Student Physician
UC San Diego
Armando Gallegos, Jr., M.P.H. is a fourth year medical student at the University of California, San Diego under the Program in Medical Education – Health Equity (PRIME-HEq). After partially completing his clinical years, he took time to study public health. As a public health student, he was mentored under the Johns Hopkins Surgery Center for Outcomes Research (JSCOR). He earned his Master of Public Health and Certificate in Public Health Advocacy in 2021.
I thank my mentors, colleagues, and friends for their support. I choose to become an academic surgeon in the field of public health. I choose to become a surgeon advocate in addressing access to surgical care in the United States. Service, research, and public health will run alongside me as I grow into a surgeon leader.