UNPHU welcomes medical students from Columbia University in student exchange

The Faculty of Health Sciences of Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), received five last year students from the School of Medicine of Columbia University, New York, United States who, for four weeks, will rotate through the different health services and have the experience of learning the Spanish language.

The students of Columbia University are: John Buyske, Maxime McGredy, Yanglu Chen, Jessica Nino de Rivera and Juliana Nitis; who will have the coordination of several teachers rotating around Dominican hospitals such as Robert Read, Vinicius Calventi, APS of Mata Hambre, Salvador B. Gautier, Center for Diagnosis and Advanced Medicine (CEDIMAT), among others, in areas of pediatrics, anesthesiology, family and community medicine, psychiatry, Infectology, internal medicine, dermatology and pneumology.

The students were received by the rector, Architect Miguel Fiallo Calderón; Mr. Aldo Erazo, Director of the Department of International Affairs and Dr. William Duke, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences; who accompanied the team of the School of Medicine.

Medical students have passed all USMLE exams and will go in 2024 to compete for medical residency places in the United States. 

About Columbia University in New York

The aspiring doctors are officially registered with Columbia University in New York City, which is a private university located in Upper Manhattan, New York. It is part of the Ivy League and is one of the most prestigious and selective universities in the world; with an admission rate of 3.66%.

Columbia University has in its history notable alumni of the university, including 10 United States Supreme Court justices, five founding fathers of the United States, 38 living billionaires; 39 Academy Award winners; 18 Olympic medalists; three Turing Award winners; and 29 heads of state, including three United States presidents.