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Meet...Alistair

Name: Alistair Aaronson.

College and year: Medicine, second year.
 
Where you were born: London, England.

Plans after graduation: Plastic surgery residency.

Favorite TV show: Gene Simmons' Family Jewels and America’s Most Smartest Model.

First job: Stem cell researcher at Johns Hopkins University.

Fondest childhood memory: Family trips.

Bad habit: Watching reality shows whenever I am near a television.

Favorite drink: Apple juice.

Favorite music: Hip-hop and Reggaeton.

Hobbies: Brazilian jiu jitsu and yoga.
 
Favorite class: Ancient history from high school, Chinese literature from college, and anatomy from medical school.

Idea of a perfect vacation: Bora Bora.

If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would you be: President of the United States, so I could fix it.
 
Memorable trip: Trekking around the deserts and mountains of Morocco last summer. Marrakech is beautiful and well worth the trip.

Words of advice: Never compromise your true self, no matter what, because that is all you have at the end of the day.
   

Friday, Nov. 2, 2007
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