Two faculty in the Yale Department of Psychiatry have been chosen to receive the Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education from the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Carmen Black, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Cynthia D. Conrad, MD, PhD, clinical instructor in psychiatry, are the 2023-2024 recipients of the award at Yale.

The award was established in honor of Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, and serves as a tribute to her unique and creative contributions to psychiatric education. It is awarded to APA members who have made outstanding and sustaining contributions to medical student education.

Black is director of Social Justice and Health Equity Education in the Yale Department of Psychiatry and a Yale School of Medicine Clinical Skills Lead, where she teaches pre-clerkship medical students about patient interviewing and the physical exam. She is leading the medical school in a medical education grant about removing carceral practice within medical education and clinical practice. In this capacity she teaches a core clerkship lecture about historically informed, evidence-based principles supporting the de-policing of hospital medicine.

Conrad has served as a psychiatric residency training director and conducted case conferences on complex patients with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. She tutors medical students during their psychiatric clerkship, stressing the value of biopsychosocial approach to patient care. She assists her students in oral and written case presentations, differential diagnostics, treatment, and disposition planning.

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More than 30 young female high school students were able to work alongside West Virginia University orthopaedic clinicians and educators to participate in a transformative experience at the School of Medicine through The Perry Initiative.

Michelle Bramer, M.D., led the team of volunteers (see full list at the bottom of the article) to orchestrate a one-day career exploration event on Saturday, Dec. 9, as part of the Perry Outreach Program.

The Perry Initiative collaborates with medical centers, universities and high schools to organize Perry Outreach Programs for high school girls. These day-long events, conducted at over 45 locations nationwide, involve participants in simulated orthopaedic surgeries, biomechanical engineering experiments and insightful sessions with accomplished women engineers and surgeons.

Organizers say that the event benefits the faculty as much as the students.

In dedicating our time, expertise and passion to this initiative, my team and I firmly believe that the benefits extend beyond the students, positively impacting the faculty as well, said Dr. Bramer, M.D.

Organizers say students become mentors and role models, guiding attendees through the intricacies of suturing, casting, surgery and more, fostering confidence and opening doors to STEM-related careers for young women.

For more information on the WVU Department of Orthopaedics, visit medicine.wvu.edu/orthopaedics.

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This is truly an honor and a culmination of decades of work dedicated to advance the field of cancer genetics. To have this appointment at an esteemed place such as Yale is even more meaningful, which has global reach and impact. I think the work I have done in collaboration with so many colleagues nationally and globally regarding cancer genetics, cancer disparities, and access to genetics care is critical at this time in oncology. Having the appointment based on this work really feels fulfilling and inspiring to continue this important work.

I contacted my husband, young adult kids, and parents who all congratulated me. Having that level of appreciation from my family, especially my children, was so moving.

I have been blessed to work with so many expert colleagues this really is a team approach to advance cancer care! I am honored to have mentored and continue to mentor the next generation of physicians and physician-scientists. Ultimately, I am deeply grateful to all of my patients who inspire my work. When I hear of even one patient who has been touched by my work, that is all I need to feel that it is all worth it.

I truly enjoy the opportunities to work with colleagues across disciplines, geographic regions, and expertise. I appreciate the ability to have creative freedom to explore new lines of research based on patient needs, which have led to some of the most impactful contributions. I also enjoy teaching and mentorship to build a legacy to carry forward for generations.

My high school mascot was the bulldog and now my career mascot is also the bulldog! I have come full circle here at Yale.

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It is helpful to contextualize the promotion by placing it into a sequence of ~100-month blocks from (1) grade school through middle school, (2) high school and college, (3) MD-PhD education, (4) internship, residency, and fellowship training into K08 award, (5) first R01 grant through associate professorship, and (6) tenure until professorship. It is with a gentle sigh of relief, as I approach my 660th month on this planet, that I have at long last completed my "official" training. It is with much excitement, humility, and sentimentality that I look forward to the centennial blocks to follow this time without training wheels or institutionalized goals. It is in these segments where I hope finally to perform what I have been educated to do. I am told it is during these times when wisdom starts to engraft. Fingers crossed.

