Despite major strides in early detection and treatment, breast cancer remains the most common cancer in women worldwide. This October, in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, AUC students and staff organized numerous events to underscore the ongoing burden of disease.

Have your winter holidays been spent working in the hospital? We want to hear from you!

Photo above: From left to right: David Taylor, UCLan Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the UCLan University Board; Dr. Heidi Chumley, Executive Dean of the AUC; Preston Mayor Councillor David Borrow; Professor Graham Baldwin, Vice-Chancellor at UCLan; and Dr.

AUC School of Medicine is pleased to announce the recipients this year’s Clinical Faculty Teaching Awards. The 18 awardees were chosen from among hundreds of qualified and talented faculty at our affiliated hospital sites in the United States and United Kingdom.

American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) celebrated nearly 400 graduates during its 2019 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 18. The event drew more than 2,800, attendees, including graduates, friends and family, and faculty leaders from the university’s medical sciences campus in Sint Maarten.

More than one-hundred new students celebrated the official start to medical school during AUC’s White Coat Ceremony on Monday, May 6.

With our involvement in community initiatives and partnerships exponentially growing, AUC has decided to rename our Office of Service-Learning and Community Affairs, which will now be known as the Department of Community Engagement.

Eleven Sint Maarten non-profit organizations were awarded grants to support programs and initiatives that build local capacity and address pressing community needs.

Dr. Delgado will serve as AUC’s Senior Associate Dean on the Sint Maarten medical sciences campus, responsible for Sint Maarten-based faculty and serving as the senior local leader from AUC to the broader Sint Maarten community.

Recognition as a Clinical Oncologist will allow Dr. Chobanyan to clinically screen women and continue her work to increase local access to healthcare.