The Tug McGraw Pre-Medical Internship

The Tug McGraw Pre-Medical Internship has been established as the cornerstone of Duke’s Collegiate Athlete Pre-Medical Experience (CAPE) summer program. Students qualifying for the six-week internship rotate through the clinical practices of CAPE faculty and participate in inpatient rounding, outpatient clinics, and any didactic sessions that occur during the students’ time with their respective physicians. The last two weeks of each six-week program will focus on the clinical areas of special interest to each student. Those students with a particular interest in laboratory work and who are considering careers as physician-scientists will serve as interns in the laboratories of the CAPE basic science faculty.

The program facilitates participants’ entry into medical education by introducing them to many elements of medical education and practice, providing them with well-rounded, advanced level experiences. Selected student-athletes gain valuable insight through independent study, lectures, discussion groups, and one-on-one mentoring.

It is hoped that long-term mentoring relationships between the students and selected physicians develop by focusing on the specific medical interests of each student. There is particular focus on attracting female attending physicians who can discuss their
experiences and serve as mentors and role models for young women.

Tug McGraw Pre-Medical Interns
2nd Session Summer 2006

Rachel Cohen
School: Duke
Major: Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Year: Rising Senior 2007
Sport: Soccer
Medical interest: Oncology

Kara Dolezal
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major: Integrative Biology
Year: 2009
Sport: Crew(Rowing) at a National level in high school
Medical interest: Ophthalmology

Hillary Linton
Major: Biology, Duke University
Year: Rising senior
Sport: Field hockey
Medical interest: “Not quite sure... was hoping this internship would help me
figure that out... maybe sports med? Maybe surgery? Maybe dermatology? Not
quite sure.”

Lisa Richards
School: Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Year: Class of 2008
Sport: N/A - Baldwin Scholar
Medical interest: Surgery, imaging, trauma, using advanced medical technology to save lives

Ripal Shah
School: Duke University
Major: Economics, Biochemistry
Year: 2006
Sport: Larry Moneta, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Referral
Medical interest: Research

Emily Waner
School: Duke
Major: Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Year: Junior
Sport: Basketball
Medical interest: “Undecided... everything at this point.”

Iman Washington
School:  Trinity College, Duke University
Major: Chemistry, Biochemistry Concentration
Year: Senior '07
Sport:  N/A - Dean Moneta Referral

For a list of our 1st Session/Summer 2006 interns, click here.