{"id":158391,"date":"2025-04-14T12:12:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=158391"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:10:42","slug":"this-future-doctor-means-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2025\/04\/14\/this-future-doctor-means-business\/","title":{"rendered":"This future doctor means business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wright State senior Matthew Correll studied management in the Raj Soin College of Business to give him the leadership skills he will need as a doctor. (Photo by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

When Matthew Correll tosses his graduation cap this May at Wright State University, he’ll trade business presentations for patient consultations.<\/p>\n

Come July, the management major will begin pursuing a medical degree at Wright State\u2019s Boonshoft School of Medicine<\/a> \u2014 bringing a toolkit many of his classmates won’t possess.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe typical route for med school is to get a science degree, in chemistry or biology,\u201d said the Englewood native, whose minor is pre-med. \u201cBut I saw a need in the medical field for doctors to lead teams. They don\u2019t typically receive that official learning experience as undergraduates. They expect to do medicine, but every doctor has to lead a group of nurses or social workers, everyone who\u2019s involved in medicine, in a hospital or private practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why he enrolled in Wright State\u2019s Raj Soin College of Business<\/a> as an undergraduate student and majored in management<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to get that experience. That gave me a leg up in certain areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Correll reasoned that the more fields that can be combined, the better. He said Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, combined business, arts and technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I can combine business with medicine, that\u2019ll help me be successful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Correll has already enjoyed success as an honors student, developing a research project on how to help medical students become better leaders through self-evaluation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to do something with business and medicine,\u201d Correll said. \u201cI\u2019m passionate about those things.\u201d<\/p>\n

He collaborated with Rachel Sturm, Ph.D., the associate dean of the Raj Soin College of Business, on the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs someone who cares deeply about the health care industry, I was very excited to work with Matt \u2014 his ideas were brilliant,\u201d Sturm said.<\/p>\n

They took a data-driven approach to identify leadership capability in medical students and, for medical students interested in leadership, identify areas for additional training. They worked with a consulting firm in Ohio to administer an assessment predicting the leadership capacity of a select cohort of medical students.<\/p>\n

They are now considering the next steps with the data, Sturm said, and are \u201cexcited to see what is possible to support this aspect of career development in medical students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Correll not only enters medical school with an unconventional degree, but he’s also drawn to psychiatry \u2014 a field where his management training could transform patient care. The calling runs in his blood.<\/p>\n

His father, Terry Correll, D.O., is a clinical professor of psychiatry and associate training director for academics and evaluations at the Boonshoft School of Medicine. His brother, Andrew Correll, M.D., graduated from Wright State last spring and is currently in the Psychiatry Residency program<\/a> at the Boonshoft School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

Matthew Correll values the Wright State connection. He chose Wright State because he wanted to stay close to home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my family, community, church, Dayton overall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His faith is important to him, and he attends the Christian Life Center in Vandalia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m open to wherever the Lord leads me,\u201d he said, which could be as a psychiatrist in a hospital or in his own practice or hospital administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatt was an absolute delight to work with,\u201d Sturm said. \u201cHe was not only smart, hard-working and professional but brought a great positive energy and curiosity to the project that enabled its success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Correll said he\u2019s driven by two things: \u201cMaking the most impact that I can among the most people and following God\u2019s will by taking doors He\u2019s opened.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll find that next door opens this summer at Wright State\u2019s Boonshoft School of Medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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