Daniel Fitzgerald

UConn School of Dental Medicine, Class of 2020

I was born and raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut and have received a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Neurobiology from the Honors Program at the University of Connecticut.

I was first introduced to the Urban Service Track after my senior year of high school and have volunteered at the Migrant Farm Worker Clinics each summer since then. I have also been working as a dental assistant at a dentist practice in my hometown during summer and winter breaks from school ever since I ended my freshman year of college. Other volunteer projects that have peaked my interest in the Urban Service Track are Catholic Heart Work Camp in high school, and an alternative winter break trip to Macon, Georgia during the winter of my senior year of college.

I sought involvement in the Urban Service Track because I believe that everyone deserves access to quality health care, and that quality health care stems from increased communication between the disciplines rather that working in isolation. This program will help me to understand what the underserved population is forced to go through on a daily basis, which will give me insight into the best ways to treat them. I think exposure to all different types of patients is pivotal to the education of health care providers because it makes them more equipped to solving problems in the real world.