A bittersweet aspect of medical school is that close friends often become long distance after graduation, dispersing across the country for residency and fellowship. Not so for Drs. Hamid Ghanbari and Reema Hasan, two AUC grads who work just an office apart.

“The moment I saw her, with formaldehyde in the air, I knew she was the one,” says Dr. Tabaac, who will begin a vascular neurology fellowship at Johns Hopkins this summer.

AUC alumna and Board of Trustees member Gemma Kim, MD ’03 recently received a competitive fellowship from the Association of Departments of Family Medicine

Meet three AUC grads and first-year residents who, after going international for medical school, have returned to practice in or near their hometown.

Studies in Resilience: Two alumni who experienced Hurricane Hugo in 1989 offer encouragement to students who went through Hurricane Irma in 2017.

Samara Khalique, MD '11 turned her back on psychology grad school applications in order to pursue medicine. Today, she's a fellowship-trained rheumatologist, and grateful that she found her dream career.

Barbra Giourgas, MD '17 matched into pediatric neurology at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Image courtesy of Operation Access. Story adapted from Operation Access’ newsletter.

What does it mean to be named chief resident?

Alumna Julie Burkett, MD ‘14 has joined her father as one of two physicians practicing from a new medical center in Poseyville, Indiana.