MD Student Advising

Access the guidance and support you need to achieve your academic and career goals.

The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) at NYU GLISOM offers a wide range of advising services to help students succeed academically and to become compassionate, culturally mindful primary care physicians.

Mentoring for MD Students

Students are assigned to an academic coach and a departmental advisor who provide coaching and advising throughout the accelerated three-year curriculum. This student-driven academic coaching program is intended to help students achieve their highest academic potential while maintaining wellbeing. Students and coaches meet one on one to review academic performance, to identify areas where students may need help, to set achievable academic and wellness action plans.

Departmental Advisors are a liaison to a student’s primary care department. They provide career advice in a student’s primary care specialty of choice, help students with the residency application process, guide students on choosing electives during Phase 1, 2, and 3 of our curriculum, assist students with identifying research projects and more. They also help students develop relationships with clinicians in the department where the students will be training.

Types of Mentors for MD Students

Our Academic Coaches

Academic coaches at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine provide coaching to help medical students achieve their academic and wellness goals.

Dimpy Mody, MD

Director, Academic Coaching
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Jasmine S. Beria, DO, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

John M. Carson, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Bogdan A. Grigorescu, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Elise Kochoumian, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Estela D. Noyola, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

If students experience academic difficulties or require help developing particular clinical skills, their academic coach works with them and their course or clerkship director to develop an improvement plan for improving areas of performance. They also assist with accessing tutoring services and arranging appropriate training sessions at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island Simulation Center.

The OSA can also connect students with learning specialists who provide assistance with test-taking skills, managing test anxiety, and developing organizational skills to stay on track.

Peer Tutoring

The NYUGLISOM peer-tutoring program is led by senior medical students. Any Phase 1, 2 or 3 students who are seeking group or one-on-one peer tutoring can participate in concept review sessions in our peer-tutoring program. Peer tutors focus on simplifying difficult concepts, providing mnemonics and memory aids, reviewing practice questions, and increasing students’ knowledge base while highlighting high-yield topics. Students can arrange one-on-one peer tutoring sessions through OSA or through BrightSpace.

Workshops for MD Students

A series of workshops takes place each fall to help new students develop the skills necessary to achieve academic success. Topics include time management, effective study habits, test-taking skills, and more.

We also offer dedicated workshops that focus on the research experience at NYU GLISOM, selecting a research project, creating a research poster or podium presentation, manuscript writing techniques, and more.

A MSPE workshop is held in the spring of the clerkship year for academic coaches and students for an overview on MSPE preparation. An annual primary care career night with NYU GLISOM faculty leaders, MS1 and MS2 students is held annually in January.

As students’ progress through their medical education, they participate in additional workshops that help students choose electives, prepare for their clinical clerkships, navigate the residency application and match process, write personal statements, prepare a CV and bio, and transition to residency. (See career-advising timeline).