Healthful Woman Podcast
Organic Chemistry and Fetal Echocardiography – Meet Dr. Jen Lam-Rachlin
Episode 30
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30m
Meet Dr. Jen Lam-Rachlin! Dr. Lam-Rachlin explains her background and how she got into medicine, including her initial interest as an undergrad studying organic chemistry, a research-heavy maternal fetal medicine fellowship, and how she decided to pursue Obstetrics and Gynecology after finding she liked every clinical rotation in med school.
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