Third-year Geisel students Fares Awa MED’26 and Stefano Rozental MED’26 have revived the Memory Café—a welcoming and supportive place for Upper Valley individuals with dementia and their families to gather.
Improving Lives
Geisel Students Create a Model for Incorporating Disability Health into Medical Education
Geisel medical students James Feng MED’26 and Omar Sajjad MED’27 are addressing healthcare disparities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through a service and education program that combines advocacy, hands-on training, and a partnership with a local nonprofit.
Empowered by Each Other, Medical Students Gather to Change the Narrative
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.
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.
Upcoming Events
- Thesis Defense (Arianna Reuven) April 28, 2025
- Discovery Science Seminar Series April 28, 2025
- The Basics of Qualitative Research: An Introduction and Insights April 28, 2025
- M&I Graduate Seminar: Edward A. Miao, Ph.D. April 28, 2025
- Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds April 29, 2025
- Pediatric Grand Rounds April 30, 2025
- Advanced PubMed for Geisel Students April 30, 2025
- Medicine Grand Rounds May 2, 2025
- Neurology Grand Rounds May 2, 2025
- CTBH Seminar Series May 2, 2025
- Candidate Seminar for the Paul Batalden Distinguished Chair in Healthcare Improvement by: Dr. Kristen Miller May 5, 2025
- Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds May 6, 2025
- DCC Grand Rounds with Loren Saulsberry, PhD May 6, 2025
- Pediatric Grand Rounds May 7, 2025