Over the course of a weekend in mid-September, Geisel School of Medicine hosted for the first time the National Leadership Institute (NLI)—a triannual meeting of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) and its National Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS)— to foster community through networking and workshops.
Improving Lives
Meet Geisel School of Medicine’s 2024 – 2025 Schweitzer Fellows
Nine medical students from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine are among 26 new Schweitzer Fellows from New Hampshire and Vermont who are working under the guidance of their community or academic mentor to collaborate with either community-based health or social service organizations.
Longstanding Geisel DarDar Partnership Establishes Tanzanian Hyperbaric Treatment Center
A collaborative effort between Jay C. Buckey Jr. MD, professor of medicine at Geisel School of Medicine, and colleagues at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has resulted in the opening of the first hyperbaric treatment center at Muhimbili National Hospital.
Surgeons General Discuss the Future of Healthcare in Geisel Roundtable Event
At a special roundtable event on Friday, Sept. 29, co-sponsored by Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health, and the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth, five former U.S. Surgeons General shared their perspectives on a range of issues affecting the future of healthcare in the U.S.
The Future of Healthcare 2023 – The Surgeons General Roundtable
Thank you to the five former US Surgeons General for joining us at Dartmouth for an extraordinary and inspiring conversation on the future of healthcare. In case you missed it you can watch the video here.
Geisel School of Medicine Student Creates a New Conversation Guide for Dementia Care
Charlotte Berry ’25 is lead author of a paper describing a new tool designed to help clinicians facilitate conversations about dementia care.
Omar Sajjad ’26 and James Feng ’25 Selected as 2023 Gold Student Summer Fellows
Geisel School of Medicine students Omar Sajjad and James Feng selected as 2023 Gold Student Summer Fellows.
A Legacy of Wellbeing
Fourth year medical students Marilyn Ndukwe ’23 and Maura Doré ’23 leave a legacy of advocating for student wellbeing at Geisel.
John Turco, MD, and MPH Candidate Josie Pinto Receive Dartmouth Social Justice Awards
At Dartmouth’s Social Justice Awards program, Geisel’s John Turco, MD, a professor of endocrinology, Josie Pinto, who is currently earning her Master of Public Health at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Dartmouth Health’s Alisa Hurwitz all received awards.
Congratulations to MENASA on Receiving a 2023 Social Justice Award
The Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian Students’ Association (MENASA) at the Geisel School of Medicine has received Dartmouth’s Social Justice Student Organization Award for their outstanding contributions to Dartmouth and beyond.