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Meghan examines medical images during her internship with the Rural Underserved Opportunity Program.

Current Position: Pediatric resident, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

McGarry is in her first year of residency as a pediatric physician at one of the best hospitals and academic medical centers in the U.S. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 2009. During medical school she completed OBGYN practice in Spokane and worked in Grand Coulee, Wash., and on the Colville Indian reservation, as part of the Rural Underserved Opportunity Program."

Why Whitworth? "I decided to attend Whitworth after an overnight stay. I had visited many other campuses, but Whitworth was by far the most caring and friendly. I instantly felt at home. The students' and faculty's strong Christian commitment also drew me to the school, as did the small class and lab sizes."

Whitworth Activities: Pre-Med Club, Science Club, Whitworth Missions Fellowship, Warren Hall dorm leadership, Whitworth Wind Symphony, emergency medical technician on Student Medic Team

Quote: "My Whitworth professors not only cared about me academically; they cared about how I was doing personally. Many of my professors became friends as well as mentors."

Influential Whitworth Experiences: "At Whitworth, I was exposed to many different areas that will make me a better physician. The small class and lab sizes gave me a great science background for my med school classes. Being an emergency medical technician on campus put me leaps and bounds ahead of other students in my med school class on interviewing patients and in my clinical classes. As a student at Whitworth, I developed a heart for serving others and taking care of the less privileged, which I believe is very important for a doctor."

Career Goal: Work as a physician specializing in pediatric endocrinology, pediatric rheumatology or pediatric oncology

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their biology degrees:

• Jonathon Anderson, '08 (biology and chemistry double major), is a student at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
  
  
• Michelle Bess, '09, coordinates educational programs for the Chicago Center for Urban Life & Culture.
  
  
• Melissa Hinman, '06, is pursuing a doctorate in biomedical sciences at Case Western Reserve University.
  
  
• Ryan Powers, '08, is studying viticulture and enology at University of California–Davis.
  
  
• Dominique Wallace, '09, is an electrophysiology technician at The Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, in Spokane.
  
  
• Katherine Lane, '08, is in the doctor of pharmacy program at the University of Montana.
  
  
• Kasey Rivas, '00, works in the University of Washington's Allergy and Infectious Disease Division of the Department of Medicine. Previously she was a tissue-bank tracker with Seattle genomics company Lifespan Biosciences.
  
  
• Jonathan Leo, '08, teaches science at Coeur d'Alene High School.
  
  
• Kristin Satterfield, '03, earned a doctorate in pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Utah and is now enrolled at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
  
  
• Lisa (Parcher) Rodin, '08, is enrolled at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.