Warren Student Chosen For Highly Selective Summer Medical Internship

Summit, NJ - A Warren local is among 17 college students to participate in a highly selective summer medical internship led by Overlook Medical Center vascular surgeon, Clifford Sales, M.D.

Josh Katz, of Warren, and a graduate of Watchung Hills Regional High School and a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. was selected into the program, which is in its seventh year - where only three percent of applicants are accepted.

The Overlook Summer Internship Program (OSIP) is a comprehensive four-week program developed to expose undergraduate college students to the health care field. It is designed to give students a close-up perspective of life as a physician in a wide range of specialties.

“The goal of this program is to help students make an informed decision about possibly entering one of the many exciting fields of medicine,” stated Dr. Sales who is also president of the Overlook Medical Staff in a release. “We want to give students the opportunity to learn about the human aspects of a career in medicine—something that is not typically available in most settings”.

During daily rotations, the students shadow a medical professional - mostly physicians, but also therapists, administrators, nurses and social workers - who is committed to teaching and sharing their experiences. This gives the student an opportunity to see what life is like in each particular field. Rotations include experience in the operating room, emergency department, hospital floors, physician offices or meetings. Each student has the opportunity to interact on a personal basis with the health care professionals.

Students in the 2016 class are:

• Audrey Bangs, of Westfield, and a graduate of Westfield High School and a sophomore at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.;
• Ben Caplan, of Millburn, and a graduate of Millburn High School and a sophomore at University of Miami, Carol Gables, Fla.;
• Cesar Clarke, of Franklin, and a graduate of Munro College in Jamaica and a sophomore at Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville;
• Isabel Gibson, of Maplewood, and a graduate of Columbia High School and a junior at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio;
• Alex Guevara, of Short Hills, and a graduate of Millburn High School and a sophomore at Duke University, Durham, N.C.;
• Darius Hunt, of Basking Ridge, and a graduate of Ridge High School and a sophomore at Rutgers University;
• Kevin Innella of Mendham, and a graduate of Oratory Preparatory School and a sophomore at Villanova University, Pa.;
• Josh Katz, of Warren, and a graduate of Watchung Hills Regional High School and a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.;
• Magdalena Knysz, of Newfoundland, and a graduate of Jefferson Township High School and a junior at Syracuse University, N.Y.;
• Ivana Kohut, of West Orange, and a graduate of Kent Place High School and a sophomore at University of Pennsylvania, Pa.;
• Emily Lubas, of Linden, and a graduate of Mother Seton Regional High School and a senior at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.;
• Carl Palad, of Saddle Brook, and a graduate of Don Bosco Preparatory High School and a junior at Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.;
• Candace Pallitto, of Chatham, and a graduate of Villa Walsh Academy and a junior at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.;
• Gabriella Quinn, of Chester, and a graduate of West Morris Mendham High School and a junior at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., Amir Taree, of Short Hills, and a graduate of Millburn High School and a junior at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.;
• David Weinberg, of Livingston, and a graduate of Livingston High School and a junior at the College of New Jersey, Ewing Township;
• and Kelly Zochowski, of Chatham, and a graduate of The Lawrenceville School and a junior at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

For information about applying to the program in 2017, call 908-522-5926, or go to the Overlook Summer Internship Program information on the Atlantic Health System web site.

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