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Search Proceeds from medical student fundraiser will provide free mammograms to more than 100 uninsured women
The annual student-organized art show and auction raised a record $17K this year.
Mammograms can save lives, but many women can t afford them.
Nearly 10 years ago, medical students at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM) organized a fundraiser to pay for mammograms for uninsured, low-income women. The first Mammography Art Initiative Art Show and Auction (MAI) raised about $6,000. MAI became a yearly fundraiser. This year, students raised a record $17,000. We were nervous about how successful MAI would be with the challenges of the pandemic. It was a nice surprise that it was so successful, said Allison Bautista, one of the second-year medical students who helped organize the event.
Updated on February 26, 2021 at 10:42 pm
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A mobile mammography center is hoping to “drive out” breast cancer in South Florida by offering free screenings to uninsured women in Miami-Dade County.
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Linda Fenner 3D Mobile Mammography Center,lovingly known as the “mammovan,” is a product of Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. The mobile center works with homeless shelters, advocacy groups and places of worship to provide free mammography screenings to women in underserved communities, said Lorraine Nowakowski, the clinical director of operations at the college.
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Future FIU docs celebrate early residency matches
All HWCOM medical students who participated were successful in the early match.
February 24, 2021 at 2:00pm
For medical students, graduation is only the beginning of years of training. Next comes residency in their chosen field of specialty. Each year thousands apply to residency programs, but there are more applicants than residency slots. Hence, the process is very competitive and sometimes nerve-wracking.
Match Day, celebrated nationally in March, is when most medical students learn which residency program they have “matched” into. They’ll have to wait until March 19 to find out.
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By Brittany Torres Rivera
Every year, ambitious sophomores at FIU’s Honors College are given the distinctive opportunity of being considered for guaranteed admission at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM).
In addition to securing an acceptance of admission, the HWCOM Early Assurance Program assists students throughout their premedical planning by helping to define and broaden their academic interests and provide mentorship as the students explore and learn more about the medical profession.
This prestigious program has a less than 15 percent acceptance rate. This year, six students were selected for the fifth cohort. Among them are ER volunteers, members of various pre-health student organizations, research assistants and participants of physician shadowing programs.