News in Brief TouroCOM-Harlem awards scholarships to minority medical students TouroCOM-Harlem students aim to improve health care conditions in underserved areas upon graduation. Jan. 6, 2017Friday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Chantal Gomes, OMS IV, first became interested in medicine as a child when her grandfather was frequently hospitalized for complications with diabetes. After volunteering as a teen at a hospital, Gomes went on to enter the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (TouroCOM-Harlem) Interdisciplinary Studies program, which offered a conditional entry into the school’s DO program. Gomes is one of five students at the New York osteopathic medical school to receive a grant last month from the Fund for Underrepresented Minority Students. Provided by TouroCOM-Harlem in conjunction with the TouroCOM-Harlem Community Advisory Board, the fund offers scholarships to minority medical students who will work to improve health care in underserved areas upon graduation. Other recipients include Brian Barrett, OMS IV; Patricia Jean-Charles, OMS II; Geoffrey Sanyi, OMS III; and Dale-Marie Simpson, OMS III. “I have countless stories of doors being slammed in my face while trying to pursue medicine,” Jean-Charles told the Amsterdam News. “When I received this scholarship, it was a testament that I was meant to be here, and that all the hard work I put in meant something.” To learn more, read the full story in the Amsterdam News. More in Newsbriefs DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book. Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review. Previous articleAOA seeks to ensure access to affordable care and coverage for patients Next article‘You feel you’ve created something’: What it’s like running a private practice
DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book.
Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review.