Michael Kochis

High School Graduation Year: 2011
Year First Awarded the Carson Scholarship, School: 2009, Montour High School
Sponsored by: Carson Scholars Fund

Michael found his calling in medicine early in high school and is currently practicing as a surgical resident at Massachusetts General Hospital.  Throughout his career in academic surgery, he will strive to master the skills of not just operating on the human body, but also caring for the human person.  By getting involved with medical education, he seeks to promote this ethos throughout the field.

He completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology and a certificate in global health and health policy.  He then continued his studies at Harvard Medical School, receiving his MD with honors in 2020.  While at Harvard, he was awarded a Zuckerman Fellowship to pursue a master’s degree at the Graduate School of Education.

Throughout all these experiences, he has deeply valued interacting with and learning from people whose backgrounds and interests are different from his own.  He is grateful for all that has been invested in him and is eager to pay it forward.