The Calling: A Medical School Journey

Follow the intellectual and emotional journey of a group of medical students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Captured through verité scenes and personal video diaries, the film offers an inside look at America’s healthcare system through the eyes of these aspiring practitioners as they learn what it takes to become a doctor in one of the country's most underserved communities.

Cameron Smith shares updates on his medical school journey and reflects on filming The Calling.

Tiffany Liu shares updates on her medical school journey and reflects on filming The Calling.

Chetali Jain shares updates on her medical school journey and reflects on filming The Calling.

Cory Ransom shares updates on her medical school journey and reflects on filming The Calling.

Andrew Peck shares updates on his medical school journey, and reflects on filming The Calling.

Ghaith Al Tibi shares updates on his medical school journey and reflects on filming The Calling.

Meet Jordan Giordano, a first-year student from New Jersey and a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve, who is attending medical school through an Army scholarship program. His father, a New York City firefighter who perished in the Sept. 11 attacks, inspired him to serve.

Meet Andrew Peck, a Haitian American first-year student from Queens who hopes to mentor other aspiring physicians from underrepresented backgrounds.

Meet Ghaith Al Tibi, a first-year student originally from Syria, who credits his parents — both doctors — with inspiring his decision to pursue a career in cardiology.

Meet Le’Shauna Phinazee, a fourth-year student and the first in her family to attend college, who dreams of leaving the harsh urban environment that has shaped her family’s past and hopes to secure a radiology residency at a top hospital in the South.

Meet Cory Ransom, a third-year student from New Jersey who is driven by a life-threatening childhood illness that required multiple brain surgeries and interested in pursuing a career in pediatric neurology.