To Be...A Spartan MD

Perhaps no other Friday noon hour is as special come every mid-March as that of the Match Day.  Fittingly, the incoming spring means medical school seniors recently learned where they will begin life anew and move onto residency after closing the chapter on medical school. Last Friday's Match Day saw another widely celebrated ceremony for students on their way to a career. That begins with knowing where they'll be spending their first few years of training as official physicians. This year's Match Day held a record number of MD residency applicants across the nation and College of Human Medicine seniors once again had a terrific showing. Residency matches are made by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), using an algorithm to "match" graduating medical students with available training positions at health systems across the nation. From the NRMP, the 2022 Main Residency Match included 39,205 total positions.  Read: 2022 Main Residency Match By the Numb...

Black history is American history. We pay tribute to the accolades of African Americans and honor the important contributions made to our shared national tapestry. These contributions include those to the industry of medicine. Members from the College of Human Medicine community recently spoke about Black History Month and what those contributions mean to them. Celebrating and Supporting Black History Month from MSU MD on Vimeo . Also in honor of Black History Month, students in the college's Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter featured profiles of Black physicians, faculty and administrators at the College of Human Medicine, originally shared on the chapter's Instagram page . 

Members from the College of Human Medicine’s chapter of Latin American & Native American Medical Student Association (LANAMA) hit the road to take part in the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) Midwest Regional Conference earlier this month. With the college well represented at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine for the 32nd annual event, several future Spartan MDs received special designations. Students Kimberly Flores and Aldana Garcia were appointed to the executive board and Valerie Rozen received “Best Poster Presentation” at the conference’s research symposium. Read more on their special designations. Kimberly Flores Elected Next LMSA Co-Director Third-year student, Kimberly Flores, will be helping to lead the organization as the next Co-Director, filling the role of outgoing co-director and fellow College of Human Medicine student, Jennifer Chinchilla. New core executive board members are elected each year at the conference. During the process of electing th...

Reproduced from MSU Today The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has granted $25 million to expand the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s public health presence in Flint. The grant will create an endowed fund to increase public health faculty, academic research and community health collaborations. “Expanding MSU’s public health program in Flint is a great thing for the community, and it also will yield important lessons for our state and nation as we struggle with both emergent and chronic health challenges,” said Ridgway White, president and CEO of the Mott Foundation. “MSU’s work in Flint is a wonderful example of what can happen when physicians, researchers, residents and community advocates work together to improve health.” The new grant to MSU will build upon Mott’s initial support for the college’s presence in Flint. Between 2011 and 2013, Mott granted $12 million to MSU for the college’s expansion and relocation of its public health program from East Lansing to F...

The first few weeks of January have arrived and, of course, that naturally means it’s a new year! Along with a new cycle can come exciting, fresh resolutions for the months ahead. If planning to apply to medical school within the next year…or two…or three, setting goals for the year can help guide your preparation and keep your plan on the right path.  Preparing for medical school can be challenging enough. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly added an extra layer to the fold, complicating the process and limiting opportunities for potential applicants with components like, say, extracurricular experiences that are important. So, making special considerations and being thoughtful about the time ahead can not only alleviate some of those challenges, but produce bountiful results in bulking up that applicant profile.  Lining up what you need next on your journey naturally depends on your place on said journey. No matter you’re stage though, the pandemic has forced students and in...

Contributed by Christi Boze, MCE Student at the College of Human Medicine Like many families of all backgrounds, my own has Christmas traditions. These include our Christmas eve carpet picnic, unboxing a new board game, and watching Die Hard. However, this year was a little bit different.  For context, my grandpa has had an abdominal aortic aneurysm for the past several years now. After the aneurysm had reached a certain size and once it was safe again to be back in the hospital, the time arrived for grandpa’s surgery.  The surgery was supposed to last an hour and my grandpa was supposed to leave the next day. Unfortunately, this did not go as planned. Instead, the surgery lasted for more than three hours and he presented with post-surgical complications, landing him with a longer hospital stay.  This is where I come in!  I was sitting at home (the first Saturday of winter break, I might add) probably munching on Twizzlers and watching a movie when I received a phone...

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to learn about rich and diverse Indigenous cultures, traditions, and histories of the land we inhabit. The College of Human Medicine acknowledges the rich ancestry of Native Americans and the important contributions of this nation’s original people, including to processes of learning and healing.  By Amanda Ziminski, second-year College of Human Medicine student Aanii! Amanda indizhinikaaz, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians indoonjbaa. (Hello! My name is Amanda and I am from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians). I am from a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula called Manistique. I had what I consider to be a relatively normal upbringing being the third of four children in a lower-middle class family. My grandparents own a grocery store business and that’s pretty much what my family’s life revolved around. Working at the grocery store is a rite of passage in my family. We began working as soon as we hit...