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Louis Costanzo
Louis Costanzo spent his undergraduate years at Penn State before choosing St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine
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Louis Costanzo spent his undergraduate years at Penn State, and it wasn’t until his last year of study that he realized he wanted to study medicine. Needing the necessary pre-requisites for medical school, he enrolled in the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Premedical Sciences at Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education. While earning his post-bac in Boston, Louis helped out at Mass General Hospital as a Same Day Surgery Unit volunteer helping both patients and their families.
Louis learned about St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine from a friend, and says “I was happy right away when I came. The living situation is easy. The dorms are right down the street from the classrooms. The professors were available 24/7 which was really fantastic. I actually have seen professors at 9PM at night!”. Louis actively participated in campus life at St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine, serving as both a Microbiology and Immunology TA as well as a Pathology TA. He was awarded the Brendon K. Roddy Humanitarian Award, and participated in the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) on campus. Finding time for sports was a priority, and he joined the tennis and baseball leagues on the island.
As a native New Yorker, Louis was thrilled to have most of his clinical rotations in New York, and to match where he wanted back home. “I am in a 3 year Internal Medicine Residency with an emphasis on Primary Care at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.” For those looking at St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine he shares, “It is a great school. The one on one ratio of student to professor really makes a difference. You can match into a program of your choice. It was a great experience for me”.