Alumni News

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Mentorship and Leadership Overcome Health Challenges Nationwide

“Decisions made in silos affect millions; the need for health equity is greater than it’s ever been.”  Ronald Rembert, Jr., MD – a family physician...
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Linguistic Details & Correct Diagnoses: Why More Latine Physicians Are Needed 

A first-generation Ecuadorian American hospitalist reflects on experiences that led him to medicine.  Dr. Marco Proaño knows firsthand the healing power of language.   “The majority...
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From Scholarship to Service within Underinvested Communities

Dr. Efrain Talamantes, M.D., M.B.A., M.Sc., FACP, Treasurer of the Board of Directors of National Medical Fellowships (NMF) and Senior Vice President and Chief Operations...
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Advocacy and Education for the Future Faces of Medicine

Cedric M. Bright, MD, FACP has been named Vice-Chair of the Board of National Medical Fellowships after serving as a Board Member for 12 years.  ...
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Tenacity, Timing, and Tutelage: The Career of Mildred M.G. Oliver, M.D.

"I wanted a larger voice at the table, and my new role allows me to speak on a more global level.”  Dr. Mildred M.G. Olivier...
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Exploring the Depths and Summits of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Christian Hernandez, an avid wilderness and extreme sport enthusiast, has matched to a fellowship in anesthesia and critical care at Los Angeles General Medical...
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Making Women’s and Children’s Health a Family Affair

Dr. Sharon A. Ashley speaks highly of her sister, Dr. Ann Ashley Gilbert-Biry, who is a pioneer in women’s health - but shares an impressive...
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The Grit and Grind of a Non-Traditional Medical Professional

Dr. Anya Bazzell, creator of the social media blog “Surgery and the City,” recounts her winding experience to and through medical school – and beyond.  ...
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For Women in Medicine, ‘Having It All’ Is Hard – Living without Purpose is Harder

“The patients I went into medicine for – the populations made vulnerable, the chronically marginalized – weren’t even making it into primary care physicians’ offices...