OUR PURPOSE is to assist in the professional development of the US students and graduates of the Latin American School of Medicine as they strive to eliminate health disparities in underserved communities in the United States.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President - Gigi T. Simmons, LCSW

Treasurer - Miaisha Mitchell

Secretary - Patricia Minott

Director - Pamela Foster, MD, MPH

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Executive Director - Ellen P.  Bernstein, M.Phil.

 OUR MISSION is to provide resources, networking, advising, and professional  placement opportunities for the young U.S. physicians and physicians-in-training at the Latin American School of Medicine, to practice proactive, patient-centered care and advocate for healthy children and families in the US communities where they are most needed.

OUR VISION is for all the US graduates of the Latin American School of Medicine - who are highly trained, culturally competent, bilingual community physicians - to realize their dream of becoming licensed to provide accessible high-quality medical services in challenged US communities. 

OUR GOAL is to help fill in the gaps that limit access to basic health care services in low-resource US communities that experience disparities and inequities in health care, by supporting dedicated young physicians who are committed to serving  in those communities.  

• Support US ELAM graduates who need access to USMLE study resources, coaching, mentoring, and research opportunities, as they prepare for their licensing exams.
• Help identify clinical placements and observerships in acute, primary, and ambulatory care settings for graduates preparing for residency.
• Support graduates participating in the residency match cycle.  
• Help identify limited permit pathway opportunities for ECFMG-certified graduates in the process of qualifying for residency. 

BRIGHT, 3/14/16: “Can Cuban Medicine Help Solve American Inequality?“ by Sam Loewenberg 

 Progresso Weekly, 5/8/15: “US Doctors in Cuba: A Tradition Begins” by José jasán Nieves Cárdenas 

 Wired,3/29/16: “Why Some Students are Ditching America for Medical School in Cuba” by Sarah Zhang

 Progresso Weekly, 6/12/15: “The Americans Studying Medicine in Cuba” by Sam Laird 

NY Times, 12/8/06: “Hippocrates Meets Fidel, and Even U.S. Students Enroll” by Marc Lacey

 New England Journal of Medicine, 12/23/04: “Affirmative Action, Cuban Style” by Fitzhugh Mullan, MD

The Lancet, vol. 387, no 10016, 1/23/16: “Cuba’s Focus on Preventive Medicine Pays Off” by Sam Loewenberg

NY Times Magazine, 4/11/18: “Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies are in a Life-or-Death Crisis,” by Linda Villarosa