It still hasnt quite hit that I have been promoted. Seriously. I am actually a bit afraid to do or say anything for fear that it is just a dream and will disappear when I awake. While I had a perfect evening getting takeout with my lovely wife, Ania (I got to choose the pizza toppings!), I wont let loose until after learning the secret handshake and receiving the key to the clubhouse. That said, we did pop some bubbly with our neighbor Katie, who, coincidentally, was promoted to professor the same day big news for our block!

An awkward and stubborn persistence. Somewhere along the way, my great discovery was an internal doggedness that was supported by a loving family and absolutely amazing team. This doggedness was woven into a network of remarkable colleague-friends and sustained by sage mentors, serene gurus, and sentient leaders. Everything else follows.

The science, equations, and relationships.

Both my parents have full heads of hair.

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Michael S. Brown, MD, director of the Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics and the Regental Professor at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical School, will address graduates and their guests at Feinbergs 165th commencement ceremony on Monday, May 13.

Brown, along with his long-time colleague, Joseph Goldstein, MD, Chairman of the Department of Molecular Genetics at UT Southwestern Medical Center, discovered the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor, which controls cholesterol in blood and in cells, and showed that mutations in this receptor cause Familial Hypercholesterolemia, a disorder that leads to premature heart attack.

Their work laid the groundwork for the development of statins that block cholesterol synthesis, increase LDL receptors, lower blood cholesterol and prevent heart attacks. Their discoveries earned them the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1985 and the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1988, among many other awards.

Brown earned his MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1966 and completed an internship and internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1968. He then became a Clinical Associate at the National Institutes of Health and in 1969, he joined the laboratory of Earl Stadtman at the National Institutes of Health as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1976, Brown was named the Paul J Thomas Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Genetic Diseases at UT Southwestern Medical School.

Brown and Goldstein have shared a laboratory for more than 50 years. The two scientists worked with scientists at Merck to develop the first statin drugs, which cause the liver to produce more LDL receptors, thereby removing more LDL from blood and lowering LDL levels. In 1987, Merck received FDA approval for the first statin drug, which was shown to effectively treat high blood cholesterol, reduce heart attacks and extended survival in adults with coronary heart disease. Today, statins are taken by more than 20 million Americans.

Brown is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in London. Brown served for 16 years on the Board of Directors of Pfizer and is currently director of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, where he chairs the Technology Committee.

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SEMO students who are considering a career in medicine now have more opportunities for academic and personal development. SEMO has just entered a partnership with St. George's University, a school in Grenada, West Indies, that will allow outstanding medical major students to continue their studies and advance their progress.

SEMO executive director of International Education Kevin Timlin shared more information about the partnership and its benefits for students.

St. George's agreement gives SEMO pre-medical students an automatic admission into their [St. Georges University] MD program, if they complete our pre-medical program with a 3.4 GPA and a 3.5 GPA in their science courses, Timlin said.

This agreement was established to help students get a medical degree, which is usually challenging. The partnership aims to attract hardworking students to offer them financial and moral support.

I think U.S. medical schools are very, very strict. They're rigorous, they're stressful, and they have a model in which people burn or weed out, Timlin said. In St. George's University, they have a much more student-centric model, in which they provide counseling, they provide support, they provide a different kind of environment where they're not trying to get people burnt out.

St. Georges University is interested in recruiting and supporting students who are motivated to become qualified physicians or veterinarians. Their main goal is to help students successfully finish medical programs.

They take care of their students, and they really monitor their progress, Timlin said. And what I would say is they've developed a process for their medical schools that helps them identify people who are going to be qualified and good physicians, and a model to support them in their program in order to get them through the medical school.

For SEMO, this agreement means more opportunities for pre-medicine and pre-veterinarian programs. The dedication of SEMO students and staff became a fundament for building this partnership.

I want to stress we are the only university in the state of Missouri that has an agreement with St. George's, and one of only approximately 40 in the entire U.S., Timlin said. They vetted our pre-medical program and biological sciences program, looked at the faculty members, courses, qualifications, outcomes, and recognized our program as being one that successfully prepares people for this environment.

According to the SEMO website, accepted students will receive a $10,000 scholarship to complete their studies at St. Georges University.

Sophomore biomedical science major Vanesse Mungate, who recently applied for the program, says that it will help her achieve her professional goals.

