Program Director Lina Yamashita recently had a chance to chat with four Medical Exchange and Discovery (MED) and Exploring Health Care (EHC) alumni: Anna Kokubu (MED 2017 alum, EHC 2018 fellow), Asuka Fujihashi (EHC 2018 alum), Mariko Nishihara (MED 2017
This spring we are looking forward to having an amazing team joining Program Directors Lina Yamashita and Melissa Paschuck for the March Exploring Health Care (EHC) Program. Learn more about these outstanding mentors who are excited to inspire the
This spring we are looking forward to having an amazing team joining Program Director
The hurricanes that struck Houston, Texas in late August and the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico in September. The fires that have ravaged Northern California (Napa, Santa Rosa) in October, and now Southern California (Santa Ana, Los Angeles). Lives have
We learned clinical English, patient privacy, USMLE, design thinking, and so on. Especially, LGBTQ＋ health issues thinking left a strong impression on me. In the first LGBTQ＋ class, our lecturer told us that he had two mothers. I was surprised
My name is Xinhui Liu from Shanxi Medical University in China. This is the first time for me to be in US. Although it’s only been a week, I am already in love with Stanford and San Francisco. Getting to
Hello! My name is Tamara Solorzano and I am the Assistant Program Director for the VIA MED program. My impression of this program on the first week summed up on one word is: engaging. There is nothing complacent about my
Hello everyone, my name is Keita Morikawa. I’m a fourth-year medical student from the University of Tokyo. It’s been almost a week since I came to Stanford. So far, Stanford proved to be one of the best places I know
This summer, VIA proudly hosted 40 of Asia’s best and brightest medical students at Stanford University on our annual Medical Exchange and Discovery (MED) program. This intensive three-week cultural immersion and professional development experience empowered students to critically examine the
This spring, Dr. James Thomas reprised his role as Faculty In Residence for the 2016 Exploring Health Care (EHC) Program. Dr. Thomas received his clinical training in Sheffield, England. A published author, he currently resides in Tokyo where he teaches
