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2017 Event Photos and Videos
2017 NMF Chicago Champions of Health Awards
November 13, 2017
CMS students, faculty, and administration attended the 2017 National Medical Fellowships (NMF) Chicago Champions of Health Awards. The awards honor individuals who have made a lasting impact on healthcare and diversity in healthcare. The event brings together medical students, physicians, healthcare leaders, philanthropic and community leaders, and the deans and diversity officers of medical schools in the midwest.
2017 DOCS Mentorship Program
September 23, 2017
Medical students and physicians from the Chicago area gathered at the residence of Gregory Primus, MD, in Hyde Park to launch the fourth year of the Doctors of Color (DOCs) Mentoring Program. The program, a joint effort of Chicago Medical School and the Cook County Physicians Program, was created to promote and support medical students from under-represented minority groups. Students are matched with physician mentors who are alumni of Chicago-area medical schools, including CMS, Loyola, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rush, and Northwestern. The students and their alumni mentors build and maintain professional networks and mentorship opportunities.
Leveling the Playing Field
August 15, 2017
This luncheon was held to provide support and resources to medical students from groups historically underrepresented in medicine.
2016
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2016 Chicago Champions of Health Awards
December 6, 2016
Several CMS administrators and students attended the 2016 Chicago Champions of Health Awards, held at the Union League Club of Chicago. The ceremony, hosted by National Medical Fellowships (NMF) is an annual event that brings together physicians, healthcare leaders, medical school deans, and minority medical students from the Chicago area to honor leading professionals in the fields of medicine and health care. NMF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of minority physicians and other healthcare professionals.
During the awards dinner and ceremony, Mitra Kohan, CMS ’18, was named a Service Scholar in the 2016 Dr. David Monash/Harry Lloyd and Elizabeth Pawlette Medical Student Scholarship Program, a service-learning program designed to increase the number of qualified medical providers committed to improving access to quality healthcare in medically underserved communities in Chicago. Service Scholars are selected in recognition of outstanding community service, leadership, and commitment to the healthcare needs of Chicago citizens. During the course of their participation in the program, scholars conduct a community health project at a site of their choice. This service-learning program was developed in partnership with the Chicago Community Trust, whose mission is to improve the lives of the people in metropolitan Chicago through a commitment to diversity.
2016 DOCS Mentorship Program
September 17, 2016
Students, alumni, and physicians participating in the Doctors of Color (DOCS) Mentorship Program met in Chicago at the residence of Dr. Gregory Primus to launch the third year of the program. The DOCS program, a joint effort by CMS and the Cook County Physician’s Association, was created to promote and support medical students from under-represented minority groups. The students, alumni, and physicians who participate in the program build and maintain professional networks and mentorship opportunities.
2015
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2015 Chicago Champions of Health Awards
November 23, 2015
Several CMS administrators and students attended the 2015 Chicago Champions of Health Awards, where Dean James Record served as an honorary co-chair. The ceremony, held at the Union League Club of Chicago, is an annual event that brings together physicians, healthcare leaders, medical school deans, and minority medical students from the Chicago area to honor leading professionals in the fields of medicine and health care. The event is hosted by National Medical Fellowships, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of minority physicians and other healthcare professionals.
2015 DOCS Mentorship Program
October 3, 2015
Students, alumni, and physicians participating in the Doctors of Color (DOCS) Mentorship Program met in Chicago to launch the second year of the program. The DOCS program, a joint effort by CMS and the Cook County Physician’s Association, matches medical students with physician mentors and is designed to promote and support underrepresented minority medical students as they pursue careers in medicine. At this event, students from CMS and other medical schools in the Chicago area had a chance to meet and network with the physicians who volunteered to serve as mentors.
