Cardiology & internal medicine
Three-Week Summer Medicine Program
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Want to save lives one person at a time? Looking for pre-med practice before college?
In this program, you’ll be presented with ill patients and be expected to diagnose the problem, outline a treatment plan, and provide a prognosis. Hands-on lab work will provide you with a look inside your “patients,” as will activities such as dissections, abdominal palpations, full patient workups, and much more.
Some internists choose “subspecialties.” One of the most popular? Cardiology – the prevention, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular diseases.
Learn how to perform triple bypass surgery, implant a pacemaker, or repair a defective heart valve in this groundbreaking program that covers not only heart surgery, but an array of surgical and non-surgical interventions used in internal medicine.
Diagnose and treat pulmonary disorders and practice performing lung surgery. Gastroenterology also falls under the umbrella of internal medicine. Research and get you started treating digestive system diseases through noninvasive and surgical interventions, such as appendectomies. Allergies and asthma, blood diseases, endocrine disorders, infectious diseases, and even sleep disorders are all a part of the fascinating world of internal medicine!
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July 12th – July 30th, 2027
The Newman School | Boston, MA
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Hands-on Activities
Sample activities include:
- Diagnose heart conditions based on symptoms from case studies
- Outline a treatment plan for various heart conditions
- Role-play providing a prognosis to a “heart patient”
- Perform mock appendectomy
- Practice administering hand procedures wherein doctors use abdominal palpations involving the use of light and deep pressure to feel for abnormalities
- Conduct full patient workups
- Perform mock triple bypass surgery
- Implant a “pacemaker” into a model
- Repair a facsimile of a defective heart valve
- Use a laparoscopic surgery machine to model surgery
- Practice CPR and resuscitation
- Master suturing techniques
Field Trips
Examples of past field trips include:
- Paul S. Russell, MD, Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Longwood Medical Area sites, including Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess, and the Joslin Diabetes Center
2026 Instructor:
Amir Rahman
Amir is a medical student at Tufts School of Medicine with hands-on clinical experience in emergency care. He has worked in the Emergency Department at Tufts Medical Center and has additional emergency room experience at Lincoln Medical Center in Phoenix.
Past Instructors:
Evan Nessen
Evan graduated with an M.S. in Human Physiology from Boston University, where he studied how psychosocial factors, physical activity status, and health behaviors influence resting cardiovascular indices in marginalized and underrepresented populations. He is currently an Adjunct Instructor of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and works as a Research Assistant at Boston Medical Center as a member of the integrative cardiovascular metabolism and pathophysiology lab. He is an MD candidate at Tufts University and earned a Master’s degree there. He has research experience at Vanderbilt and has worked in the physical therapy area.
Cosette Giroux
Cosette Giroux is a Boston University graduate who received her Bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology. Cosette was a Patient Care Technician in Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. Currently, she is a Cardiology Research Assistant at Boston Medical Center and participating in an internship at the Boston University School of Medicine with the Cardiovascular Metabolism and Pathophysiology Lab.
Lee Lawton
Dr. Lee Lawton earned her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from the University of Michigan Medical School. Before this, she was a Research Assistant at Cornell University Medical Center for six years. Dr. Lawton completed postdoctoral research at Massachusetts General Hospital and The Whitehead Institute, an entity of MIT, after she completed her PhD. Following these accomplishments, Dr. Lawton moved to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, where she was a Scientific Manager and Strategic Planner for the DFCI Lymphoma Program.
Student Comments
‘The program was incredible. I enjoyed the classroom arrangements, and the lab and the lectures were both incredibly informative and inclusive. I especially liked how we were often asked questions, given opportunities to suggest ideas and answers, and given a chance to learn the correct answer. It was incredibly educational and enriching.’
‘The program was very good. Although learning about newer things, Dr. Jesse made it easy to understand. I loved learning so much about cardiovascular pathophysiology and internal medicine, without the pressure of meeting certain learning objectives or preparing for tests.’
‘I liked how in-depth the program was and how much I learned. We were able to learn actual cardiology concepts. I also liked how interactive the program was, especially as Jesse was an excellent teacher. He made sure we understood all the concepts he taught and made class lighthearted and fun! I was really interested in the lectures and was also able to learn a lot!’
‘I loved my program because of its material and my teacher. Throughout the three weeks, I learned so much about cardiology and internal medicine that I would not have learned in high school or anywhere else at my age. My teacher, Cosette Giroux, was amazing. Her balance of lectures, labs, and review games like Kahoot or Gimkit kept us fully engaged throughout the entire course. Thank you, Cosette!’
‘I enjoyed the labs where we learned about blood pressure and how to measure it, the dissections, and the trips. Our teacher made learning very fun by going over every lesson with games like Kahoot, so we really remembered the concepts well.’
‘My program was mainly influential for me to understand and have a preview of the cultural dream career. I love the program, labs, and lectures.’
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Note: This page represents our best expectations for the program. Activities and instructors are subject to change. In such cases, similar activities and a comparably qualified instructor will be sought.
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