Halil Beqaj

Degree: 
BA
Year: 
2019
Current Position Title: 
Integrated Cardiothoracic surgical resident
Current Employer: 
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Q. What aspects of your MCB degree program best helped you prepare for your career?

A. The high level curriculum taught by experts in the field made me feel incredibly prepared for my preclinical learning in medical school.

Q. How did you decide on your current career path?

A. My passion for science was learned from my father, a PhD pathologist, and my passion for medicine stems from experiencing firsthand medical inequities in the regions of Montenegro where my family is from.

Q. Share your favorite Berkeley lunch place, coffee shop, landmark study spot...etc. 

A. Throwback to Tivoli’s!