Education
George T. Harrell Societies
Mission
The George T. Harrell Societies at Penn State College of Medicine serves as the organizational framework for our student learners by supporting small-scale collaborative communities aimed at enhancing academic learning, encouraging engagement, facilitating leadership opportunities, promoting wellness initiatives, guiding career development, and establishing a network of peer and faculty connections that foster longitudinal relationships.
Harrell Societies
Bond Society
Longitudinal Academic Counselors
MD program: Joseph Enama, MD
PA program: Kristin Hill, MS, PA-C
Davis Society
Longitudinal Academic Counselors
MD program: Mike Flanagan, MD, and
Jason Fragin, DO
Mortel Society
Longitudinal Academic Counselors
MD program: Lilia Reyes, MD
PA program: Kristi Gruber, MEd, PA-C
Vastyan Society
Longitudinal Academic Counselors
MD program: Kate Sanchez, MD, MSc
PA program: Dan Weiss, MSPAS, PA-C
Waldhausen Society
Longitudinal Academic Counselors
MD and MD/PhD program: Alfredo Bellon, MD
PA program: Larissa Whitney, DBA, MHS,
PA-C
Advising System
Students are supported by both Academic Counseling (to help navigate medical school academic and wellness challenges) and Specialty Career Advising (to help guide career choice and the residency application process), which are overseen by both Offices of Student Affairs and Medical Education.
Ted Bollard, MD, serves as head academic counselor under Academic Counseling, with a team of Longitudinal Academic Counselors.
Specialty Advising includes Career Advisors and Specialty Mentors, who work closely with our Career Specialist Michelle DiMondo, MA.