缝合成功

After Melanie Geisler-Spellman ’01 was awarded the Holland Presidential Scholarship—covering full tuition—to attend Mount Mercy, she was confronted with opportunities she didn’t know she would get to choose from.

吉斯勒-斯佩尔曼主修生物学，辅修心理学。 在Mount Mercy期间，她在Mercy医疗中心工作，并在J-Term （皇冠体育学生上课、旅行、研究或休假的三周时间）期间为Mayo诊所进行研究。

“I am not sure I would have gone on to medical school if I had gone to a large school for undergrad,” Giesler-Spellman said. “Mount Mercy帮助我意识到医学是我想要追求的职业领域，但当时我从未猜到我的专业是什么。”

毕业后，她于2005年在得梅因大学（Des Moines University）获得骨科医学博士学位。 Giesler-Spellman was the first female to complete an Otolaryngology residency through Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Giesler-Spellman now works as an Otlolaryngolgist—a physician trained in the treatment of patients with diseases and disorders of the ear, nose, throat (ENT), and related structures of the head and neck. She currently practices at Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, P.C. and is a member of the Board of Trustees here at Mount Mercy.

She attributes her success to “hard work, a little luck, and God’s calling and grace.”

Giesler-Spellman发现来自她的同龄人、老师和学校工作人员的鼓励、接受和支持是Mercy教育中最有影响力的方面之一。

“I learned I have a tremendous support system from family, friends, and faculty, including Dr. Neil Bernstein,” she said.

每当病人家属表达感激之情时，吉斯勒-斯派曼就会更加欣赏她的工作。

“Find friends and teachers who make you better, make you smarter, make you work harder," said Giesler-Spellman. “找到支持你的朋友和老师，让你开怀大笑，让你成为更好的人。 Then give that in return and don’t ever stop doing it!"