Denise Nemeth is a third-year medical student at the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine in San Antonio, TX. She is originally from a small rural Texas town on the US/Mexico Border. Ms. Nemeth completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 2011 from UT San Antonio. She then completed a Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies at UT Health San Antonio. Ms. Nemeth returned to her community to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) upon graduation in 2015, serving her community as a General and Vascular Surgery PA under the mentorship of three skillful surgeons who trained her to navigate the unique challenges of practicing in the surgical setting in a rural community. During this time, she realized the dire need for well-trained wound care clinicians and embarked on a journey to learn from her peers, receive continuing education, and eventually became the first midlevel provider in her community to be a Certified Wound Specialist with the American Board of Wound Management. After much deliberation, Ms. Nemeth decided to enroll as a full-time medical student and has since moved to San Antonio, TX, where she has had the opportunity to meet amazing mentors and enter as a novice in research endeavors.

Ms. Nemeth currently remains board-certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and the American Board of Surgical Assistants. She is an active member American College of Surgeons, the Latino Surgical Society (LSS), and the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS). She is a member of the Diversity, Leadership and Professional Development (DLPD) and Community Practice Committees of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). She is currently a Research and Social Media Intern at NYU Langone's Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research (C-STAR), an opportunity that she came about while at a research internship at the Department of Surgery at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy.

Ms. Nemeth aspires to become a Rural Surgeon. She has a particular interest in DEI, Latinx health, wound healing, colorectal surgery, and minimally invasive surgery. Her research interests are varied and include wound healing, anatomic variations/rarities, and ischemia-reperfusion injuries.