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As a Physician and Tech Entrepreneur, Dr. Halland enjoys merging the worlds of medicine, software and application innovation.

His passion is in Regenerative Medicine and he performs clinical work and research on stem cell therapies and how they can be used in alleviating pain and regaining function, avoiding surgery when possible, and allowing patients to heal naturally using the body's own growth factors and repair mechanisms. This same technology is likewise being applied to the aesthetics procedures his office performs and can be used to rejuvenate other body parts/systems as well.

Dr. Halland is also involved in several key research studies regarding stem cell technologies and consumer products for anti-aging. He is on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Regenerative Medicine, whose leadership Directors also come from the Harvard Stem Cell Group and Mayo Clinic.

Among his other passions, Dr. Halland travels alongside with tech entrepreneurs across various locations internationally to cultivate new upcoming and emerging technologies.

Cassie Kosarek is a professional tutor with Varsity Tutors, a live learning platform that connects students with personalized instruction to accelerate academic achievement. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Bryn Mawr College and is a member of the Class of 2020 at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.

David and Steve started ResidencyInterviewQuestions.com to help level the playing field. Collectively, David and Steve completed more than 60 interviews. Both matched at top programs in two of the most competitive specialities (Dermatology and Ophthalmology). They also interviewed at community and academic medical centers for their preliminary medicine year training. David and Steve met in person during their first year of preliminary medicine training at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. We learned from our international medical graduate co-residents the challenges they faced interviewing. With their direct input, RIQ was born.

Summer Blackhurst is a mom of three with a husband who is an MD. With her three tiny people to take care of–AND with all that extra time she has—she is a writer, photographer, and a parenting/childcare researcher for Go Au Pair. She has interviewed many MD moms about balancing their career and their children.

I am a full time radiologist and mother of two young boys. In rare pockets of spare time, I write. Follow my writing at www.facebook.com/nishamehtamd or follow me on Twitter @nishamehtamd.