About

Devin Bocook, Founder and President

My name is Devin Bocook, and I am a second-year medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. I earned my B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Kentucky, where I graduated Summa Cum Laude and received the NEU Scholar Award. 

Over the last four and a half years, I have traveled to high schools and universities across Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Tennessee, giving presentations on topics such as how to be a competitive premed applicant and how to get accepted into medical school. During this time, I provided free, longitudinal mentorship to countless premedical students, where I realized just how great the need for guidance truly is.

This led me to create MedRise Mentors, an organization built on the belief that no student should navigate the path to medicine alone. Through MedRise Mentors, I’ve cultivated a community of dedicated medical students and premedical gap-year students who share a common goal: to support and empower the next generation of future physicians.

I hope that MedRise Mentors becomes a movement - one that makes the journey to medicine more collaborative, more accessible, and more equitable. By breaking down barriers and expanding access to mentorship, we aim to ensure that students from all backgrounds have the confidence, direction, and resources they need to RISE into their future careers in medicine.

Bennett Arza, Vice President

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