Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Edwin Acevedo Jr.

Med Student

Edwin Acevedo, Jr. is a first-generation college graduate from Passaic, New Jersey. He is the son of hardworking Puerto Rican parents, who strongly emphasized the value of an education, and pushed Edwin to become the best student that he could possibly be. Edwin graduated Cum Laude from Rutgers University in 2011, with concentrations in biological sciences, public health, and psychology. He is currently a third year medical student at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where, among numerous other activities, he serves in leadership roles for the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) and SALUD, an organization associated with the Latino Student Medical Association (LMSA). He is devoted to his family and his girlfriend of 6 years, and knows that none of his successes would have been possible without their continued support and encouragement.

Stories by Edwin

May 27, 2014

Today I Saved a Life

Edwin Acevedo Jr.

I wish I could tell you a story about fancy heroics – about an exploratory laparatomy, a chest thoracostomy, or […] Read More

Jan 30, 2014

The Subtleties of Medicine

Edwin Acevedo Jr.

They say medicine is a hard science, based on heavily scrutinized theories and proven postulates. Medicine is supposedly made up […] Read More

Dec 13, 2013

I Am Just A Medical Student

Edwin Acevedo Jr.

She’s well into middle age*, but appears just days older than 40. Her eyes are sunken, tearful, worried, anxious. She […] Read More

Dec 13, 2013

Eyes

Edwin Acevedo Jr.

I walk – coffee and census in hand – to my patient’s room. I never met her, so I begin […] Read More