Ryann Murphy

Running, yoga, DIY, artistic endeavors, and baking

Alanis Morissette

High School Science Teacher or Social Worker.

During med school I listened to the local Portland Radio station 98.9 WCLZ. Great tunes with the benefit of local news. They released the names of ten Maine chefs and restaurants named semifinalists in the 2024 James Beard Award. I’ve used it to create a bucket list of places that I haven’t tried yet: Atsuko Fujimoto of Norimoto Bakery, Celia Bruns of Artemisia Cafe, Ian Driscoll of Bar Futo, Valerie Goldman of The Honey Paw, and Jake Stevens of Leeward are a few on the list!

Kezar Lake

As a typical future Med-Peds physician, my interests are pluripotent. I’m currently leaning towards inpatient medicine, with interests in infectious disease, public health, complex care, and medical education. As a former track athlete, I’ve always had an interest in youth athletes, adaptive sports, adolescent medicine, nutrition, and preventative medicine as well.

Leaf peeping hikes, trail running, year round beach walks, and farmers markets.

The Fryeburg Fair is a must. The Maple House has maple cotton candy and I always come home with a handcrafted item from the craft barns

I took several gap years. I was an immunology wet lab scientist, a clinical trial coordinator, and an ER tech. I also worked at a yoga studio, got my 500hr YTT, and did some volunteering with youth in the Boston community.

Best Job - RI Beach lifeguard in the summers during college and competing in the Lifeguard Games. It's like the local Olympics where each beach competes in a series of physical skills tests (think beach sprints, mile run, swims, rowing, and tug of war) for the chance to win the title and trophy! Worst Job - I’m a microbiology nerd and loved the cognitive aspects of wet lab research…but maybe not the smells. In college I worked in a biochemistry lab studying penicillin binding proteins and e.coli cell division and our cultures were pretty stinky.

I spent a great deal of my childhood in Maine. It wasn’t just “vacation land” but a place where my siblings, cousins, and family friends engaged in imagination and play, connected with nature, and played endlessly outside without the distractions of technology. I was grateful for the opportunity to study medicine at UNECOM, surrounded by the beauty of Maine and its salt of the earth people. After rotating at Maine Medical Center, I found the environment to be incredibly collaborative and supportive, with mentors who are genuinely interested in your growth and wellbeing. Training at Maine Medical Center is a dream come true.