Dr. Derek H.

Prior to medical school, Dr. Huell attended Georgia Institute of Technology as a Stamps President’s Scholar, where he studied neuroscience and graduated with the highest honors. He conducted memory research at Georgia Tech and also pursued neurodegenerative disease research at the NIH, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr. Huell had a highly successful medical school admissions cycle, receiving 17 acceptances out of 23 applications. Of these acceptances, 14 were part of the top 20 medical schools. He also received full cost-of-attendance merit scholarships and full-tuition merit scholarships at five and four of these top 20 schools, respectively. He was admitted to NYU’s Accelerated Three-Year MD Pathway for Neurosurgery, allowing him to directly progress into the NYU neurosurgery residency program. Historically, a maximum of one person is selected for this honor each year. 

At NYU, Dr. Huell became President of the NYU Chapter of the Student National Medical Association, Co-President of the NYU Chapter of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Research Chair of NYU Mission Brain, and an emissary to the AAMC Organization of Student Representatives. 

Dr. Huell is now excited to translate the knowledge he has gained from his own highly successful admissions cycle and his experience in NYU Grossman admissions and interviewing to provide the best counseling possible. He is confident about guiding students through every aspect of the admissions cycle, including writing personal statements, editing secondary essays, crafting activity descriptions, building school lists, preparing for interviews, exhibiting fit with a school’s mission, and more.