Transformative Learning: MSIH and the Art of Golden Repair

Javeed Sukhera, MD, PhD, FRCPC “The past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.” — Virginia Woolf I knew I was interested in global health, yet I had no idea how one simple pamphlet […]

Columbia University medical student reflects on her time at MSIH

Columbia University medical student Sarah Householder (second left) with students at Nazareth As part of the close association between MSIH and Columbia University, Columbia’s medical students are invited to participate in clerkship opportunities in Israel. Sarah Householder, a student at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons reflects on her experience: The month I spent […]

Measles Outbreak Analysis: MSIH Alumna Ilana Pister, ’10

It was 5pm on a Wednesday when I saw D, a 9-month-old with a rash. No, nobody else at home is sick. Yes, he is up to date with his vaccines.  No, he has no fever now, but he did a few days ago. Yes, he has a runny nose and cough. On exam, D […]

“This is what motivated me to become a Global Health Doctor”

Second-year student Bruce Larkin describes the experiences that brought him to study medicine at MSIH and begin training to become a Global Health Doctor. In this photo, he’s seen addressing and encouraging health education volunteers in Niger. A Story all too Common in Niger A woman and her husband walk. It is getting late in […]

Students of the Class of 2023 begin their journey to become Global Health Physicians

In its 21 years of existence, MSIH has always prided itself in the diversity of students it attracts. The entering class of 2023 is no exception. Commencing their orientation last week, (July, 2019), the class is as varied as previous years. Mostly North Americans and returning Israelis, other students hail from China, Moldova, Slovakia, France, […]

Global Health Clerkship in Action: Nepal

In addition to core medical studies, MSIH students have a Global Health curriculum integrated into their entire medical degree program. The capstone event is the unique 4th-year clinical global health clerkship in one of the School’s partner institutions in a resource-scarce setting abroad. In 2019, students took part in international clerkships in India, Peru, and […]

MSIH International Clerkships in Action: Peru

MSIH’s varied curriculum includes elements of Global Health during the entire four years of the medical degree program. The capstone event is the unique eight-week 4th-year international clinical clerkships in one of the School’s partner institutions in a resource-scarce setting. We are pleased to give you an overview of the students’ experiences, filmed throughout the […]

Biomedical Engineering Solutions for Resource-Scarce Medical Scenarios – Part III

This is the third article in a series. The first article is here, and the second here. A week prior to the MSIH graduation in May 2019, students made their final presentations. Before the Directors of MSIH and the Biomedical Engineering Department, the teams explained their projects, thoughts, and ideas, then displayed iterative prototypes – […]

In Mexico I saw an attitude that sometimes eludes Western medicine but shouldn’t…

By: Aaron Hochman-Zimmerman Mexico City is huge. It is one of the largest cities in the world; but it is a city of cities. It is sectioned up so that each new neighborhood has a different character and different experiences to share. And the city, its people, do want to share. The people there were […]

Medical School Graduation Celebrates 27 New Global Health Physicians

May saw the graduation of the Medical School for International Health Class of 2019. Twenty-seven new physicians joined the ranks of the select few doctors who are specially-trained to work in the Global Health arena. Altogether, in its 21 years of operation, MSIH has graduated 597 MDs, many of whom are making their contribution to […]