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Adam Cochran

Villages High School junior has heart set on becoming a surgeon.

INTERVIEWER: CHRIS GERBASI PHOTO: NICOLE HAMEL

Goals? My goal for college is to be accepted into the Dartmouth University pre-med program. My goals for my profession are to one day be a triple board-certifi ed surgeon in cardiovascular, transplant and plastic surgery.

What inspired your goals? I was

inspired by my father, who passed away on Jan. 1, 2017. As a child, I always said to my parents that I wanted to become a scientist. So, after spending time in the hospital with my father, I was exposed to the professionalism of the doctors and, at that time, I wanted to save families from pain and heartache.

ADAM WAS BORN IN LEESBURG, LIVES IN WILDWOOD. VITALSTATS

• 3.5 GPA unweighted; 4.0 weighted. • AP classes: computer science; language and composition. Honors classes: biology, chemistry, algebra 2.

Tell us about receiving the Congress of Future Medical Leaders Award of Excellence:

This award signifi es the dedication and hard work that I have already put into my education, while Congress encourages and motivates students while putting them on the right path to succeed in medicine.

Do you have a

mentor? My mentor is Dr. Marwan Mihyu, who was my dad’s cardiovascular doctor. Dr. Mihyu has helped by exposing me to hospital life and teaching me some of the medical practices they perform.

Hobbies? Most of my hobbies consist of being either at Premier Medical Associates, where I work as a clerical employee, or at the hospital volunteering and shadowing doctors. I also am really into “Grey’s Anatomy,” the show and the book (“Gray’s”). One is more real than the other, though. LOL.

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