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Sam Paci
Sam Paci is a medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the Patient Navigation and Wellness Chair at EHHOP, the student-run free clinic, for which he also sits on the Steering Committee. Additionally, he leads the Harm Reduction Coalition at Mount Sinai and is currently working on a research project in the Mount Sinai Emergency Department.
A native of New York, Sam is happy to be back in the Big Apple for his medical training. Sam began his undergraduate studies at Bates College in Maine, where he was studying Philosophy and Latin American History. After his first year, he transferred to Brown University and with the change in school came a change in his academic focus. During the intervening summer, Sam was trained and licensed as an Emergency Medical Technician, which sparked his interest in Medicine. Upon arriving to Brown, he enrolled in Foundational Biology and Introductory Chemistry, excelled in both, and the rest is history as they say. While at Brown, Sam received the Watson Institute for International Studies LINK Award to work for a summer in Panama with Floating Doctors, a non-profit medical relief organization. He also received the Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award for the highest rank in his General Chemistry class.
Interestingly, Sam's love of teaching began on the water. As a lifelong sailor, Sam began teaching sailing on the Long Island Sound at the age of 16. He worked at several Yacht Clubs in the Westchester area before working for a community sailing center in Manhattan, Hudson River Community Sailing. At HRCS, Sam worked as an educator in their Sail Academy program, which uses sailing as a medium to teach 9th graders geometry and the foundations of classical mechanics. Students earn academic credit through the program as they learn to sail, construct small wooden boats, and study the marine environment. Through this experience, Sam brought his teaching from the water into the classroom.
While at Brown, Sam further developed his teaching skills as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for several courses including Evolutionary Biology, General Chemistry, Foundations of Biology, Introduction to Oceanography, and a Public Health Course focusing on the intersection of Disability and Health. As a TA, Sam led interactive review sessions prior to exams and weekly laboratory sessions for Evolutionary Biology and Foundations of Biology. Sam often acted in the capacity of a private tutor as there were always a handful of students in each course who needed individualized attention and would meet with Sam on a weekly basis to review material.
During Sam's final year at Brown, in addition to being a TA, he tutored an 8-year old boy with severe ADHD, anxiety, and explosive aggression. Five days a week, Sam worked to develop his student's reading comprehension, organizational skills, and anger management. Over the course of the year, Sam was instrumental in helping his student's family secure a Rhode Island state grant for specialized assistance throughout the remainder of the student's schooling. Sam and his tutee still keep in touch and he is incredibly proud knowing that he helped change the young boy's life.
While it is still early on in his medical training, Sam is most interested in pursuing a residency in Emergency Medicine. Having managed a diagnosis of ADHD himself he feels uniquely prepared for a career in Emergency Medicine, a specialty which requires quick thinking and a particular talent for multi-tasking.
Filed Under: ADD/ADHD, Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Creative Writing and Poetry, Elementary School, English and Language Arts (ELA), Executive Function; Organizational & Study Skills, High School, Humanities, Math (Advanced), Math (Elementary), Middle/Junior High School, New York City Metro Area, Science (Elementary), Teacher, Test Preparation (ISEE, SSAT, SAT, ACT, SHSAT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT), Writing and Essay Coaching Tagged With: teacher
Bruce Hrnjez
Bruce Hrnjez, PhD, is a physical organic chemist and private tutor. He tutors and mentors students at the middle school, high school, and college level, supporting course work, test preparation, research, science competitions, and independent study. He regularly works with students in New York City, as well as across the globe through e-learning platforms and collaborative tools.
At Collegiate School, Bruce taught organic chemistry, advanced chemistry, and introductory physics—courses that he either designed or redesigned. He was also the Science Olympiad head coach, varsity golf coach, upper school advisor, and research advisor for students working on independent study projects. Former organic chemistry students from Collegiate have found earning A's in organic chemistry at universities such as Duke, Harvard, MIT, the University of Chicago, and Yale to be remarkably straightforward.
Bruce Hrnjez did his graduate work at Johns Hopkins and spent most of his career conducting research and teaching at the college level. He was an associate professor of chemistry for nine years at Yeshiva University. At Harvard Medical School, he was an Instructor in surgery and a research fellow. Prior to his time at Harvard Medical School, Bruce was an assistant professor of chemistry for five years at North Dakota State University. He was a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry at the University of Chicago and at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was also a visiting professor. He has published his research in peer-reviewed journals.
As an undergraduate student, Bruce spent three years doing research in the laboratory of Richard Heck, who went on to share the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Though Bruce didn't realize at the time that he was contributing to Nobel Prize-winning work, he says that Richard Heck taught him how to think like a scientist and largely inspired his approach to teaching.
Filed Under: Biology, Chemistry, High School, Middle/Junior High School, New York City Metro Area, Physics, Science (Elementary), Teacher, Test Preparation (ISEE, SSAT, SAT, ACT, SHSAT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT) Tagged With: teacher
Parth Vaghasia
Parth Vaghasia is a fourth year medical student at SUNY Downstate School of Medicine. He is currently participating in clinical research at the NYU School of Medicine in the Departments of Neurosurgery, Radiology, and Oncology.
Parth began his journey in medicine and lifelong learning at NYU College of Arts and Science where he graduated as a Presidential Scholar and Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Minors in Chemistry, Mathematics, and English Literature.
