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.
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.
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.
Research project on Dengue Fever addresses conference theme of addressing global health concerns.
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).
With significant primary care shortages facing the state of Arizona, AUC executive dean Dr. Heidi Chumley looks to international medical schools as a solution.