Kayla Taylor

Program: M.D. Hometown: Knoxville, TN Undergraduate School and Major: ETSU (Nursing) Specialty/Career Plans: CardiologyNeuro-IR/Neurosurgery Extracurricular Activities: Running, biking, hiking Marital Status: Single/Divorced	Kayla Taylor Please click hereto email a question to Kayla Why Quillen The better question is why not Quillen? Quillen has caring professors and staff that are always willing to help. The school provides students opportunities to submit feedback on exams, courses, and professors, and the administrators are willing to change things or at least work with students to find solutions. Classes are intense but fair, and professors try to continually integrate knowledge from other courses and Step 1 to improve student learning. Additionally, small class sizes allow for students to develop real comradery (even in a pandemic). Finally, I am biased being from East TN, but I love the area. It is surrounded by beautiful mountains and has many comforts/luxuries of a bigger city without the traffic and high cost of living. Juggling School and Family I am single with no kids, but in June prior to just starting med school, my mom was diagnosed with a brain tumor that has impaired her vision. I go home every weekend to help her because she also lives alone. While it is sometimes difficult, it is possible to manage working very hard in the week and going a little lighter on Friday night and Saturday Living in Northeast Tennessee II am from East TN (Knoxville), but have lived in this NE TN since 2013 (not including 05-08 undergrad). I am really familiar with activities, restaurants, hiking, etc. in the area Prior Life I have worked as an attorney and most recently hospitalist nurse practitioner (2015-2020), so I am familiar with lots of schooling and the healthcare workforce! Words of Wisdom Since my mom has been sick, I have realized now more than ever that there is a world outside of med school, and it is important to take time for that. I love med school and always try to do my best, learn the information to become a great physician, and make A’s, but it is important not to miss time and the little moments with the people you love.

Program: M.D.

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

Undergraduate School and Major: ETSU (Nursing)

Specialty/Career Plans: CardiologyNeuro-IR/Neurosurgery

Extracurricular Activities: Running, biking, hiking

Marital Status: Single/Divorced

Kayla Taylor

Please click hereto email a question to Kayla

Why Quillen
The better question is why not Quillen? Quillen has caring professors and staff that are always willing to help. The school provides students opportunities to submit feedback on exams, courses, and professors, and the administrators are willing to change things or at least work with students to find solutions. Classes are intense but fair, and professors try to continually integrate knowledge from other courses and Step 1 to improve student learning. Additionally, small class sizes allow for students to develop real comradery (even in a pandemic). Finally, I am biased being from East TN, but I love the area. It is surrounded by beautiful mountains and has many comforts/luxuries of a bigger city without the traffic and high cost of living.

Juggling School and Family
I am single with no kids, but in June prior to just starting med school, my mom was diagnosed with a brain tumor that has impaired her vision. I go home every weekend to help her because she also lives alone. While it is sometimes difficult, it is possible to manage working very hard in the week and going a little lighter on Friday night and Saturday

Living in Northeast Tennessee

II am from East TN (Knoxville), but have lived in this NE TN since 2013 (not including 05-08 undergrad). I am really familiar with activities, restaurants, hiking, etc. in the area

Prior Life

I have worked as an attorney and most recently hospitalist nurse practitioner (2015-2020), so I am familiar with lots of schooling and the healthcare workforce!

Words of Wisdom
Since my mom has been sick, I have realized now more than ever that there is a world outside of med school, and it is important to take time for that. I love med school and always try to do my best, learn the information to become a great physician, and make A’s, but it is important not to miss time and the little moments with the people you love.

Kayla Taylor

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