News Archive - Page 15 of 16 - Medical School For International Health

Children in resource-scarce countries are much more likely to be misdiagnosed for life-threatening diseases

During a three-week visit shadowing in the surgery department at Kathmandu Model Hospital last year, MSIH 3rd year student, Chloe Pinto encountered a 15 year-old boy who had been misdiagnosed during numerous visits to local primary care outposts. By the time he reached hospital, some two years later, his colorectal cancer had already metastasised. “The […]

Supervised first year MSIH student works alongside physicians in Ghana

When first-year MSIH student Wentiirim Annankra went on a medical mission to Ghana during her summer break this year, she had no idea what lay in store for her. Annankra, known as “Wentii” to her classmates, had been participating in missions with her father’s Texas-partnered NGO since she was nine years old. In the past, […]

MSIH Alumnus Makes International Headlines Fighting for Gun Control

MSIH alumnus, Dr. Joseph Sakran, is a trauma surgeon and Director of Emergency General Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His story was told in People Magazine following the tragic October shootings in Las Vegas that killed 58 concert-goers. (Since first publication of this post, Joe’s story has also appeared in ScienceNews.) Joe, himself, is a […]

Physician’s Oath Ceremony

On Thursday, October 26, 2017, the class of 2021 will take the Physician’s Oath. Although there is still a tough four years ahead until they can officially be called “doctor,” MSIH students begin interacting with patients very early in their studies. The oath is a symbol of their commitment to provide the best care without harm. […]

Special Lecture

MSIH 2007 Alumnus, Dr. Javeed Sukhera, to provide a special lecture entitled, “Cognitive Bias in the Clinical Context: How Our Minds Can Fool Us with Preconceived Notions.” Dr. Sukhera has cross appointments at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry – Western University, London, Ontario, Canada in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry. Date: 16:45 -18:15, […]

A Day in Jerusalem

First year students spent the day in Jerusalem getting acquainted with their new country for the next few years. During the morning, they attended presentations by students of the International Master of Public Health (IMPH) program at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Some of the presenters and future colleagues […]

Student Stories — Global Health Summer Program at MSIH

A global health summer program at MSIH by Ioana Scherbakova, first year Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons student I couldn’t have asked for a better or more rewarding summer than the one I experienced in Israel through the Global Health Summer Program at Ben Gurion University. I spent a total of 5 weeks […]

First Year Students Learning First Aid

Students of the class of 2021 have safely arrived on campus and are already learning how to safely care for each other. Every summer, the Faculty of Medicine is taken over by first year students from all over the world arriving in Beer Sheva to embark on their medical careers. Within the first days of […]

MSIH Hosts Bellagio Global Health Education Conference

In November 2016, The Bellagio Global Health Education Initiative (BGHEI) took place at MSIH to discuss how to best incorporate Global Health studies into an M.D. curriculum. The three-day gathering was a Bellagio Center Conference — a program of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center — and brought together experts from around the world to discuss global health and medical education. […]

MSIH Student Publishes Paper on the Well-Being of the Ethiopian-Israeli Community

The Ethiopian-Jewish community in Israel is a unique subpopulation that largely immigrated to Israel from 1980 to 1992. Upon arrival, this community faced health inequities and difficult integration into Israeli society. BMJ Case Reports recently published a paper written by Jonah B. Cohen, a second-year student in the Medical School for International Health (MSIH). As […]

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