Contributing Writer Emeritus
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Alyssa is a member of the Class of 2016 at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and earned her BS at The University of Texas at Dallas in 2011. Her hobbies include yoga, cross-training, cooking and writing.
From the pectoral region dissection on August 1 until our final practical in December, we have undergone one of the most intimate and transformative experiences in medicine: dissection of our cadavers. Shared by only the select few who have taken this journey in medicine before us, our cadaver donors—our first patients—have given us a glimpse of what it means to be a doctor. Our donors are the first completely vulnerable set of bodies with which we …
Contributing Writer Emeritus
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Alyssa is a member of the Class of 2016 at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and earned her BS at The University of Texas at Dallas in 2011. Her hobbies include yoga, cross-training, cooking and writing.
