USMLE Writers
Pastest is a global leader in medical test preparation, used by students in over 190 countries. We have been helping medical students and doctors maximize their performance in critical exams for over four decades.
Our USMLE Step 1 writing faculty comprises physicians who are experts in their fields, as well as high performing students from leading U.S. medical schools such as the Yale School of Medicine, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, San Francisco. Our writers have been “in the trenches” and know exactly what is needed to ace the Step 1 exam.
Our rigorous quality control process means that all questions and explanations are vetted by expert editors including practicing physicians and educators with intimate knowledge of the USMLE exam.
Meet our team
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Zaid Alirhayim MD, WriterInterventional Cardiology, OUHSC
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Karuppiah Arunachalam MD, EditorClinical Assistant Professor, Alpert Medical School, Providence
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Mark Barry MD, WriterResident Physician in General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
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Doug Bernstein MD, Media ContributorClinical Instructor, Yale School of Medicine
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Daniel DiCapua MD, Media ContributorAssistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine
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Robert Elder MD, Media ContributorAssistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
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Diana Hristova MD, MS, ReviewerAssistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Michigan State University
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Faisal Islam MD, WriterNEI Master Psychopharmacologist, New York
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Kevin Jackson, MD Candidate, WriterPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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Hatem Kaseb MD, EditorResident, Departments of Lab Medicine & Pathology, Yale School of Medicine
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Edward Kogan MD, WriterInternal Medicine Resident, NYU
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Joshua Olson MD, WriterUniversity of Minnesota Medical School
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Andrew Plummer MD, WriterResident Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri
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Armeen Poor MD, ReviewerFellow, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai