southern stories Byron Peck-Collier, ‘10, is in his third year at Western University of Health Sciences’ college of podiatric medicine. He is class delegate to the American Podiatric Medical Student Association (apmsa.org), and was recently elected president-elect of the APMSA. He founded his school’s student chapter of the American Academy of Podiatric Practice Management, and he is the current past president. Under the guidance of the faculty at Western University, he has completed a research study on the fixation of syndesmotic screws and is also assisting in another study on diabetes and end-stage renal disease. He is currently in clinical rotations at the West LA Veteran’s Adminstration Hospital in Los Angeles. As a Southern student he volunteered at clinics that provide primary care and dental exams to migrant farm workers, coordinated by the University of Connecticut.
class of 2010 major: religious philosophy, math, biochemistry currently: medical student