Mary Sohan

Cedar Knolls, NJ

August 07, 2018
TouroCOM Harlem Class of 2022 Member Mary Sohan

Mary Sohan can’t decide whether her favorite Bruce Springstein song is “Jungleland” or “Atlantic City.”

The New Jersey native is of Guyanese descent and attended NYU’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. On her 25th birthday, after spending five years working in television, she felt she could contribute more to the world as a physician. She did her post-bac at Hunter College, but her medical pursuits were hampered by a family tragedy: her father was diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration, a terminal neurodegenerative disorder. “I was grateful that I was able to be there for him,” said Sohan who said the family provided hospice care for her father in their home. “Both of my parents were pharmacists so I saw the way that medicine can help a community.”

Fun Fact: Her favorite filmmaker is Stanley Kubrick.