1-on-1 USMLE coaching,
every session with Dr. Mickey

Every USMLE taker. US MD students, US DO students, and international students and graduates, whether you are heading for the NRMP, for CaRMS, or still deciding between them. The exam does not change by route, and neither does the work of preparing for it well: reading a stem under time, reviewing a block so that it teaches you something, and judging honestly whether you are ready to sit. What changes is the calendar around it and the constraints you are working inside, which is why the first call is a diagnosis rather than a pitch. Dr. Mickey graduated as valedictorian of his medical school and went on to a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory, which US News ranks among the country’s top ten children’s hospitals for cardiology. He has received multiple awards for his clinical and educational work, and serves as a Chief Medical Officer. He has coached students through these exams since 2006.

Both, in that order. A session starts by working a block with you out loud, because the reason a question goes wrong is usually not the reason you expect, and no amount of content teaching fixes a misread stem or a right answer you talked yourself out of. Once the cause is named, the session teaches whatever that cause points at, which is sometimes renal physiology and is often the reading routine instead. Plenty of students also need a dedicated subject tutor, and if content is genuinely the gap then that is the right first spend. What you get here is the diagnosis that tells you which one you are looking at.

A 20-minute one-on-one video call with Dr. Mickey himself, the physician who would be coaching you, to review where you are in your training, what you are worried about, and what the realistic next twelve months look like. You will leave with a written summary of the most important actions for your situation. There is no obligation to enroll afterward, and we will tell you honestly if we do not think our program is the right fit for where you are.

There are three packages with published prices: USMLE Prep at $5,000, Score Recovery at $6,000, and Match and Application at $4,500. Installment plans are available on all three. If none of them fits your case, a Custom Package is built and priced on the free call, and custom engagements typically begin around $4,500. Whichever route you take, the scope and the price are confirmed in writing before you commit, and no payment is collected on the free call itself.

The first call is diagnostic, not promotional. We read your ERAS, your personal statement, your letters, your interview record, and your match trail, and we give you an honest answer about what signaled weak and what is recoverable. From there we rebuild: gap-year plan, specialty-fit evaluation, re-submission strategy, and a new narrative for this cycle. Reapplying without that diagnosis tends to reproduce the cycle that did not work. It is not too late, but it is later than it was, so start early.

Yes. CaRMS runs on different timelines, weighs evidence differently and asks for different documentation than the NRMP, and Dr. Mickey has coached applicants through both. If you are Canadian-bound, the free strategy call will help you make the decision that has to be made early: whether to apply US, Canada, or both, and in what order.