ALUMNI NEWS AND SPOTLIGHT STORIES

The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of 315 graduates and their dedication to the field of medicine

After spending several years as a surgical ICU nurse, Nicole Deptula, MD ‘09 is back practicing in intensive care—this time as a neonatologist.

Mental Health Awareness Month

It’s AUC Commencement tradition to have a student speaker elected by their peers speak on behalf of the class during the ceremony. 

AUC is pleased to announce that Dr.

As the oldest of six children, Yanet Camarena learned the responsibility and privilege of caring for others early on in life. She remembers one defining moment when she was 10 years old and her youngest brother—age 7 at the time—was injured after being struck by a vehicle not far from their home in Watonga, OK.

San Antonio, TX native Aaron Brown has always been drawn to the study of vision.

Dr. Sean Johnson, a Class of 2011 graduate of AUC School of Medicine, knew he wanted to become a surgeon since he was 5 years old.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we celebrated all the love stories that started at AUC. Here, several AUC alumni couples recount the moment sparks flew with their significant other.

It’s not every day you get a free ticket to the Big Game. But that’s exactly what happened for Alicja Salman, MD ’15 and her husband Jacob Salman, MD, both hospitalists at Advocate Aurora Health in Chicago.