Class of 1999 Monica Manandhar A graduate of Harvard, Monica Manandhar taught English to Vietnamese refugees during college and helped fourth and fifth graders with their homework in a Boston after-school program. In her native Nepal, she worked one summer at a hospital for disabled children. Ms. Manandhar will receive both master of public health and M.D. degrees at May’s commencement. Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal Undergraduate major: economics Residency: internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Career aspiration: infectious disease, international health Favorite P&S course: “Cardiac Pathophysiology” Favorite P&S teacher: Dr. Jay Lefkowich Last non-medical book read: Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” Favorite New York restaurant: Patricia’s in the Bronx The first job I ever had: organizing cultural events and hikes for expatriates in Nepal Best hospital rotation and why: Medical ICU at St. Luke’s Hospital because of great teaching from Dr. Janet Shapiro Favorite activity outside medical school: hiking Personal hero: Mother Teresa Second choice for a career: Third World development Why I want to be a doctor: to be directly involved in alleviating suffering Words I live by: What is this life if full of care, you have no time to stand and stare.

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