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Matthew Tao

Med Student

Matthew Tao is a third-year medical student at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He is the founder of RxMnemonic (rxmnemonic.com), a platform that teaches pharmacology through story-based mnemonics, high-yield PDF study guides, and a question bank. His research focuses on psychosocial dermatology, skin of color in pediatric patients, and mentorship access in medical education. He enjoys pickleball, cooking, and writing mnemonics when a new topic is giving him trouble.

Stories by Matthew

Jul 10, 2026

The Subject That Convinced Me I Didn’t Belong

Matthew Tao

It was almost midnight, and I was staring at the word oxybutynin like it had personally wronged me. I’d seen […] Read More