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Black Medical Student Association unites future Black physicians

New medical students look forward to their first medical school rite of passage with excitement—the White Coat Ceremony. Wearing their first white coat is the symbol of beginning their careers as future physicians.

Each year, medical students await Match Day with anticipation. On the third Friday of every March, thousands of graduating medical students will learn where they will be training for residency for the next several years. Residency is where doctors train in a specialty, so “The MATCH℠,” has a huge impact on the student’s future.

Congratulations to Sandip Saha, MD, an AUC Class of 2010 graduate and codirector of thoracic oncology at Buffalo General Medical Center/Kaleida Health, who recently received the Heinrich Becker Young Investigator Award for Research and Clinical Innovation.

The Future You program brought Sint Maarten adolescents together with AUC faculty and students

During AUC’s Community Action Day, students and colleagues have the opportunity to connect with nonprofit organizations for a day of service each semester to focus on community priorities.

On November 26, AUC, in collaboration with the Positive Foundation and The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, hosted a third successful free breast screening event in Philipsburg.

More than 30 women were screened at the October 22 event in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

Dr. Teresa Bau’s experiences as a first-generation medical school graduate serving diverse communities have had a profound impact on the physician she is today.

“My main goal is to help marginalized communities,” says Vanisa. “Becoming a physician will give me the tools I need to do the most good that I can.”