Medical Student (OMSIII), Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton
Matt Von Zimmerman began his career at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he earned his bachelor of science in chemistry with a specialization in biochemistry. After graduation, he enrolled in the University of Florida’s College of Public Health, earning a master’s in public health science and specializing in epidemiology.
While learning the public health sciences, depression, suicide, and substance abuse became a focus due to Von Zimmerman’s belief in properly managed mental health being the most predicative of a healthy life. He traveled to Oklahoma to work as a substance abuse and mental health epidemiologist intern for the Southern Plains Tribal Health board and to Washington, DC, as a mental health epidemiologist for Men’s Health Network (MHN). With the help of many contributors at MHN, he pursued researching and developing MHN’s novel hypothesis for the need to implement a male-specific screening tool for depression, which he ultimately wrote and presented as his exit thesis.
Von Zimmerman is finishing his 4th year of medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton as an Ensign in the US Navy. He has engaged in nonspecific academic research throughout his medical school career, but is most passionate about clinical interactions with patients and disease presentation. Von Zimmerman looks forward to pursuing a residency in Emergency Medicine at a (much anticipated) to be determined Naval Hospital.
The views expressed today do not represent the Department of Defense or the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.