To Be...A Spartan MD

Henry Ford Health System and Michigan State University today unveiled the new unified brand of their partnership, Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences , celebrating eight months of rapid progress in advancing initiatives to improve health care in Michigan and beyond. Launched in January 2021 with the bold purpose of advancing a new standard of health care, HFH+MSU Health Sciences has already created critical infrastructure and new pathways for pioneering research, cancer care, education and equitable care delivery and outcomes. The new brand logo unveiled today seamlessly blends the iconic colors of the two institutions and leverages a “+” to reflect this shared commitment, and the power of two national leaders joining forces to achieve this goal. “Since coming together in January, we have mobilized a stellar team across our institutions that is already introducing changes to advance health care delivery and fight the health disparities that plague our most vul...

For Anthony Bonilla-Salmeron, it was when he nearly died from a ruptured appendix at the age of 12. For Aghdas Movassaghi it was her grandmother’s diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Those events sent each on a course that, despite many obstacles, brought them to an Aug. 22 ceremony in Grand Rapids, where they donned white coats, formally making them College of Human Medicine students. Both grew up in low-income neighborhoods of Los Angeles and worked as medical scribes in doctors’ offices, exposing them to the social, financial and other hardships many patients face. Both are determined to become physicians caring for underserved patients and inspiring young people. “It feels like the beginning of the rest of my life,” Bonilla-Salmeron said. “It feels that way because I’ve been working toward this for most of my life. It also signifies to me to be a role model. I want to show that, no matter what your obstacles are, you can do this.” In some ways, Bonilla-Salmeron and Movassaghi are typical ...