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The Health Professions Advising team works with current Tufts students and Alumni in exploring, applying and preparing for a career in a health profession.

Amanda Stone

Director of Health Professions Advising

Amanda Stone (she, her, hers) joined the Health Professions Advising team in 2017, having previously worked in the Office of Student Affairs at Tufts University School of Medicine. She is a jumbo herself and a MA native, graduating from Tufts with a BA in American Studies, and then attending Boston University for her master’s in Psychology. Prior to working in higher education, Amanda worked for various non-profits agencies in Boston that supported young adults who were involved with the criminal justice system. She is excited to continue building relationships here at Tufts with all pre-health students and loves seeing them go on to careers in healthcare.  

Susana Carranza

Associate Director of Health Professions Advising  

Susana Carranza (she, her, hers) joined the Health Professions Advising Team in fall 2020. With 15 years of admission experience, Susana has worked with students at various stages of their career. Starting at a college access program in San Francisco, she advised high school students through the college admission process. As a master’s student in Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania, she worked with Penn Law’s Admission Office.  She moved on to work with students pursuing their masters’ and teaching credential from the Stanford Teacher Education Program. Later, as Associate Director of Admission for the Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE), she worked with students pursuing masters and PhD programs at the GSE. Her work in admission also includes serving as a reader for the QuestBridge program and Stanford undergraduate admissions.   While admissions has been the main focus of her career, advising students is her passion.  She enjoys seeing student mature and grow over time.  Being able to couple her passion for advising with her knowledge of admissions, she is enjoying her role with the Health Professions Advising Team and looks forward to working with the pre-health students at Tufts.  

Emily Concannon

Associate Director of the Post-bacc Premed Program & Health Professions Advising

Emily Concannon (she, her, hers) joined the Health Professions Advising team in January 2024, bringing experience in advising, program management, and higher education administration. From Massachusetts, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a master’s in counseling from Boston University, specializing in school counseling.

Emily spent 12 years at Boston University, holding roles at both the Questrom School of Business and the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, gaining diverse experience across academic and career advising, graduate admissions, and program management. She has also worked in undergraduate admissions at MIT, as a clinical coordinator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and in EdTech. At Tufts, Emily is dedicated to guiding pre-health and post-bacc students through their academic and professional journeys, helping them gain the confidence to explore their options. From one-on-one advising to admissions support and webinars, Emily is committed to offering undergraduates, post-baccs, and alumni the resources and encouragement they need to thrive.

A loyal Red Sox fan, she also enjoys listening to records, getting lost in a good book, and tending to her houseplants.