Current
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Medical student · Bronx, New York
Clinical and scientific formation directed toward cardiac surgery, with a developing scholarly focus in bioethics.
Profile
Formation for a life in medicine.
Nicholas Randazzo is an MD/MBE candidate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine preparing for a career in cardiac surgery and bioethics.
- 01Biography
- 02Education
- 03Formation
- 04Honors
Biography
Toward surgery and bioethics.
Nicholas Randazzo is an MD/MBE candidate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an aspiring cardiac surgeon and bioethicist. He is interested in the disciplines required to intervene well and in how major medical treatment can alter a patient’s future.
He graduated from the University of Florida in May 2026 with a B.S. in Biology summa cum laude and a B.A. in Philosophy magna cum laude. His scientific training in the Bruner Lab included research on natural-product biosynthesis and colibactin-induced DNA damage, with work in X-ray crystallography, protein expression, and assay design.
His clinical work in ocular oncology has included ultra-widefield ophthalmic imaging and research on melanoma genetics and treatment-associated retinal disease. His philosophical work includes a peer-reviewed article in Synthese, writing on law and personhood, ongoing work in bioethics, and archival research at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.
He looks forward to his clinical vocation in cardiac surgery and to continued work in bioethics and the humanities.
May 2026
B.S. Biology, summa cum laude
University of Florida · Gainesville, Florida
Biology honors thesis.
May 2026
B.A. Philosophy, magna cum laude
University of Florida · Gainesville, Florida
Honors research in epistemology, later published in Synthese.
Education
Science and the humanities, pursued together.
Methods & formation
What the earlier work contributes.
I
Experimental biology
Enzymatic assays, protein expression, assay design, X-ray crystallography, and mechanistic studies of DNA damage in the Bruner Lab.
II
Clinical imaging
Ultra-widefield retinal imaging in ocular oncology, with attention to the quality of the visual record on which clinical decisions depend.
III
Quantitative medicine
Training in public-health biostatistics, systematic review, and meta-analysis as foundations for evaluating treatments and outcomes.
IV
Humanistic inquiry
Analytic philosophy, bioethics, law, and archival research applied to questions of agency, personhood, professional character, and institutional responsibility.
Selected honors
Recognition at the University of Florida.
Phi Beta Kappa
Inducted into the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.
University of Florida
CLAS Student Excellence Award
Nominated by the Department of Biology and selected as one of four students across the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who best represented the college’s values.
University of Florida
Summa Cum Laude Biology Thesis
Honors distinction in biological science.
University of Florida