Last week two members of the Geisel School of Medicine community were honored at the Lone Pine Staff Recognition Awards ceremony for their outstanding contributions to Dartmouth.
News
New Study Finds Substantial Racial Inequities in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Findings from a new national study, led by researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show an alarming disparity in the treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) among White, Black, and Hispanic patients.
Geisel Medical Student Receives Innovation Fellowship Award in Urology
Daniela Orozco Rendon, a rising fourth-year medical student at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has received the Boston Scientific Medical Student Innovation Fellowship Award through the Urology Care Foundation.
Geisel School of Medicine Students Omar Sajjad ’26 and James Feng ’25 Receive Prestigious U.S. Public Health Service Award
Omar Sajjad ’26 and James Feng ’25 rewarded for their commitment to the health and wellbeing of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
More Than Words: Body Language and Patient Communication
During her Medical Student Grand Rounds presentation Christina Stach ’25 talked about the importance of using body language to communicate with patients.
New Student Fitness Center Opens on Remsen 1
We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Geisel School of Medicine’s new Student Fitness Center located in Remsen 111. This new workout facility is designated for the benefit of students in Geisel-sponsored education programs, including MD, MPH, Masters, and PhD programs.
2023 Geisel Alumni Awards Recognize Eight Alumni
The 2023 Alumni Awards Ceremony and Reception will take place on Friday, May 19 at the Hanover Inn in Hanover, N.H. and will honor eight alumni who typify the Geisel/DMS tradition of excellence in their field of medicine or service to the Dartmouth community.
Antonia Coello Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH, to Speak at The Dartmouth Institute’s Class Day Ceremony
Antonia Coello Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH, the 14th Surgeon General of the United States, will be the featured speaker at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice’s 2023 Class Day Ceremony, which will be held on Friday, June 9 at Dartmouth’s Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center.
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Raises $7.5K for LISTEN Community Services
Geisel medical students and Dartmouth Health residents in Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society raised $7,534 benefitting LISTEN Community Service’s Heating Helpers Program and Dartmouth Cancer Center’s food pantry during their charity banquet fundraiser.
Addressing High Costs and Greed in Healthcare: Q & A with Dr. Elliott Fisher
In their recent paper published in Health Affairs Forefront, Dartmouth’s Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, and colleague George Isham, MD, MS, discuss the problem of greed in healthcare and outline actions each of us could take to address the inequities in our current system and improve both care and costs for everyone.