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I requested a year off from school to go to Haiti and work with the Cuban doctors after completing my 2nd semester of 3rd year at ELAM (the Latin American School of Medicine). I am one of 120 American citizens studying medicine in Cuba free of charge, with plans to practice medicine upon graduation in [...]
Joanna Mae Souers, an American studying medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) has written several times on the portal (see here). She asked us to post the following thank you note: David Lundquist, President and CEO of Kingston Hospital, of upstate New York, made efforts to organize supplies to donate to the [...]
Joanne Mae Souers, a New York State resident studying medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, sent us this report on her activities: The Hospital is Our Classroom; The Patient is Our Professor As third year students at the Latin American School of Medicine the hospital is our classroom and the [...]
From US Medical Student Joanna Mae Souers & MEDICC: Dr. Luther Castillo is a dear friend of mine… he is doing amazing things as a doctor in Honduras, and now that the world has turned it’s back, he’s trying to shed light on the situation… He asked us to thank all of you for defending [...]
Here is the latest update from from Joanna Mae Souers, one of the US students studying medicine on scholarship in Cuba: June 2009 Today there are 148 American students studying medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana. They study within Cuba’s world-renowned system of universal health care. Despite Cuba being a “poor” [...]
We recently received the following letter from Joanna Mae Souers, one of the US students studying medicine at the Latin American Medical School (ELAM) in Havana: It is my pleasure to introduce to you a project we have been working on since December. Inspired by the MEDICC Conference, we put our minds together to manifest [...]
J.M. Souers and V. Lezcano at the Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Joanna Mae Souers, a US student studying at the Latin American Medical School (ELAM) in Havana, has sent us this update on her studies. For additional information on the ELAM program you can other posting at this link: January 2009 Every year, [...]
This report by US medical student Joanna Mae Souers offers her perspective on the recent Medical Education Conference in Havana. November 30th 2008, commenced the 4-day conference, “Medical Education for the 21st Century: Teaching for Health Equity,” at the National Hotel of Cuba. The conference brought together health professionals, educators, administrators and researchers from around [...]
Over last week’s holiday break, we had a chance to meet with Joanna Mae Souers, an American student at the Escuela Latino America de Medicine (ELAM, Latin American Medical School) in Havana, Cuba. Ms. Souers, a graduate of Cornell, is currently in her second year of studies. She is the recipient of one of 500 [...]