Cardiovascular medicine
Heart disease is the world's leading cause of death. I want to understand how it works, and how a heart could one day repair itself.
Aspiring doctor · Year 12
Pamoda Vitharana
Eleven grade 9s. Hospital and hospice volunteer. A Year 12 at St Olave's Grammar School aiming for medicine at university, with a particular interest in cardiology.
- 11 GCSEs at grade 9
- King's College Hospital
- St Christopher's Hospice
- COMPOS, University of Oxford
- Gold Duke of Edinburgh's
- H.G. Abel Prize
- Python and Linux
- Grade 6 piano
Medicine
Why I want to be a doctor.
The science behind it
Biology, Chemistry and Maths at A-level, with COMPOS taught by Oxford professors on the side, and the Medics Society at school.
Care in practice
Volunteering at King's College Hospital and as a Compassionate Neighbour with St Christopher's Hospice, and trained in resuscitation through the British Heart Foundation.
Highlights
The short version.
- 11
- GCSEs at grade 9
- 2
- Healthcare volunteering roles, at a hospital and a hospice
- Gold
- Duke of Edinburgh's Award
- H.G. Abel Prize for GCSEs
- Rotary Club Youth Award
- 5× Gold in the UK Maths Challenges
- Intermediate Full Colours for the Junior Physics Society
- Intermediate Team Colours for the Classics Olympiad
- Biology Challenge Gold, highest in the year
- British Heart Foundation RevivR resuscitation training
About
Year 12 at St Olave's Grammar School in Orpington, with medicine as the goal.
Alongside the science and the volunteering, I code in Python, play piano and violin, and run the KS3 Chemistry Club.