UMHS Medical School

UMHS graduate Venus Swearingen, M.D., and third-year UMHS medical student Eboni Peoples, a candid conversation between the two women regarding their journey to becoming doctors as Black females. This also coincided with Black History Month.A video is available for this podcast and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWjZIN_NGwgIf you are a prospective medical student and are interested in the University of Medicine and Health Sciences please check out this link to our offshore ...

In this podcast, UMHS graduates Arjun Kanwal, M.D., a Cardiology Fellow at New York Medical College, and Igor Areinamo, M.D., who is a Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist at Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease discuss what careers in cardiology can look like, the importance of cardiac care, what cardiac care is, heart health tips & much more.Please check out the video version of this on YouTubeIf you are a prospective medical student looking at caribbean or off...

In this audio recording Loren Estvold, MD discusses LGBTQ+ healthcare as well as healthcare for Trans patients. He discusses the health problems related to these populations and goes into detail about how to treat these people medically and socially. This is cutting-edge information and a must for Internal Med and Family Med professionals that will encounter this population on a regular basis. For those that are visual learners, please check the video version on YouTube. We would also suggest...

Nontraditional medical students have become more of a "norm" in recent years. In this audio two UMHS graduates and one current Medical student discuss their experiences with Marie McGillycuddy, Vice President of Admissions at the University of Medicine and Health Sciences.This is a very informative audio as each individual has a unique perspective to share,For those visual learners, there is a video version of this podcast available on the UMHS YouTube ChannelIf you are a prospective st...

Sarah Mohtadi MD, Tamara Clark MD, and Alisha Qaiser MD discuss their experiences as women in medicine and advise other females currently in medical school or prospective students wanting to become physicians. They discuss differences in pay, the differences they observe between male and female 1st-year residents, and how to succeed in the first year.They also discuss why they chose UMHS for their Medical SchoolDr. Mohtadi is a Family Medicine resident and can be contacted at sarahmohtadi@cdr...

The pathway to practicing Medicine in Canada is very complex. Admission into Medical School in Canada is more competitive than in the US. For this reason, many very qualified Canadian residents turn to offshore medical schools to obtain their MD degrees and subsequently return to Canada to practice.In this episode, Canadian residents and UMHS graduates Rebecca Bremner, MD, and Shamim Shakeel Khan, MD share their experiences and offer advice to others interested in following in their footsteps...