On April 6, 2020, at 11:15 am, Dr. Lynn Tam released an email to all S.T.A.R.S. applicants informing them that for the first time in the program's history it had been canceled.
The following message was sent to the applicants this morning: "In light of the current fluid COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on research, as well as in an...
The young men sit around the black stage, listening as the speaker presents his life journey. Glued to his words, each student follows along in complete silence, eagerly listening as the speaker offers his own experiences in the medical field. Finally, the boys loudly applaud as the presenter wraps up his talk, giving the students a lot to think about.
On...
For the 16th year in a row, Jesuit’s Medical Society has hosted a school wide medicine drive to gather various medications for it's annual mission trip to Guatemala in the Spring. The drive started the second week of January and will continue through Friday, February 6th.
Focusing mainly on the freshmen and sophomore classes, “a different medication is assigned to each...
The trip where students are forced to carry 49 pounds of (medical) drugs through foreign airports. Where students spend hours driving up and down one-lane roads on the sides of mountains, fearing each bump as if the truck is going to tip over. Where each day is spent with 6-10 hours in a clinic, tending to the needs of...
Over the summer, seniors Ryan Virkar and Jon Noquil participated in UT Southwestern's exclusive STARS program. This eight-week program, a non-residential program provides students the opportunity to work with a faculty host while researching a medical issue.
Earlier this semester, Virkar and Noquil presented their research to Jesuit's Medical Society to help encourage students to participate in the program and...
This past Friday, November 11, 2011, Jesuit students in the Medical Society ventured to University of Texas Southwestern on an all-day field trip to learn more about medicine and the medical field. Biology teacher Jan Jones, the head of the medical society, has been taking students on this field trip for years.
Mrs. Jones, physics teacher Max Von Schlehenried, two...
On Monday, September 29, Medical Society hosted guest speaker and Jesuit alumnus Kevin Ramos ’10. Ramos graduated from Saint Louis University this year and works in the medical field as a nurse. His presentation opened students up to the nursing profession and gave them a male perspective in the field.
Ramos explained how the experience of being a male nurse...
The start of the 2012-2013 school year marks the beginning of another great year for the Medical Society. Beginning in October, over fifty juniors will participate in clinical rotations and hopefully gain insight into the medical field. Led by Medical Society directors Jan Jones and Max Von Schlehenried, these juniors will apply for positions and attend clinical rotation events...
