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Amanda Moreno Garcia, photograph by Jim Harrison

Battling Eating Disorders

January 9, 2024
When Amanda Moreno Garcia, M.D. ’26, joined an eating disorder awareness club as a freshman majoring in neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, she did it to support a friend. “My friend had lived experience [of an eating disorder] and was really passionate about joining this club,” Moreno Garcia recalls.
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Chang Named New Dean for Medical Education

June 7, 2023

Neurologist has long record of medical education service at HMS

Following an intensive national search, Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley has announced that Bernard Chang will become the School’s next dean for medical education, effective July 31.

Promotion of Dr. John L. Dalrymple to Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and RFA for Two New Leadership Roles in Medical Student Education

August 24, 2022

TO: HMS Faculty Involved in Medical Student Education

FROM: Edward M. Hundert, MD

SUBJECT: Promotion of Dr. John L. Dalrymple to Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and RFA for Two New Leadership Roles in Medical Student Education

I am very pleased to announce the promotion of John L. Dalrymple, MD ‘91, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and Medical Education, to Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education in the MD Program at HMS. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Dalrymple, who has been the...

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Introduction to Service

August 12, 2022

First-year students learn the power of on-the-ground community engagement.

To help new Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine students understand more about health equity and about how they will provide care for their future patients, this year’s first-week Introduction to the Profession (ITP) course provided incoming students with an opportunity to become better acquainted with Boston-area neighborhoods.

In a session developed by the newly formed...
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Class of 2022 MD graduates pose for a group photo. Image: Steve Lipofsky

Together, At Last

May 26, 2022

2022 grads celebrate success while striving for change in a challenging time.

A sunny, warm spring day, replete with chirping birds and flowers in full bloom, was a fitting backdrop for a celebration years in the making, as graduates of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine gathered with faculty, family, and friends for an in-person Class Day on the HMS Quad.

Jennifer Cloutier Image: Gretchen Ertl

The Promise of Regeneration

May 4, 2022

HMS grad Jennifer Cloutier has a habit of pushing limits.

When Jennifer Cloutier receives her MD from Harvard Medical School in May, it will be 12 years since she won a Canadian national waterskiing championship.

Although that feat alone is impressive, it’s even more extraordinary because the competition was designed for individuals with disabilities, and because of her lower-body paralysis, Cloutier, now 30, performed tricky slalom turns and acrobatics from a special seat bolted to her skis.

Sameen Meshkin Image: Gretchen Ertl

The Eyes Have It

May 3, 2022

HMS grad Sameen Meshkin sees residency in ophthalmology as way to continue serving.

Sheer excitement is an understatement when it comes to describing the joy that Ryan Sameen Meshkin felt upon matching to a residency near Boston where he will be able to continue serving after graduation from Harvard Medical School with his MD this May.