Matthew Pirotte, MD Medical School:  Loyola University Chicago Undergraduate:  University of Kansas

Matthew Pirotte is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Alpha Theta Honors Societies. He was awarded a full academic scholarship to the University of Kansas as a National Merit Scholar, where he received the Anne Stewart Higham Book Award and the Undergraduate Research Award for his honors thesis. Matthew was named a Chancellor’s Club Scholar. While in medical school at Loyola, he has served on the Steering Committee for a community health clinic, was an officer for the Political Action Club, and coordinated a debate on “Physicians and Detainees” that was broadcast online by Physicians for Human Rights. He was a member of the steering committee for the Midwest Regional AAEM/RSA Medical Student Conference, and participated in research that resulted in a first-author publication in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.