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Interested in studying medicine and global health?  Learn more about MSIH by attending a webinar on Wednesday, February 6th at 7:00 pm EST for all prospective students      

The New Guard at MSIH

Dr. Alan Jotkowitz MSIH Director MSIH is pleased to announce the appointment of two new directors to lead the school as it moves into its third decade. New Director – Dr. Alan Jotkowitz Alan Jotkowitz MD has been appointed the school’s new director, assuming his role on January 1st, 2019. Dr. Jotkowitz, an internist and […]

How MSIH helps students find electives in North America

Finding clinical electives in North America can sometimes be a difficult task. For Foreign Medical Students (FMGs) – studying far from home – it can be harder still. Whether you’re in Europe, Israel, or the Caribbean, it’s often very difficult for students to pinpoint which institutions are the best fit for their professional interests and […]

MSIH Students Participate in International Global Health Case Competition at the University of Copenhagen

Two MSIH students, Bruce Larkin and Katrina Spangenberg participated last month in the University of Copenhagen’s Global Health Case Competition. The students were among 75 participants from a variety of nationalities and academic fields. The competition simultaneously took place at 18 universities across Europe. The case challenge question was “How can planning of urban public […]

Reflections from an MSIH alumnus – Will Caryl, MD (Class of 2011)

It’s been more than ten years since starting medical school. I can hardly recall what I felt was on the horizon at that time but I remember the overwhelming pride and optimism. Ben Gurion University’s Medical School for International Health (MSIH) offered an education that was rich in global health combined with a small program […]

Student Profile – Stephanie Sestito (MSIH Class of 2021)

In 2010, during the second year of a degree in Forensic Science at Southern Wesleyan University in South Carolina, Stephanie joined a group that planned to travel to Haiti to carry out community work. “Just two weeks before the trip, the earthquake struck. The focus of our trip shifted to providing basic medical care, and […]

The Jerusalem Report – Article about MSIH

MSIH was featured this month (December 2018) in the Jerusalem Report highlighting MSIH’s 20th anniversary and students throughout the years who chose to attend MSIH. “‘The cross-cultural experience at BGU ‘has shaped and had a transformative influence on what I do,’ says Dr. Javeed Sukhera, assistant professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. […]

Engineering Solutions for Medical Challenges in Resource-Scarce Settings

From Medical Challenge to Engineered Solution A device for locating veins for intravenous insertion in dehydrated patients in Africa A system to remotely monitor whether TB patients in Sri Lanka have taken their critical medicine A method for automatically recording and collating spine curvature in patients in Ethiopia A syringe for self-administration of drugs by […]

MSIH 4th Year Student Publishes His Story in “WorldView,” the Peace Corps Magazine

“I felt drawn to the thought of studying medicine overseas, in Israel, and on the campus at Ben-Gurion University at Soroka Hospital where the patients receive treatment for especially rare congenital and infectious diseases and speak such languages as Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, and Amharic. Ben-Gurion accepted my application to study medicine. It all seemed like […]

MSIH Alum, Dr. Joseph Sakran, speaks on the epidemic of Gun Violence in America

MSIH alum Dr. Joseph Sakran is now an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, specializing in trauma surgery. He’s also a survivor of gun violence. At age 17 he was shot in the throat after a high school football game. As both a trauma surgeon and a survivor of gun violence […]