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Community Action Day: Deepening Community Bonds and Fostering Future Health Care Leaders
American University of the Caribbean (AUC)’s long-standing Community Action Day is a celebration of service, learning, and community collaboration.
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Many physicians dream of coming home after medical school to serve the communities where they grew up. These are just a few AUC grads who are putting that dream into practice.
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More than a decade after they first met at AUC, Raj and Crystal Wadyal, MD '09 now live with their family in South Barrington, IL, practicing psychiatry and obstetrics/gynecology respectively.
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Research project on Dengue Fever addresses conference theme of addressing global health concerns.
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Project HELP is a special partnership between AUC and the Ministry of Health to host free medical screenings throughout St. Maarten.
Sports neurologist Kate Essad, MD ’12 has been a mentor to student Patricia Henegan ever since they met at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where Dr. Essad was completing her residency and Patricia was conducting research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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With significant primary care shortages facing the state of Arizona, AUC executive dean Dr. Heidi Chumley looks to international medical schools as a solution.
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