Isaac A.

Isaac is an experienced educator with a passion for helping students make medical careers more accessible. As an undergraduate, he served as Lead Mentor and Co-Founder of the Stanford STEMentors Program, where he tutored and mentored more than 40 first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented-minority students in pre-medical courses, while overseeing curriculum development and program operations for 200+ students annually. In medical school, Isaac has also served as a teaching assistant for two courses, teaching 30+ students through small-group facilitation and hands-on procedural instruction. His teaching and leadership have been recognized with the Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award.

Now at Stanford University School of Medicine, Isaac is pursuing a five-year MD pathway that integrates preclinical coursework, clinical training, and in-depth research experience. His research has been published in the Journal of Chemical Education, and he has presented research at national conferences, including the American Chemical Society National Meeting and the Stanford Cancer Institute Frontiers in Cancer Clinical Translation symposium. After graduating from college, Isaac also worked as a corporate development analyst at Kriya Therapeutics, a gene therapy company. In the future, he plans to specialize in psychiatry because he loves working closely with patients and understanding their stories. Isaac is deeply interested in neuroscience and chemistry, and enjoys the creative, individualized problem-solving required to find the optimal treatment approach for each patient.

Teaching is one of Isaac’s greatest passions, and he hopes to become a medical school professor to help educate the next generation of physicians. He combines extensive teaching experience with the hard-won insight of someone who has successfully navigated the medical school application process—from exam preparation to essay writing to interview preparation. His approach is encouraging, calm, and collaborative. He works with each student to build a customized plan around their unique strengths, gaps, and schedule, using structured tools like missed-question logs and shared project trackers so that students always know exactly what to work on and why. Students who Isaac works with boost their MCAT scores by 5 to 10 points on average. 

A signature element of Isaac’s approach is his "MCAT Checklist," a mindset framework he developed during his own preparation and refined through years of tutoring. The checklist helps students manage test anxiety, stay present during the exam, and treat every practice set as an opportunity to learn rather than a source of pressure. Whether a student needs to strengthen content knowledge, sharpen test-taking strategy, or build confidence, Isaac provides a clear plan and the encouragement to see it through.