Erika Thys BA

Erika Thys is a rising third year medical student and President of the Class of 2025 at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. She received her BA in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley in 2017. Upon graduating, she worked for Dr. Marci Bowers, a pelvic and reconstructive surgeon in the Bay Area who specializes in gender affirming surgery for transgender and gender expansive (T/GE) individuals. This ignited her passion for social justice and patient advocacy, ultimately becoming the deciding factor in her pursuing a career in medicine. Since beginning her medical education at UNR Med, she was awarded a student project stipend through the Western Region Public Health Training Center, and selected for the AMA Health Systems Science Student, Resident and Fellows Impact Challenge in the November 2022 issue. She was also recently nominated by her peers to be one of five recipients of the Jerry & Janet Zebrack Family Scholarship for Humanism.