How medical student Azva Alvi’s personal and professional experience led to research on Native American prenatal care and a deep desire to promote cultural competence.

Pediatricians are advocates for babies and moms. They play a larger role than most expect.   

Pet wellness is important, especially in the summer. Dr. Juliette Bouillon, Assistant Professor at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, shares essential tips to keep pets healthy this season.

More than 1,000 doctors and nearly 400 veterinarians were invited to ceremonies as they prepare to enter professions facing workforce shortages to make an impact on healthcare for humans and animals. Keynote speakers included American Veterinary Medical Association Executive Vice President and CEO Dr. Janet Donlin, Watts Healthcare Corporation Interim CEO and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Oliver Tate Brooks, and neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Dr. Monica Makhija.

Adtalem’s medical schools represent a significant and leading source of new physicians. Meet a few of their exceptional graduates who recently matched into a range of residency specialties.

After completing medical school, the next step for a graduate is residency—the post-graduate training that every new physician goes through to practice in their medical specialty. Like medical school, the process to get into residency is application-based, expensive, time-consuming, and highly competitive. Also, like medical school, there are significant disparities in how residents are selected. In this article, Dr. Heidi Chumley, Dean at Ross University School of Medicine, discusses those disparities and how medical schools can prepare their students to overcome these obstacles and succeed in their residency placements.