Ruth was born in Michigan but moved at the age of five to San Diego where she grew up as the oldest of four and a lover of sunshine and TJ (Tijuana, MX) street tacos. For college, she embarked on an East Coast adventure studying biology and neuroscience with a minor in Spanish at the University of Pittsburgh, where she found her passion for community service and social justice. After graduation, she joined Teach for America and taught high school biology for two years in the underserved communities of Las Vegas, NV while concurrently earning her Master's degree in education at UNLV. The health disparities she witnessed during her time as a teacher motivated her to apply for medical school, which she attended back in her hometown at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. During medical school, she discovered her love of medicine and pediatrics and is now excited to start her Med-Peds journey at Vanderbilt, which she hopes will lead to a future career in global health and underserved medicine. In her spare time, Ruth enjoys rock climbing, non-pandemic international traveling, and surfing (poorly), and is excited to diversify her outdoor hobbies with all that Nashville and the Southeast has to offer.
MEd - Curriculum and Instruction - Secondary Science - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2015
MD - University of California, San Diego, 2021
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307