Dr. Kimberly Harden’s journey to becoming a doctor began in Houston, Texas and has taken her from the Caribbean to rural Louisiana to Chicago. A Texas native, Dr. Harden majored in biology at Prairie View A&M University. And though she wanted to become a doctor, she worked corporate jobs for two years before she mustered...Read More
Dr. Mohit Sharma, American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine Class of 2015, recently co-authored a clinical research poster, “True Idiopathic Splenomegaly: A Distinct Clinical Entity in a 19-Year-Old Female?” based on an unusual case he worked on. Dr. Sharma’s co-author, Hassan Khan, DO, presented the poster at a Continuing Medical Education (CME) conference...Read More
For the fourth year in a row, AUA Emergency Medicine Training Centre (AUA EMTC), an American Heart Association International Training Center, collaborated with American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) to host a first responder training in India during the 2018 Global Health Summit. As part of their mission to promote global health around...Read More
Child abuse. Developmental disabilities. These words evoke pity, but also silence and insensitivity towards patients and victims. All the more reason for caregivers of all kinds to learn how to connect with clients like these. For three days, the 9th Annual Expressive Therapies Summit sought to teach those skills. Professor Lynn McKnight and Dr. Deborah...Read More
Child abuse. Developmental disabilities. These words evoke pity, but also silence and insensitivity towards patients and victims. All the more reason for caregivers of all kinds to learn how to connect with clients like these. For three days, the 9th Annual Expressive Therapies Summit sought to teach those skills. Professor Lynn McKnight and Dr. Deborah...Read More
The cure for cancer might be just around the corner, but the cure for quack therapies probably isn’t. We all know someone with health ideas that are too good to be true. Losing weight with the right herbal tea. Boosting the brain with weird berries. Once you begin clinical rotations as an AUA student, or...Read More
This isn’t the first time you’ll hear this, but AUA isn’t like most other medical schools. While it might boast a top-tier, US-based medical education, simply being located off mainland United States doesn’t even begin to account for what amounts to a radically different learning environment. Sure, you’ll end up doing your late-night embryology...Read More
Before a medical student graduates with an MD, they must transition from pre-clinical to clinical sciences – a shift from learning theory, to putting that theory into practice in a real medical environment. When this happens, many med schools hold a White Coat Ceremony. AUA is no different. We held our own white coat ceremony...Read More
AUA students Heela Azizi, Alexa Kahn, Sherina Langdon, and Dina Rimawi co-authored a paper that has been published in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science. The students worked under the direction of the Clerkship Director for Medical Students Education and Unit Chief and Attending Psychiatrist, Dr. Ayodeji Jolayemi, and Resident Physician at...Read More
AUA students Heela Azizi, Alexa Kahn, Sherina Langdon, and Dina Rimawi co-authored a paper that has been published in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science. The students worked under the direction of the Clerkship Director for Medical Students Education and Unit Chief and Attending Psychiatrist, Dr. Ayodeji Jolayemi, and Resident Physician at...Read More