I'm an international student here in the U.S., and it's very hard for international students to get placements. You need to have extremely, extremely high GPA, and medical school is expensive, so you need to have a good financial status, Mungate said. Compared to schools in the U.S., you're getting education, but at a more affordable price.

Getting experience in and outside of the United States is another benefit of the program.

The biggest factor for me is that a lot of upcoming doctors here in the U.S. can be coming from St. George's, which is a good thing because if you get into the medical field, you might need some references. And that would be a good start. Mungate said.

According to the SEMO website, SEMO and St. Georges University entered the agreement in December 2023. As the partnership is new, a limited number of students are participating.

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In this study of 744 IMGs applying for the 2022 residency match, we found that younger age, higher USMLE scores, higher-income country of origin (including the United States), fewer match attempts, applying to fewer specialties, having parents with college degree or higher, and coming from higher-than-average or lower-than-average family income were associated with increased odds of matching. Gender, personal income, and visa status did not demonstrate significant associations with residency match.

According to the NRMP in the 2022 residency match 5,048 US IMGs and 7,864 non-US IMGs submitted rank lists [2]. Thus, surveys for this study were sent to 38% of all IMGs who applied to the 2022 match with 5% of all IMGs participating in 2022 residency match responding. To our knowledge, only a limited number of studies focusing on IMGs residency match exist. Most of the data comes from the annual NRMP report.. This information is limited to data such as USMLE scores, research publications, work and volunteer experiences, and number of specialties applied. There are, however, papers focusing on specific economic and cultural challenges of IMGs demonstrating that IMGs from more developed countries match to more competitive specialties and residency programs [13, 14].

Our study cohort had a higher proportion of successfully matched applicants (87.3% of US IMGs, 70.5% of non-US IMGs) compared to the total population of applicants per the NRMP which reported a match rate of 61.4% for US IMGs and 58.1% for non-US IMGs in the 2022 residency match. Similarly, our rate of match to the preferred specialty was higher with 68.9% of US IMGs and 63.8% of non-US IMGs matching to their preferred specialty compared to the 2022 match rate to preferred specialty which was 54.8% for US IMGs, 53.5% for non-US IMGs [2]. Despite these differences, we still had a substantial proportion of unmatched non-US IMGs which allowed us to perform a multivariable analysis of factors associated with matching. Other than a higher match rate in our cohort, the rest of the reported variables, including Step scores and percent of female applicants, were similar to national average based on the NRMP data. This suggests that the data likely can be generalized to the other residency programs in the US. Our analysis of US IMGs was limited due to the small number of unmatched applicants in our cohort. Findings demonstrated that graduates from countries with high or upper middle income were more likely to secure residency position, and applicants with at least one parent with a college degree or higher were more likely to match to a program listed in one of the top-3 spots on their rank list.. IMGs from higher income families were also more successful in residency match. This supports our theory that IMG applicants from higher socio-economic backgrounds were more likely to secure residency positions even when accounting for other variables. Higher socio-economic status is also associated with medical school matriculation among American medical students. A 2018 AAMC study of 126,856 1st year US medical students from 1988 through 2017, the top two household income quintiles contributed between 73 and 79% of all US medical school matriculants each year. Interestingly, matriculants in higher-income quintiles were also more likely to be children of parents with at least a bachelors degree [5]. Regarding parental education, there are similar findings among US medical students. In 2022 only 21.5% of US medical school matriculants had parents with less than a college degree [15].

Our study did also demonstrate an association between being from a lower-than-average income family with higher chances of matching. While this result seems to contradict another finding of our study, it is possible that both are true. Admittedly it is very difficult to compare between residents of different countries since family income is self-reported and potentially subjective. However, with an increasing focus on diversity, resilience and grit in the residency selection process, applicants from lower-income families may have an advantage in demonstrating these qualities. The true association between family income and residency match success requires further study.

Per our data, age was significantly associated with chances to match, match to preferred specialty, and top-3 programs. Younger applicants do better in all three outcomes. The average age of a first-year medical resident in the US is 29.8years [16], the average age of matched IMG in our dataset was similar (28.9years).

In addition to the finding of applicants from higher income countries being 66% more likely to secure residency position, there is another observation. Approximately 10% of the worlds population comes from low-income countries [17]. Among our non-US IMG respondents only 5.7% reported being from a country classified as low-income by the World Bank. This underrepresentation could be due to financial barriers faced by these applicants.

