Miranda Chen
M.D.
Hometown: State College, PA
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Undergraduate Degree: Penn State University
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Medical interests: Rural medicine, preventative care, advance care planning, music as medicine
Outside Interests: Playing violin, hiking, painting and crafting
Life before medicine: In addition to an interest in the life sciences passed down from my parents, I grew up doing a lot of art and music, including painting, dancing, playing piano and violin, and singing in a competitive choir. Upon finishing college, I took a leap away from home and did a year of AmeriCorps VISTA service in Missoula, MT, working on a telehealth initiative for a mental health organization.
Favorite music: J-pop, K-pop, and a good number of semiprofessional singer-songwriters.
Favorite movies: The Studio Ghibli classics.
Why I chose MFMR: After spending a year working in Montana before medical school, which felt all too short, I was eager for the chance to come back as a resident and join the rural medicine community here that had so impressed me before. My interview with MFMR fully assured me that this program would stretch my comfort zone, and push me to be more creative and confident in my medical practice.
