
Longsha L.
Stanford MD Candidate | Knight-Hennessy Scholar | Admissions Coach
Studied at Stanford University School of Medicine
Works at Vita Innovations
Admissions Committee Experience
Available Sunday at 2:30 PM UTC
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Longsha's Coaching Offerings

Write a Powerful Personal Statement
Craft winning personal statements through brainstorming, drafting, and editing.
Starting at $3605h+ of coaching

Final Medical School Application Review
Finalize your Medical School application with expert guidance
Starting at $2253h+ of coaching

Get Into Your Dream Medical School — Complete Package
Expert help on your personal statement, activities list, secondaries, etc.
Starting at $1,30020h+ of coaching
Pay as you go
Get help with Financial Aid & Scholarships, AMCAS Application Edit, and .
Longsha’s Medical School Qualifications
As an MD candidate and Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University School of Medicine, I offer firsthand insights into both the medical school and scholarship admissions processes. My diverse experiences—ranging from co-founding healthcare innovation initiatives, including a digital health startup, to conducting cutting-edge research at Harvard Medical School—provide me with a unique perspective to support aspiring medical students, whether they follow traditional or non-traditional pathways. I’d be thrilled to collaborate with you to craft a compelling application that highlights your strengths and sets you apart. Feel free to reach out anytime—I’m just an email or message away!
Longsha can help with:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
AMCAS Application Edit
Multiple Mini Interview
Traditional Interview
Personal Statement
Letters of Evaluation
School Selection
Application Strategy
Activities List Edit
Secondary Essays
Work Experience

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Stanford Healthcare Design Challenge
January 2023 - Present
Hiring Manager
SHDC is a new model of competition focused on translating innovative ideas into tangible solutions that improve healthcare worldwide. As an open-invite international competition, SHDC selects a new clinical need each year and provides support beyond the competition itself.
CEO and Co-Founder
Vita Innovations
April 2020 - Present
Hiring Manager
At Vita Innovations, we revolutionize emergency room care with our AI-powered platform that streamlines patient intake and assessments, optimizes nurse workflows, and enhances care coordination through EHR-integrated decision support.
Medscholars Research Fellow
Stanford University
January 2023 - December 2024
Worked with Dr. Michael Snyder, the Chair of Genetics and Director of Genomics and Personalized Medicine, on multi-omics analysis of numerous diseases for identification of digital biomarkers and shared etiologies.
Strategic Consultant
Aegis Ventures
February 2024 - August 2024
Strategic consultant for Aegis Ventures to help draft their whitepaper on strategic next steps within the new inflection point of healthcare.
Stanford Healthcare Consulting Group Lead
Stanford Health Care
September 2023 - December 2023
Implementing a new discharge milestone tool to reduce the overall length of stay in Stanford Healthcare. Led a team of medical and PA students.
SENS Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School
February 2021 - June 2022
As a SENS Research Fellow, I focused on developing and testing novel targeted, combinatorial cell-based immunotherapies for brain cancer in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Summer Research intern
Harvard Medical School
June 2020 - February 2021
Research intern as part of the SRF Summer Scholars Program at the HMS Department of Neurosurgery.
Hunter Rawlings Presidential Research Scholar
Cornell University
June 2019 - February 2021
A distinguished research scholar program that provides "supports [for] a select group of undergraduate students, from all colleges and many disciplines, by providing resources for and promoting sustained engagement in research in close relationship with faculty and other mentors."
Education
Stanford University School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine
2022 - 2028
Admissions Committee Experience
Activities and societies: Knight Hennessy Scholar, Stanford Healthcare Design Challenge, Stanford Healthcare Consulting Group, Quality Improvements Interest Group Lead, Emergency Medicine Interest Group Lead, APAMSA Career-Development E-board, Perplexity Campus Strategist, HAI Fellow, Emergence Fellow, Define Ventures AI Fellow

Cornell College
Bachelor's degree, Biological Sciences Honors, Neurobiology Concentration
2017 - 2020
Grade: Summa Cum Laude, GPA 4.07