ER Physician Dr. Mark Pappadakis: "Medical School Rejected Me Three Times"

Podcast: HuMed with David Spiro, MD · David Spiro, MD | Doctor Podcast Network

Opublikowano: 2026-09-25

Rejected from medical school. Failed anatomy. Failed his emergency medicine boards by two points, then by one. Today Dr. Mark Pappadakis teaches at the medical school that turned him down three times. Emergency physician Dr. Mark Pappadakis joins Dr. David Spiro, MD for an honest conversation about failure, resilience, and the human side of medicine. He shares: - Why he applied to only three medical schools, and what failing a post-bacc year taught him - How five years as an ER tech made him fall in love with emergency medicine ...