Josalin McKeever '25 is one of two Cornell interns selected for the competitive internship at the Musculoskeletal Research Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado. She works under the direction of Dr. Patrick Carry on a specific assigned project.
After a bittersweet goodbye to Iowa and a ten-hour drive to Colorado, I officially made it to my home for the next two months very late Saturday...
Hometown: Knoxville, IA
Major(s): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
I am currently studying at Cornell, hoping to attend medical school to become a pediatric orthopedic surgeon! I’m from a big family in small-town Iowa and have grown to love children and medicine. I am currently working as a patient care tech in the OB in Pella, Iowa, and absolutely love every second of it. When I’m not working, I like to take my dog for walks, hang out with friends and family, read, paddleboard, and play pickleball.
I am very grateful to have been granted the opportunity to spend my summer doing research with Children’s. Overall, I’m excited to be participating in clinical research as that is not something I have seen or done thus far. I know that with this experience, I will strengthen my knowledge and understanding of medical research as a whole and of orthopedics specifically. I am also looking forward to the opportunity to shadow physicians in different specialties, as I begin to explore potential career paths for my future.
