About Health Professions Advising at Dartmouth

Health Professions Advising at Dartmouth has a dual mission: to help navigate the path to health professional school and to connect students with resources and opportunities in the fields of health and medicine.

Health Professions Advisors

We are happy to assist as you…

1. Navigate your own individual path to a career in the health professions.
2. Identify a good career "fit" with one or more career fields.
3. Successfully fulfill professional school prerequisites.
4. Engage in extracurricular and/or academic activities that will increase knowledge of the health professions and increase chances for admission.
5. Create a post-baccalaureate action plan for professional school preparation.
6. Develop an action plan for successful completion of graduate and professional school exams (MCAT, DAT, GRE, etc.).
7. Collect letters of recommendation from faculty and other professionals and follow-up with letter writers in a professional manner before, during and after the letter is written.
8. Complete professional school applications in a timely fashion.
9. Prepare for a successful professional school interview.
10. Network with professional school students and other healthcare professionals.

CAREER SERVICES

Health Professions Coordinator: 

Annette Hamilton 

Phone: 646-3377
Office: Parkhurst Room 6
Contact Annette to determine how best to get started or for questions about the health professions advising system.

Health Professions Advisor:

Sarah Berger

Phone:  646-3377
Office:  Parkhurst Room 11

FACULTY ADVISOR

Dr. Lee Witters, Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Biology; Chair of HPAC
Office: 322 Remsen, DMS   Phone:  650-1909