Medical students with poster exhibits of their international projects: (above) Mark Travassos, class of 2003, discusses his project in Kenya with Fran Poole; (below) Sarah Snelgrove, class of 2001, talks about her project in Nepal with Collette Kean and Susan Swift.
At an awards program held on May 7, the Medical College awarded International Fellowship certificates to 25 medical students who completed elective projects abroad. The students worked in 13 countries: Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Nepal, Sweden and Tanzania.
"Weill Medical College is fortunate to be able to offer one of the largest international study programs for medical students in the U.S.," said Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of the Medical College. "Working in the health-care systems of other countries and cultures," he noted, "enables Weill Cornell students to broaden their perspective on our own system of health care in the U.S."
Weill Cornell's international fellowship program is supported through the generosity of donors: the Class of 1964 (Dr. B.H. Kean Fellows), Dr. Milton Rosenbluth, the Scudder Foundation, the Max Kade Foundation and alumnus Dr. James Blankenship, '80. In addition, three students received fellowships through the United States European Medical Education Exchange program.
International Fellowship certificates were awarded to the following students.
Dr. B.H. Kean Class of 1964 Fellows
Melissa Brosanders, '01 - Tanzania
Sarah Johnson, '01 - Brazil
Rebecca Miksad, '01 - Guatemala
Sarah Snelgrove, '01 - Nepal
Mark Travassos, '03 - Kenya
Dr. Milton B. Rosenbluth Fellows
Angelica Espinosa, '01 - Argentina
Stephanie Hale, '01 - Argentina
Shamim Islam, '02 - Bangladesh
Nancy Lange, '03 - Brazil
Jonathan Lee-Melk, '03 - Costa Rica
Julie Myers, '03 - Costa Rica
Ida S. Scudder, M.D. 1899 Fellows
Eric Gordon, '01 - India
Max Kade Foundation Fellows (Vienna)
Soo Yun Chun, '01
Chandra Ivey, '01
Darlene Lin, '01
Jill Morganstern, '01
Michael Ohebshalom, '01
Miriam Romero, '01
Robin Vora, '01
Marcus Williams, '01
Yvonne Zaharakis, '01
Rebecca Miksad (left), who worked on a project in Kenya, and Rotonya McCants (right), who worked in Sweden, with Dr. Estomih Mtui, assistant professor of neurology and neuroscience.
James C. Blankenship, M.D., '80 Fellow
Daryll Brosanders, '01 - Tanzania
United States European Medical Education Exchange
Julie Clark, '01 - Germany
Rotonya McCants, '01 - Sweden
William Savage, '01 - Denmark