Throughout this journey, Parth has demonstrated an extraordinary dedication to teaching, exhibiting his skills at every level of education: from high school to college to medical school. His passion for teaching actually began while he was still in high school. Having the highest average for New York State Regents Exams in his class, he tutored underclassmen that previously failed Regents Exams. All of his students succeeded on their second attempt. After graduating top of his class, his teaching skillsets continued to develop at NYU where he was a Peer Tutor at the College Learning Center, tutoring subjects such as General Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry. As an upperclassman, he led Peer Learning Sessions. At first these sessions had 10-15 students, but his unique teaching style and approach to Organic Chemistry gained popularity and soon attendance to his Learning Sessions grew to 500-person lecture halls. Parth was able to quench his thirst for teaching all while receiving Dean's List honors throughout his four years. As a senior, Parth was nominated as one of NYU's Most Influential Students.
After taking and scoring in the 97th percentile for the MCAT, Parth also joined ExamKrackers and Kaplan where he taught MCAT Prep Courses in General and Organic Chemistry and General Biology as well as Biochemistry. He continued to participate in these courses during his first two years of medical school. But his efforts to educate did not stop there. After his first year in medical school, Parth joined the Academic Development Department at SUNY Downstate School of Medicine and led tutoring sessions in Anatomy and Physiology for underclass medical students as well as PA students and nursing students.
Parth's future goals include completing a residency in Neuro-Interventional Radiology and entering the world of academic medicine, participating in clinical research trials and hopefully one day becoming a medical school professor.
Until then, Parth continues to foster his teaching skills and continues to develop his approach to educating, being able to cater to different learning styles and tailor his methods to better suit individual needs. He exhibits great pride in being able to share his knowledge and strives to attain a superb level of understanding for all of his students. He simply does not stop until excellence and success is achieved.
Filed Under: Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, English and Language Arts (ELA), High School, Literature, Math (Advanced), Middle/Junior High School, New York City Metro Area, Physics, Physiology, Teacher Tagged With: teacher
Charlie Pfaff
Charlie Pfaff is a private tutor specializing in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and test preparation, including the ACT, SAT, SAT subject tests, and AP exams. From a young age, Charlie always enjoyed helping his peers succeed. Years of assisting his classmates with their studies culminated in his service both as a tutor as well as a steering committee member for his high school's extensive student-to-student tutoring service in his native Winnetka, Illinois.
Charlie received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. This field of study afforded him the opportunity to explore his affinity for math and penchant for problem-solving as well as his love for communicating ideas. He spent time in courses that valued both numbers-based thinking as well as clear and concise written essays. As a result, he has vast experience to draw on when helping students in both quantitative and qualitative subjects.
At Brown, Charlie also served as a senior staff member for the school's satirical newspaper, The Noser. As a senior staff member, he worked one-on-one with writers to improve the planning and execution of their articles. He's well-versed in the tools and tactics to help writers hone and expand their ideas and vocabulary, catch errors, and eliminate needless verbiage.
Most recently, Charlie worked as a strategist and analyst for award-winning international advertising agency DigitasLBi, followed by a rapidly-growing Brooklyn-based startup called RUNA. In these positions, he used mathematical principles to improve the efficiency of marketing and sales. These roles regularly included breaking down mathematical concepts for easy understanding by his coworkers, in much the same way that he had done as a tutor in high school.
In each role, Charlie continued to teach himself new concepts, both out of necessity as well as a lifelong love of learning. In fact, his fascination with his own learning process led to him taking an online course from UC San Diego entitled Learning How to Learn. This course helped him solidify the intuitions about learning and instruction that he had gained as a tutor and an analyst. He has also spent time in the classroom, participating in an outreach program to teach community principles and business concepts to young students in Manhattan.
When not tutoring, Charlie enjoys watching Jeopardy!, playing guitar, and exploring Brooklyn.
Filed Under: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Elementary School, Executive Function; Organizational & Study Skills, High School, Math (Advanced), Math (Elementary), Middle/Junior High School, New York City Metro Area, Physics, Teacher, Test Preparation (ISEE, SSAT, SAT, ACT, SHSAT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT), Writing and Essay Coaching Tagged With: teacher
Ruchi Kumar
Ruchi Kumar is a learning specialist, private tutor and executive functioning coach who works with students both in general and special education. Ruchi specializes in supporting the maths and sciences in addition to other areas of the curriculum. Moreover, she is a certified health coach who promotes wellness through nutrition, self-esteem, and self-confidence enhancement.
Ruchi has worked over ten years in the New York City independent school system as a middle and high school learning specialist, currently on faculty at Ramaz supporting high school students with math and science. She has previously been on faculty at Winston Preparatory School, the Hewitt School, and York Preparatory School. At the Winston Preparatory School, she worked as a learning specialist within the Math and Sciences department, teaching math and science to both middle and high school students. At the Hewitt School, she established the upper school learning services department, working as their primary upper school learning specialist, and at York Preparatory School, she worked as a middle and upper school learning specialist in the school's Jump Start program.
Ruchi is a graduate of Cornell University and Teacher's College Columbia University. She is well versed in areas of social, emotional, and mental health as well, obtaining her first Master's degree in Clinical Psychology (a second Master's in Teaching Students with Disabilities). She was the coordinator of the first Mindfulness Camp in Romania, the summer of 2014, where she supervised the camp and served as a private health coach for campers as well as a dance and yoga teacher. Overall, Ruchi uses the tenets of Positive Psychology to help her students use their strengths to work on their weaknesses. Ruchi specializes and enjoys working with adolescents and young adults and is skilled to work specifically with students with learning challenges or weaknesses as well as those without.
As a side interest, Ruchi is a certified fitness instructor and has taught adult and child dance classes. She has also taught yoga to both children and adults.
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