Name: Sahana Nazeer
College: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM)
Major: Medical student
Hometown: Franklin, Massachusetts
Plans after graduation on May 6: Psychiatry residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital followed by fellowship in child psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital
Why you chose VTCSOM: “Funny story is that I didn’t plan to come to VTCSOM, but after I visited for a day of interviews where people like (the late) Dr. (Richard) Vari spoke with such passion about the school and its students, I left feeling like I absolutely had to go there!”
Psychiatry was always something that Sahana gravitated toward in her younger years, but she was not intentional about pursuing it until she entered medical school. She had two formative experiences related to mental health with her father – who unexpectedly passed away – and friend who was diagnosed with an…
