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Association of Medical Colleges Honors Former Surgeon General

Association of Medical Colleges Honors Former Surgeon General SAN FRANCISCOFormer Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher is the third recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Herbert W. Nickens, M.D. award. Satcher was honored at the association’s 113th Annual Meeting held last month in San Francisco. Satcher delivered an address on targeting health care disparities […]

December 4, 2002

Howard Hospital Reorganizes Residency Programs

December 4, 2002

Decline in Medical School Applicants Continues, But 2003 Projections Indicate Turnaround

Decline in Medical School Applicants Continues, But 2003 Projections Indicate Turnaround WASHINGTONWhile almost 34,000 people applied to U.S. medical schools in 2002 — continuing a six-year decline — preliminary data for 2003 released last month by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) indicate that this decline may be coming to an end. Based on […]

November 20, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Criticism of Howard University Hospital

Criticism of Howard University Hospital Residency Programs Raises QuestionsBy Cheryl D. FieldsWASHINGTONAn unfavorable assessment by the Accrediting Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) of the residency programs at Howard University Hospital has generated a flurry of activity, including a major story in the Washington Post and the subsequent reorganization of the oversight committee that manages […]

June 19, 2002

UCLA School of Medicine Receives Record Gift of $200 Million

UCLA School of Medicine Receives Record Gift of $200 MillionLOS ANGELESThe UCLA School of Medicine last month received the largest donation ever in the entire University of California system. David Geffen, entertainment executive and philanthropist, donated $200 million to the school, which will be renamed the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The financial […]

June 5, 2002

Race Matters Health Care

Race Matters Health CareExperts say eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities is the civil rights issue of our dayWASHINGTONWhen the National Academies’ Institute of Medicine released its report earlier this year documenting that minorities, regardless of income, education and access, were discriminated against in health care, many African Americans in the medical and health care […]

May 22, 2002

Calling on the Black Community’s Best and Brightest

Calling on the Black Community’s Best and BrightestI was one of those people who associate editor Robin Smiles in her article “Race Matters in Health Care” says “yawned” when the Institute of Medicine released its report recently, which documented that minorities, regardless of income, education and access, were discriminated against in health care. I thought […]

May 22, 2002

U.S. Medical Seniors Enjoy Highest Match Rate Ever

U.S. Medical Seniors Enjoy Highest Match Rate Ever WASHINGTONLast month, more than 23,000 applicants in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) found out which residency program they will enter for training. Data from this year’s residency match, which serves as an indicator of career interests among medical school graduates, shows a decrease in applicants matched […]

April 10, 2002

CSU Launches First Combined Veterinary Medicine, Business Degree

CSU Launches First Combined Veterinary Medicine, Business DegreeFort Collins, Colo.The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the College of Business at Colorado State University have launched the first program in North America combining the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Masters of Business Administration degree.Beginning in the fall semester of 2002, the College of […]

March 13, 2002

Xavier Stays on Top for Ninth Straight Year

Xavier Stays on Top for Ninth Straight YearNEW ORLEANSFor the ninth consecutive year, Xavier University sent more Black students to medical school in 2001 than any other American college.Xavier’s 94 graduates who started medical school in 2001 is nearly triple the total of second place Spelman College (38) and third place Harvard University (37), according […]

January 30, 2002

A Healing Touch

A Healing TouchDr. Joan Coker remembers the exact moment she decided to go into the health care field. Her grandfather, a minister, died suddenly of a heart attack while preaching on a Sunday morning when she was 16.“I remember feeling such a sense of helplessness,” says Coker, outpatient clinical director of otolaryngology at Charles Drew […]

January 2, 2002

Ross University School of Medicine Dedicates $2.1 Million To Diversity and Outreach Scholarship Program

Ross University School of Medicine Dedicates $2.1 Million To Diversity and Outreach Scholarship ProgramWASHINGTONRoss University School of Medicine & School of Veterinary Medicine has created a $2.1 million diversity and outreach scholarship program. The objective of the program is to challenge and enable underrepresented minority students to meet their potential in becoming medical doctors and […]

August 29, 2001

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