Dartmouth Medical School
Fernando Vazquez (2017–2018 MRSP Scholar) attends Dartmouth Medical School and is working under the mentorship of Dr. Andrew Mannes in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center’s Department of Perioperative Medicine. His research focuses on the genetics of pain, non-opiate analgesia, and the effects of anesthesia on cognition, memory, and gene expression in the brain. Fernando co-founded Dartmouth’s Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) chapter and is in his fourth year on the LMSA Northeast Executive Board, currently serving as its co-director. In addition to fostering diversity in medicine through mentorship, Fernando is interested in pursuing a career in surgery.
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