There are programs in the US medical education, such as VSLO (Visiting Student Learning Opportunities) which charge different annual fees depending on a countrys income level [18]. The ECFMGs fees, however, are the same for every IMG. The fees are lower for IMGs residing in the US because they do not pay an international surcharge for the USMLE exam administration. In addition, USMLE examinations are less likely to be available in low-income countries, requiring applicants from these countries to travel internationally to sit for each exam which further increases the relative cost of the match for them [17]. The COVID-19 pandemic likely widened the gap between IMG applicants from different countries even more, starting with economic damages disproportionally affecting low-income countries and ending with new regulations complicating international travel especially for nationals of countries where Western vaccines are not readily available and those requiring US visas [19, 20].

We found that the increased number of specialties applied to was associated with a decreased odd of matching. This finding is consistent with NRMP reports demonstrating that applicants applying to a higher number of specialties have lower chances of matching. This finding may be due to residency programs perceiving applicants with multi-specialty CVs as having lower commitment to any given specialty. Alternatively, applicants applying to more competitive specialties are more likely to use less competitive specialties as a secondary option. Further specialty-specific studies are needed to analyze these findings.

Visa status was not associated with odds of matching. This is likely because our institution sponsors all types of visas for IMGs, however, this finding may not be generalizable to other institutions where only particular types of visas are sponsored.

To improve access to US graduate medical education for international applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds, consideration of a sliding scale payment system for the variety of fees associated with the entire process could be introduced. Additional studies are needed to survey larger number of international applicants regarding the financial barriers they experience to entering the US graduate medical education system prior to developing this type of system.

Based on our data, any IMG applying to the NRMP would be advised to put their absolute best application forward the first time rather than taking a shot and seeing how they fair. Age was also a significant predictor of match success so waiting many years to apply could offset some of the gains in other areas. For those applicants who are further out from their primary medical training, they may need to find additional ways to connect with or highlight their value to programs to demonstrate how their prior experience is an asset and not a liability, since our data suggests a preference for younger applicants. We acknowledge that this finding could be the result of older applicants having more attempts due to weaker applications within our data set. It is also possible that applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds are not able to apply shortly after medical school graduation as they might need to work for several years to be able to afford the USMLE and NRMP cost.

This was a retrospective study in order to comply with ERAS policies. Our response rate was relatively low at 15.13% but does represent 5% of all IMGs applying for 2022 residency match. This is still a relatively small sample compared to the number of IMGs applying for residency match each year. An unmeasured confounding is a potential limitation of this study. Due to difficulties with comparing socio-economic characteristics of people from different countries, we had to use subjective variables such as personal perception of the participants of their level of income growing up in comparison to other families in the same city. The match rate of our respondents was higher compared to the total population of applicants per the NRMP which could represent self-selection bias. There is a small chance all associations identified were due to statistical error.

We used contact information provided by the applicants as a part of NRMP. Based on our sample, more than 1/3 of all IMGs applying that year applied to our institution, they also likely applied to hundreds of other programs, and therefore, we do not believe that competitiveness of our institution was a significant limiting factor of this study, although it is a possibility.

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SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- The government is likely to announce an increase in the medical school enrollment quota this week to address the shortage of doctors in remote areas and essential medicine despite strong opposition from the medical circle, officials said Sunday.

If decided, it will be the first hike of the medical school enrollment quota in 19 years. The current limit stood at 3,058.

The government has reportedly been looking to raise the annual enrollment quota at medical schools by as much as 2,000 from the current 3,058, starting in 2025. The move comes amid a shortage of doctors in non-metropolitan and remote areas, as well as in the essential medicine field, including pediatrics and emergency care.

Doctors have opposed the government's plan, claiming that the quota hike will compromise the quality of medical education and services and that the government should find other ways to better allocate physicians and boost compensation.

Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong speaks during a press briefing on medical reform issues at the government complex in Seoul on Feb. 1, 2024. (Yonhap)

During a government-public debate on medical reform Thursday, health officials said the government will raise the number of medical school students starting in 2025, considering the shortage of 15,000 doctors in 2035.

At the session, President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to push ahead with the expansion of medical personnel, saying it is essential to reviving local and essential medical services.

