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Alumni News, Global Health
Dr. Shock is one of many AUC graduates who have completed the Global Health Elective, an immersive clerkship offered through a partnership with Danbury Hospital and the Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN).
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Diversity in Medicine, Alumni News
Fifty years ago, the percentage of MD graduates who were women hovered around just 10% in the United States, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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Alumni News, Featured News
Class of 2019 graduate Dr.
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Alumni News, Featured News
As a developmental behavioral pediatrician (DBP), Dr. Silvia Pereira-Smith fills a critical role in caring for her young patients with autism, ADHD, and other learning and behavioral disorders. Demand for these types of pediatricians in the United States far outweighs the supply. 
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Alumni News, Featured News, COVID-19
The Class of 2017 AUC School of Medicine graduate remembers being on a night shift in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) back in March when she encountered her first patient with the novel coronavirus—a 19-year-old female. 
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Alumni News, Residency Match
Melody Santos has never been a “jumper,” as she puts it—the type of person who can’t contain their excitement after hearing good news. The exception, of course, was when she found out she matched into her first-choice residency program.