trip with college friends to the outer banks OR ski trip with med school friends to Mont Tremblant <3

Guilty pleasure: Buying too much fancy cheese from the co-op 

Jewelia was born on base in Nebraska where both of her parents were serving in the Air Force at the time, but shortly moved to the NH seacoast, which she now calls home. She attended Plymouth State University where she graduated with a BS in Biochemistry from their atmospheric sciences and chemistry department. While at PSU, she was a member and senior co-captain of the NCAA women’s lacrosse team. She enjoys skiing with friends, playing intramural soccer at Geisel and continuing to explore and appreciate all that the beautiful Northeast has to offer. On weekends that she is able to escape home to the seacoast, she looks forward to year-round beach trips with her family and two dogs, Winston and Stella.

 

Name (pronouns): Constance Fontanet (she/her) 

Hometown: Paris, France 

Year at Geisel: 2025 

Career interest: Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine 

The best thing about Geisel is: amazing clinical opportunities 

Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: Brightside Brewing inside the Lebanon Municipal Airport 

Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: Swimming in the Connecticut River 

Constance Fontanet is a 3rd year medical student who is originally from France but has been living in New England for a little over 10 years. She is interested in any specialty that will allow her to remain a generalist, as well as health policy and healthcare delivery.

 

Name (pronouns): Shahin Shahsavari (he/him)

Hometown: Tehran, Iran

Year at Geisel: 3rd

Career interest: professorship at an academic institute

The best thing about Geisel is: the people (classmates and faculty)

Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: Ice Cream Fore-U

Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: cycling over the summer. Swimming at CCBA

Favorite song/piece of music: adagio for strings - Samuel barber

Most treasured travel: visiting family in California and in Iran

Guilty pleasure: ice cream

 

Shahin was born and raised in Iran. He came to the US for college and received his bachelor's in physics. He worked for 3 years as a clinical data analyst and bioinformatician.

Host: Tamar Mosulishvili

Editor: Willa Merrill