MIDP Reunion at RSNA

This year at the Radiological Society of North America Conference, MIDP very much took center stage. Former MIDP director Dr. Reed Omary gave a plenary lecture to discuss the responsibililty of today's radiology professionals to create the best possible experiences for patients, communities and beyond. Dr. Omary's interest in the preservation of our planet and designing helathcare practices that combine the care of patients, communites and the planet have taken his expertise outside the field of radiology and into the greater healthcare and world community.

MIDP alumni, Dr. Jessica Wen,currently a resident at Stanford, spoke alongside seasoned physicians about career trajectory and how to change and refocus. Dr. Wen has become a formidable person in the field of intrapreneurship alongside medical practice with her health equity initiative Research with Inclusion, Social Justice and Equity (RISE).

MIDP Alumni, Dr. Ariel Kniss also attended RSNA presenting work that she did during her 4th year medical school Industry Immersion experience. In her fourth year at Vanderbilt University Medical School Dr. Kniss along with Dr. Wen spent time working with GE. The work they did there has had a long reaching impact on their careers and the impact they can have at conferences like RSNA.

Current MIDP students, Dr. Pulak Goswami and Dr. Dennis Zhou, both 4th year medical students at VUMS also travelled to RSNA. Both Dennis and Pulak had the opportunity to present some of the work that they are doing at GE during their current Industry Immersion. Dennis and Pulak jumped into work at GE, making an impression and a name for themselves as they forge successful careers before ever leaving medical school. We are always so proud of our students accomplishments, but we expect nothing less!

Student Holiday Updates

While some of us head into the holidays with visions of relaxation if not sugarplums at the forefront of our minds, our medical students walk into the holidays with a heavy load of responsibility. While first year students do get some respite from a completely immersive and most likely overwhelming first year of medical school, our second year students are in the midst of Innovation Activism and Altruism and still thinking over qualitative problems seen in their clerkships. Our third year students are studying for Step exams and keeping their IDEA Lab project, SharePlan, moving forward; all the while making decisions about their upcoming Industry Immersion experience. Our fourth year students are just arrived home from their Industry Immersion experiences and in the middle of residency interviews for the next chapter of their lives. Let's wish them luck as they head into the New Year!

Photography by Dr. Michael Bolus

For our holiday newsletter, it is exciting to have the opportunity to showcase some student work that is in keeping with the lights and spirit of the season. Michael Bolus is a second year medical student from Birmingham, Alabama who received his PhD in Neuroengineering at the Georgia Institue of Technology. A musician with his own band, playing guitar and singing vocals as well as an amateur photographer, Michael made a huge impression on us from the time that we met him. We are so pleased to be able to showcase a bit of his art in this issue.