Along with the potential quota increase, the government plans to announce a set of measures that aims to encourage doctors to major in essential medical fields and serve in non-metropolitan and other remote regions that have particularly seen a decrease in the number of medical staff.

According to the health ministry, the number of doctors per 1,000 people in South Korea came to 5.6, far below the average of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member nations.

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Speaking to a room full of student-doctors at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) on Wednesday during the medical schools weekly Convocation, Liberty President Dondi Costin emphatically shared the importance of not delaying Gods purpose for their lives.

Costins message marked the conclusion of LUCOMs Convocation series titled Waiting on God, and he stated that his message to the student-doctors is simply that God is also waiting on them.

The Lord is waiting on you to become the man or woman of God He wants you to be, and God loves you, he said. God loves you not because youre talented or ambitious or have a special calling you wouldnt be here if you werent but because He made you in His image. He loves you with an everlasting love that is based not on your performance but based on His performance.

Costin is a retired Major General with 36 years of service in a military career that culminated as a senior leader in the Pentagon, where he served as the 18th Air Force Chief of Chaplains. He said during his time in service, he would wake up every morning, don his uniform, and take note of the words on his right shoulder.

When Id put that thing on, button up those buttons, and look at myself in the mirror before I left for the day to conquer the world or whatever else I was supposed to do, I would see the name U.S. Air Force on my shoulder, and that told me that my job that day was not to live for myself, but to give everything I could for the U.S. Air Force. My oath said nothing about having a nice life it was all about how much I would be giving to those who would never know my name or care (about me), but they would care that they could go to sleep each night in a free country and wake up in a free country.

He asked those in the room why they wanted to become a doctor and theorized that some may have been pushed into it by loved ones and others might have heard that the profession makes a lot of money. However, just as he was called to serve in the military, Costin said that the student-doctors likely also heeded a call to their profession and knew there are people out there who are in a state of pain and difficulty that they want to serve.

On the opposite shoulder of his uniform, Costin said, was his last name. While he did nothing to earn his last name, Costin said he would make a point each day to represent his name well.

When LUCOM students put on their own uniform of a white coat, Costin said, they are a representative of their names, too, sewn onto the chest with the title of Dr.

When people come to you, theyre not going to ask to see your transcripts and (references); you are going to walk in with an authority based on your Dr., he said. The most important thing about your title is not what it means to other people its the meaning you put into the name. If you learn to wait on God, you will do exactly what He says and help the people who cried out to Him for help.

But doing so can only come with the choice to submit to God and not make excuses before answering His call. Costin referred to the story in Exodus of Moses resisting Gods call through the burning bush for him to free His people, along with Costins own experience of initially rejecting a calling to ministry, as he charged LUCOMs student-doctors to not waste time God can use.

Waiting on you is one of His specialties, and let me tell you from personal experience: the sooner you take Him up on His offer to go wherever He wants to send you, the better your life will be, and the better the lives will be of the people He has called you to serve, Costin said. The thing Ive learned about God is that He will let you run, and when you falter, He will be there waiting for you. Although others will say this, God will never say, I told you so. He will say, Its about time, and there are people out there who need you.

At the closing of Convocation, LUCOM Dean Dr. Joseph Johnson, DO, asked faculty and students in leadership or with military backgrounds to lay hands on and pray over President Costin in his leadership of Liberty University.

The next series for LUCOM Convocation, The Great Physician, will begin next Wednesday, Feb. 7. Speakers for these Convocations are often faculty and staff from LUCOM or other departments of Liberty, but they also feature outside speakers on occasion.

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Neel Patel has learned a lot during his first year as a medical student at OUWB, but one moment will stick with him for the rest of his life.

It was the first time he held a human heart in his hands.

Part of a lesson on cardiology in the schools anatomy lab, Patel said it wasnt lost on him that a woman had donated her body to science so that he and others could learn and one day treat countless others.

He reflected similarly on Monday, during the 2024 OUWB Anatomy Memorial, when he read a poem he wrote called Heartfelt Legacies.

This heart was better than any textbook. This heart was the fuel I needed, said Patel. It powered my heart. My heart for medicinefor cardiology. I thank the woman whose heart I held. She is a heartfelt legacy.

