Aspiring Docs Diaries

Meet the author:

Trisha Kaundinya

Med Student

Trisha Kaundinya is a first year MD/MPH candidate at the Feinberg School of Medicine. She believes that sharing her experiences in the medical field will help create a collaborative (instead of stereotypically competitive) student and physician culture. She hopes to pursue a career in academic medicine and continue her passion for medical journalism. In her free time she enjoys cycling, cooking, and writing on her website called Medical Memoirs.

Stories by Trisha

Jan 13, 2021

A Personal Plea to Premeds

Trisha Kaundinya

When I was in college, I was in a premed “bubble” a lot of the time. I took many of […] Read More

Aug 22, 2019

Fears About Medical School

Trisha Kaundinya

Medical school is one of those conversational references for comparison in tough situations: “Don’t be complaining about that tough client, […] Read More

Apr 1, 2019

Openness to New Interactions

Trisha Kaundinya

College is a tricky social scene to navigate. Growing up, many of us stay in the same town, and the […] Read More

Oct 22, 2018

A Closer View of Service Abroad

Trisha Kaundinya

Everyone with two eyes receives two different stories about the world. For most of us, a structure called the optic […] Read More

Jun 4, 2018

Learning to Lab

Trisha Kaundinya

As a high school student excited about entering the field of medicine, I found it challenging to find the right […] Read More

May 14, 2018

Navigating Organic Chemistry

Trisha Kaundinya

“The beast.” “The dreaded GPA killer.” “The bane of my college career.” “The class that dissuaded me from pursuing medicine.” […] Read More