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Browse the directory
Filter by career, specialty, stage, location, and the kind of guidance you need.
Real people. One useful introduction.
Find someone who has walked part of the path.
Browse verified health professionals across the United States. Send one thoughtful introduction. If they respond, you continue over email—without another platform to manage.
Not sure where to start? Take the 2-minute career quiz.
Featured mentor
The kind of person you can reach here.
Dr. John Shufeldt
Founder · Emergency Physician & Healthcare Entrepreneur
John is an emergency physician, attorney, educator, and health-care entrepreneur. His work founding Tribal Health grew from witnessing severe care disparities in Indian Country—and Health Mentors carries that experience into a simple idea: access to a guide should not depend on geography or family connections.
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How it works
The platform does one job.
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Send an introduction
Adults with a private mentee profile can send a subject and one message.
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Continue by email
The mentor decides whether to reply. Health Mentors does not host or monitor what happens next.
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Start with a path you're curious about.
Why we built this
Guidance shouldn't depend on who you already know.
Health Mentors began with the gap students face in rural, tribal, and underserved communities. The directory is national and includes every kind of health career—so one honest conversation is always within reach.
- Only verified professionals appear publicly.
- One introduction — no inbox, and no algorithm deciding for you.
- Replies happen over regular email, off-platform.
- Built with rural, tribal, and first-generation students in mind.
“Access to a guide should not depend on geography or family connections.”
Dr. John Shufeldt, Founder
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