Patel read the poem to about 130 others who attended the ceremony held at Oakland Universitys Oakland Center. The annual event is hosted jointly by OUWB and the Oakland University School of Health Sciences Physical Therapy program.

Both programs rely on such donors as part of their curricula. Students begin working with the donors at the beginning of the school year. They are considered vital to providing students with hands-on learning experiences and the ability to see the diverse variations of the human body.

The donors also are considered the students first patients.

And their donations carry tremendous meaning to students like Patel, whose father has recently been facing his own heart issues.

Neel Patel, M1, read a poem called "Heartfelt Legacies."

Its really personal to me, said Patel after the memorial. With everything that my father has been going through recently, I had the chance to see exactly what was happening in the lab and almost in real time.

The experience we get in the lab is like nothing you can get anywhere else, he added.

Other speakers at the event included Stefanie Attardi, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies; Brandon Metcalf, M.D., OUWB 22; and Christopher Carpenter, M.D., Stephan Sharf interim dean, OUWB.

Carpenter acknowledged the selfless act of the donors. He reflected on his own first experiences in an anatomy lab, and how he still vividly remembers it.

I was understandably anxious, but also humbled and filled with respect for the person in front of me who donated their body for our education, he said. As a student, its hard to imagine how your body donors help shape your lives after medical school, but they do.

You will never know all of the reasons why they wanted to be in the lab with you, but I am pretty sure that they wanted to help you be the best at your profession, he continued. They wanted you to succeed.

Students like Patel from both programs chose to pay tribute via art.

M1 Sophie Dixon was among the speakers who all set a flower on a table prior to their turn at the podium.

Kristen Cumming, a PT student, presented Interpretation of Human Movement, a video from her time as an undergrad featuring the Grand Valley State University Laker Dance Team.

OUWB M1 Bennett Hendricks performed Augustin Barrioss Julia Florida on guitar.

M1 Sophie Dixon presented a painting called The Gift of a Heart, and M1 Myra Esmail read a collection of quotes from OUWB students and staff all expressing gratitude to the donors.

Malli Barremkala, M.D., associate professor who teaches anatomical sciences to first- and second-year medical students, said the memorial was beautiful and that it helps him better understand how students process working with the donors.

Further, he said he hopes the memorial helps people understand that the lab experience is not just for learning anatomy.

We sometimes hear the term hidden curriculum and the anatomy lab is the perfect place for hidden curriculum, said Barremkala. Students are learning how to deal with a patient, how to communicate with their peers about a patient, and how to communicate with faculty.

And its all happening in what I feel is a sacred place, he added.

Other memorial attendees also talked about what the donors meant to them after the event.

I really appreciate the gifts that the donors gave us so that we could learn anatomy in person, said Chloe Connelly, M1. The learning experience we receive is unmatched by anything else.

M1 Michael Nazmifar said he was really grateful to the donors, too.

I remember our first day in the anatomy lab, he said. We were excited and nervous, but we wanted to learn, and I cant imagine a better way to study and learn anatomy than from the donors.

Esmail, who also served as one of the planning committee members for the memorial, said she wanted to honor the donors and their selfless donations.

The memorial was better than I ever could have imagined, she said. I hope people remember this dayand how much the donors helped us learn.

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Two members of the OUWB Class of 2024 successfully matched Thursday in the highly competitive specialty of urology joining 25 alumni from the school to have done so since 2015.

Prasun Sharma matched at University of Pennsylvania and Moe Hijazi at University of Illinois.

They were among the 500 medical trainees competing for 394 positions in 148 urology residency training programs nationwide, according to the Society of Academic Urologists (SAU) and the American Urological Association (AUA). When the matching algorithm was processed, 77% of trainees were matched to a position in a program.

Early matches apply to specialties not affiliated with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), which annually holds its Match Day the third Friday in March (on March 15 this year). Military and ophthalmology programs also have early matches.

The two future urologists from the Class of 2024 join 25 OUWB alumni who have matched in the specialty since 2015 and helped establish OUWB as a top feeder school in the field.

OUWBs success in urology is what attracted me to it, said Sharma.

I looked at how the school consistently has students matching in urology. The students have to do their part, of course, but without department support for research, mentorship, and connectionsits difficult to mirror that type of success year after year.

Sharma said successfully matching and joining the OUWB alumni to have matched before him feels really good.

