About
The Nathan Smith Society (NSS), named for the 18th Century physician & medical educator and the founder of our medical school in 1797, is a Dartmouth student-led organization that serves ALL students interested in ANY of the health professions.
Attention '30s and Others!!
PLEASE JOIN THE NATHAN SMITH SOCIETY TO KEEP INFORMED OF OUR ACTIVITIES! LINK HERE!
Special Spring Term '26 Highlights!
Check out our 26S Newsletter to see what we've been up to!
Nathan Smith Society Welcome Video!
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Announcements
NSS Alum Advice Directory
The NSS Alum Advice Directory has been updated by the inclusion of nearly 60 new alums who will be matriculating to medical school this summer and who have agreed to be a source of information for you about the application process and their medical schools. The database, accessible from your Dartmouth Google account, contains names for the past 5 years of med school matriculants. We do ask that you NOT share the names or email addresses of the participants so that the information is restricted to present/past Dartmouth students. You can access the database in the pulldown at the top right of this page.
Pre-Health Course Update
See the updated Summer Term and Fall Term 2026 Pre-Health Course Guide to help you in course selection.
Geisel-NSS Student Conversations Program
This program is where you can be matched to a Year One or Year Two Geisel student for an initial conversation. Learn more here . The program is closed, but it will reopen in the fall 2026 term when the new Year One Geisels arrive!
NSS/DHMC Shadowing Program
The NSS/DHMC Shadowing Program for the SummerTerm 2026 is closed for enrollment. Stay tuned for update about the fall '26 new program. Learn more about the program here.
Click on ‘Learn More’ to review details of our shadowing program. These links have been updated for the 2025-2026 program. Students are urged to complete their immunization requirements now.
Dinner with a Doctor is one of the Nathan Smith Society's termly events. NSS welcomes a physician to come and engage in conversation with Dartmouth students on their career and medical experiences.
Stay tuned for future announcements about the 2025-2026 Geisel-NSS Student Conversations Program
Clinical Conversations, a virtual shadowing series in which DHMC physicians from a variety of specialties will discuss real patient cases from their practices with pre-health students. Click HERE to learn more about the program. Come back later in the term for updates.
A student-led initiative created to bring about awareness and have conversations about racism, gender, sexuality, discrimination in healthcare and health education & medical ethics. Often, these are hard topics to discuss, but it’s important to learn about these realities in order to create a more equitable healthcare community.
Medicine and AI Scholars is a student-led, interdisciplinary initiative created to spread awareness about the inclusion of artificial intelligence and machine learning in medicine. This growing shift brings advantages and disadvantages, and it’s important to understand both sides to create a more effective healthcare field for the 21st century.
Click on ‘Learn More’ to review details of our Medicine and AI Scholars.
The Dartmouth Pre-Dental Society is a student sub-organization within the Nathan Smith Society focused on serving students interested in careers in dental medicine.
An NSS column that seeks to expose pre-health students to the intersection of medicine, ethics, and humanism. By looking to relevant opinion pieces in leading medical journals and crafting bite-sized summaries of recent debates in these spheres, it is our hope to spark interest and discussion to foster a deeper understanding of medicine.