Dillan is a fourth year MD Candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Research Fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.  His current research includes translational innovation, applications of machine learning to clinical datasets, and global surgery.

Dillan graduated from Johns Hopkins with a BA in Medicine, Science, & the Humanities and Anthropology as a Hodson Scholar. During undergraduate he pursued a year studying Biochemistry at Oxford and a semester in Sydney at the Garvan Institute.  Previous research at Johns Hopkins Medicine on neuronal synaptic plasticity and sensory impairment was supported by the James West Fellowship, Robert Young Grant, and Provost Undergraduate Research Award.  He has authored over forty peer-reviewed publications and 100 abstracts.

In the community he enjoys serving as Co-Chair of the Young Leadership Board for Smile Train, as Co-Chair of the Curriculum Committee for the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, and on the Advisory Board of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

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MOST INFLUENTIAL CONTENT READ/LISTENED TO IN PAST YEAR

"Grit" by Angela Duckworth

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HEALTHCARE ADVANCEMENT YOU HOPE TO SEE IN YOUR LIFETIME

Advancement of CRISPR-based therapies for currently incurable conditions including HIV

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GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT

Attending undergraduate and medical school covered by scholarships and grants