Sam Barry

Undergraduate School and Major: Colby College, BA in Biology/Neuroscience, BA in Music

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine - Maine Track

Life/professions/adventures prior to attending medical school: Boston Children's Hospital, neuroscience research for 2 years
EMT at Colby College

Interests / Hobbies: Hiking, camping, reading, crafting, singing, piano, writing music, theater

Favorite Food: Any kind of noodle!

Restaurant Recommendation: Bird and Co! You can sub the delicious crispy tofu on any of their tacos, great elotes and queso dip, followed by churros

Favorite TV Show or Movie: The Princess Bride

What book do you recommend to others and why: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon! It has sorcery, dragons, political intrigue, deconstructing outdated societal structures, amazing characters, and hilarious Shakespearean-style insults. What's not to love?

Best Arts Experience: Seeing Laufey: A Matter of Time Tour live in Minneapolis on an away rotation!

Favorite Hike or Ski trail: Tumbledown Mountain Loop Trail - climb up rock scramble through a cave to beautiful ridgeline hiking and a small lake at the top, then hike down and swim in Webb Lake at the bottom. Stunning in the fall

Favorite Beach (doesn’t have to be in Maine): Higgins Beach

Closest brush with a famous person: My stand-in grandma is on Kesha's speed dial and sends her cookies sometimes

Celebrity I most resemble: Saoirse Ronan

Craziest / Best / Worst Job: Best job working the gatehouse at Winslow Park in Freeport! Got to meet tourists from all over the world, and when nobody needed anything I could sit and stare at the ocean, read, knit, listen to music etc

If I weren’t a doctor I would be: A film composer

Medical Interests: Neurologic emergencies, rural medicine, medical education

Personal Goals: Hike all 67 4,000-footers in New England!

Favorite Place in Maine: Freeport

Why MMC: Maine has always been my home and I am deeply committed to this community! After my incredible experience as a medical student in the Maine Track and seeing the teaching culture here firsthand, I could think of no better place to train in emergency medicine.