Elon University - Health Professions

Pre-Health Professions
Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental, Pre-Veterinary and all other Health Profession Programs

“My education at Elon has really helped me excel after college...I was able to hit the ground running at my job at NIH with the experience I had, … and then upon entering Dental school I felt I really had a leg up. Not only was I able to rock anatomy that first semester due to my (undergraduate course), ... but we also have poster presentations and such during weekly forums and I am one of the few who knows how to properly research and present. I find myself helping a lot of people!” Joe Chichetti, ‘0 1 University of Louisville School of Dentistry

Welcome

Welcome to the Elon University Health Professions program! Is helping others a central motivation in your life? Do you have a strong desire and the enthusiasm to make a difference in your chosen profession? Do you have what it takes to become a physician, dentist, physical therapist or veterinarian? Qualities like maturity, stability, integrity, responsibility and trustworthiness are necessary to succeed in these highly competitive fields. Elon's program will prepare you for entry into a wide variety of health professions, such as medicine, dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, podiatry, osteopathy, physical therapy, physician's assistant, pharmacy, and medical technology.

Elon's Health Professions Advisory Committee (Click Here for more information) provides individual guidance and advice to students who have an interest in pursuing a wide variety of health professions. The committee is composed of faculty members from Elon with a background or interest in one or more of the health professions as well as local health providers. In addition, the committee has two alumni associated with medical schools. Dr. William Herbert (William Norman Thornton Professor and Chair of Obstetrics at the University of Virginia) and Dr. Jesse H. Meredith (Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine) are available along with local health professionals to assist with committee interviews and evaluations of those students requiring a committee interview and letter.

Additional Information

If you are not sure which health career interests you and want to explore your options, this web site- http://www.explorehealthcareers.org/ -has a great deal of excellent information on a wide variety of health careers.