No flashcards to memorize and forget. Every concept gets rebuilt from first principles — and every wrong answer gets a real reason it's wrong, not just a rule to recite.
Q: Why does aortic stenosis cause a systolic murmur, not diastolic?
High school through pre-med, with a focus on the courses that gatekeep the next step.
Mechanics, E&M, waves — conceptual and AP/IB level, taught the way a physicist actually thinks about it.
General and organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms, and the intuition behind why they work.
From intro bio to physiology — systems-level reasoning over rote pathway memorization.
Algebra through calculus, with an emphasis on why a method works, not just how to run it.
Content review and question strategy from someone who took the exam and teaches the reasoning behind every answer choice.
Course planning, application strategy, and study systems for students aiming at med school.
We build the concept up from first principles before touching a single practice question — so the fact is derivable, not memorized.
For every question, we go through why the other options are wrong — not just why the right one is right. That's usually where the gap was.
Confusable concepts get taught side by side in tables, so the distinguishing feature is explicit instead of assumed.
Each session ends with a short list of what's actually still shaky, so nothing gets re-explained from scratch or quietly dropped.
I studied physics at Caltech before medical school, and I'm now an MD candidate headed into a research year in spine surgery. I've sat both sides of the table — as a student who needed concepts rebuilt from scratch, and as someone who now has to explain complex material clearly, fast, under pressure. That's the standard I tutor to.
"I stopped trying to memorize formulas halfway through our first session. Once I understood where they came from I didn't need the formula sheet."
"Every practice question turned into a mini-lesson on why the other three answers were traps. My score on that section jumped more than any content review had done."
"I'd been told to just memorize the mechanisms. Gabby showed me the electron pushing logic instead, and suddenly the exam felt predictable."
Tell me what you're working on and where it's breaking down. I'll follow up to set up a free 20-minute intro call.