BYU is a powerhouse in educating premedical students but lacks a medical school. Joshua Jaramillo, MD, and Britlyn D. Orgill, MD decided to give BYU undergrads access to internships, to make them more attractive applicants to medical schools across the U.S. They found the BYU Summer Research Internship Program in 2016 to pair premedical BYU students with high-ranking research institutions across the country.
Our speakers will share how they gained traction with key stakeholders at BYU and networked nationally in order to grow from 5 students to 40 funded students each year, and how this led to the founding of the BYU Medical Society.
U.S. Air Force
Massachusetts General Hospital
Joshua Jaramillo, MD is an active-duty general surgeon in the United States Air Force, stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. He majored in Latin American Studies (B.A. 2009) at BYU, attended Stanford University School of Medicine (M.D. 2016), completed an internship in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, and a general surgery residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. In addition to his active-duty commitments, he is currently completing a trauma and surgical critical care fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He is a volunteer faculty member at UNMC and an assistant professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine. His research interests include disparities in surgery, global surgery, and trauma surgery. During his residency, he and Dr. Orgill co-founded the BYU Premed Summer Research Internship Program. He is the father of four young children and stays busy trying to keep up with them.
Britlyn Orgill, MD is an attending anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She majored in Biology (B.S. 2011) at BYU, attended the Medical College of Wisconsin (M.D. 2015), and returned to her home city of Boston to complete her anesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. She is an instructor at Harvard with an interest in medical simulation, where she teaches anesthesiology residents how to respond to crisis scenarios in the operating room. She is pursuing her master’s degree in health professions education at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. She co-founded the BYU Summer Research Internship program during her residency. Mentoring pre-medical BYU students is one of the most fulfilling parts of her career. Outside of work, she serves as the young women's president in her stake and is a member of a professional improv comedy group.
ISTARI
CCS Growth Partners
McKinsey
Board Member, BYU MS Boston Chapter
Johnston Co.
President, BYU MS Boston Chapter
CCS Growth Partners
Board Member/Treasurer, BYU MS Boston Chapter
Curebase
Board Member, BYU MS Boston Chapter