Its been incredibly competitive in the last three or four years in urologybut we have a fantastic staff here and I definitely put in the work, and it ended up working out pretty well, he said.

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Kenneth Peters, M.D., chair, Department of Urology, called it an incredibly competitive year for the urology match.

I am very proud of the OUWB students that matched in urology, he said. This is a great accomplishment.

The Department of Urology continues to mentor many OUWB students interested in urology, and we provide them excellent research opportunities that gives them a competitive advantage as urology candidates, he added.

Chris Jaeger, M.D., OUWB 15, instructor, Department of Urology, and Sharmas faculty advisor, called OUWBs continued success in matching future urologists truly amazing.

I believe the success stems from the perfect fusion of passionate students, a strong medical school curriculum, and an extraordinary department of Urology at the Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak led (by Peters), said Jaeger.

Dr. Peters has helped build the department into a national leader in clinical medicine and research that is revered by other leading institutions across the country, he added.

For Sharma, another big factor in his success was knowing early on that he wanted to specialize in urology.

Originally from Nepal, Sharma earned a bachelors degree in web design and development from Brigham Young University. Before starting at OUWB in 2020, Sharma served four years in the U.S. Army, where he was a medic. It was during his experiences with the military that he realized he could combine his background in information technology with his interest in medicine to specialize in a field like urology.

The very first (urology) case I saw was a laser breaking up a stone and my mind was blown, he said. Coming from a tech background, I absolutely fell in love with the field.

He hit the ground running and between M1 and M2 years was awarded a prestigious fellowship funded through the American Urological Association. He spent the summer as part of a research team at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak.

Post-fellowship, Sharma continued doing research, working alongside mentors like Michael B. Chancellor, M.D., professor, Department of Urology, at the Beaumont Research Institute.

Sharma, a 2023 Gold Humanism Honor Society inductee, said he also became involved in clinical learning early on, working closely with mentors like Brian Odom, M.D., OUWB 17, and Jaeger.

Mentorship is fundamental to medicine but also represents an important component in advancing specialty care like urology, said Jaeger. Dedicated mentorship is how I was able to match into urology and I feel an obligation to uphold this tradition at OUWB and Corewell Health for all medical students interested in urology.

Sharma, who is set to get married in May, said one of the first things he did in learning he matched was email and text those so critical to his success.

I told them that I could not thank them enough, he said. I also encouraged them to continue helping future students like me because we have a great pipeline for urology, and I hope that continues.

Thats exactly what Jaeger said OUWBs Department of Urology plans to do.

The faculty are so proud of the urology legacy at OUWB, and we hope to continue inspiring future OUWB medical students to pursue this field, he said.

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David Powers, valedictorian of the Class of 1975, was a Star Leadership Award winner and voted Most Likely to Succeed by his class. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa at Randolph-Macon College and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical School Honor Society at the Medical College of Virginia.

David completed his internship and residency in Emergency Medicine at the Hershey Medical Center in 1986. He returned to Winchester and became the first residency trained and board certified Emergency Medicine physician at the Winchester Memorial Hospital. When he became medical director of the Emergency Room, he set the hiring standard that all ER physicians would be board certified. He was dedicated to providing quality healthcare in a compassionate manner in Winchester for 35 years.

He was one of the first physician volunteers at the Free Medical Clinic and served on its endowment committee. He staffed the Winchester Medical Centers Mobile Care Unit for events such as the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and the Battle of Cedar Creek Reenactment. He was the advisor for the Medical Explorers at Winchester Medical Center where high school students were introduced to possible medical careers.

David provided free physicals for scouts attending camps and high adventure activities. The Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America awarded him the Silver Beaver Award and the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award for his volunteerism. David was able to share his love of local history with everyone, especially young people. He served on the first Tourism Board for the Winchester and Frederick County area and on the board of the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. He was a founding member of the Stone House Foundation at the Newtown History Center and of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation. He was the vice-president of the Kernstown Battlefield Association from its founding until 2019. David co-chaired the renovation of George Washingtons Office Museum in 1999. He helped organize exhibits for the Historical Society and Kurtz Cultural Center of Preservation of Historic Winchester.

Powers will be remembered not only for his life long commitment to the health of the people in the community but also for his support of youth and his love of local history.

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