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Health professionals and staff in Michigan may want to attend an affordable geriatric training event May 16 & 17, 2013, at the Holiday Inn-Gateway Centre, Flint. It is one way to stay current on health issues affecting older adults.
Currently, 10,000 adults retire each day in the United States, and 13% of the population falls into the age group of > 65...
Inaugural event organized by MSU medical students to 'give back' to Flint for its warm welcome
Amanda Winston BS and Luda Khait MS rolled up their sleeves and made the rounds last month to post flyers about the May 5 Flintstone Challenge 5K Run/Walk around Hurley Medical Center and other areas of Flint. The Graduate Medical Education office on Hurley's 10th floor was one stop.
The two...
Employee Wellness program important for healthcare workers
Praveen Bheemanathini MD (right), a first-year resident in Hurley's Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Training Program, received a pleasant surprise April 3, when a housewide email announced winners of an Employee Wellness Survey incentive prize drawing.
Bheemanathini was one of five people who won a $100 VISA gift card...
It's official: Ten new faces will join the ranks of Hurley's Internal Medicine residents. Of 3,079 people who applied, 146 were interviewed for a spot in the three-year residency training program. Here are the 10 people "matched" to Hurley by the National Residenty Matching Program.
MOHAMED ABUSALIH MD
Abusalih of Cairo, Egypt, is a graduate of The National Ribat University,...
Names of the eight physicians who matched to the Hurley Medical Center Transitional Year Residency Training Program were announced recently. Of 386 applicants, 68 were interviewed. Here are newest additions to the one-year program, which is a requirement for many categorical programs across the country, such as radiology, anesthesia, rehab and physical medicine, etc.
FARAH ALJUBOORY MD...
More than 1250 people applied for the Pediatric Residency Training Program at Hurley Children's Hospital, and 100 people interviewed for one of the five open positions this year. The results are in. With only 10 unmatched positions in the entire country, Hurley found a "truly exceptional group," said Program Director Mona Hanna-Attisha MD, adding that all five candidates were high...
Resident match results are in for 2013, and four new faces soon will join the ranks of Hurley's Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Training Program. Of the 388 who applied, 56 candidates were interviewed. Here are the newest members of the four-year program:
HIND HADID MD
Hadid earned a double-major bachelor's degree in psychology and biochemistry from the University of...
Names of residents who matched to residency training programs were announced March 15. Here are the 2013 incoming residents in Hurley's four-year Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Training Program. (Note that, for the first time, Ob-Gyn has 4 incoming residents instead of the usual 3. In 2012, Ob-Gyn was granted permission to expand its number of residents to 4 per year (instead...
Kirk Stucky PsyD ABPP (pictured right) is one of nine authors who wrote "Guidelines for Postdoctoral Training in Rehabilitation Psychology" as a result of a national conference held to develop consensus guidelines establishing the structure and processes for rehabilitation psychology postdoctoral training programs.
The article appears in the Vol. 57, No. 4, 2012, edition...
Ramesh Mishra MD
He cooks, he watches soccer, he plays with his daughter ... and, yes, he's becoming a fine pediatrician, too. The former midfielder may use some of his soccer field skills when he's performing duties as chief resident in Pediatrics: bringing the ball down the field, setting up plays for teammates, and then celebrating together after a well-played game.
When you're...