GMETC Intern Representative Candidate Slate

Candidates for 2025-2026 GMETC Intern Representative

Candidates are listed alphabetically by last name. There are 4 candidates for this year’s election.

Learn more about GMETC and expectations for representatives here.

Theo Bruun, Internal Medicine

It would be my honor to represent our class as the Intern Rep on the GMETC! I’ve already felt so welcomed at UChicago and have loved meeting everyone in the IM program. We’re very lucky to be in such a supportive program but I also know that during our time here issues will come up and we will have the chance to make things better for us as well as for future incoming residents. As our rep I will bring our voices forward this year and make that our concerns are heard and addressed.

Herlyne Das, Internal Medicine
I am interested in participating as the Intern Representative on the GMETC because it would be a great opportunity to enhance on my leadership skills as well as advocate and be a voice for my co-residents. I am a great listener, intuitive, responsible, and most importantly diligent and I believe those skills will help me be an asset to the the Graduate Medical Education Council and serve as an effective liaison to my co-residents. Career wise, I see myself in leadership and administrative roles so I believe this will be a great opportunity to expose myself to that type of environment earlier on in my training. Thank you so much for the opportunity!

Frazer Tessema, Internal Medicine

I am a first-year intern in Internal Medicine. I am interested in serving on GMETC as a way to build on previous work that I’ve undertaken over the last few years to improve patient care at UCMC and Chicagoland generally. Since arriving at UChicago for medical school, I have been fortunate enough to help guide patient-centered initiatives at UCMC including work with the Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation program, work to improve screening of patients for Sickle Cell Trait in the hospital, and work with the Bucksbaum-Siegler Institute to increase diagnosis of microcirculatory-related cardiac conditions. Additionally, in the city more generally, I have worked with the Chicagoland Free Clinics Consortium to support quality improvement projects at free clinic sites throughout the city, and worked with the International House of Chicago. I would love to build on these experiences in a role on GMETC. I think it would be a great platform to help give voice to intern and resident solutions for improving patient care. I love meeting with and interacting with other residents and would also be very excited to hear more about specific ways that residents hope to better their experiences at UCMC.

Austin Weynand, Pediatrics

When I interviewed at the University of Chicago for a spot in the pediatrics department, I wrote down in my notes how strong and dynamic the resident-faculty relationship appeared to an outsider. Current residents spoke freely about the support they felt from the program – they could cite specific examples of how their voice had led to change in recent years. I’m proud to be at an institution where such influence is valued. In medical school, I was a student representative for our Pediatrics Medical Education Committee, where I digested feedback from my classmates on clinical training and shared it with administration. Their open-mindedness led to year-to-year adjustments in how the pediatrics clerkship was structured. I’d like to be able to contribute in a similarly meaningful way, now as a resident, at the University of Chicago.