How College of Medicine Alumni Have Made Their Mark in Academic Medicine

BIG OUTCOMES AND INDIVIDUAL IMPACT
Romaine Johnson, MD, MCPHU ’99

After graduating from Lincoln University, and before enrolling at Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University, Romaine Johnson worked for a year as a researcher at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. That experience drove home the fact that research could both make a difference for populations and change individual lives. Read more.

RENAISSANCE WOMAN
Deborah Kuhls, MD, MCP ’93, ELAM ’12

It was a community doctor in her rural Wisconsin hometown who started Deborah Kuhls on the track to becoming a physician. Read more.

A MULTIFACETED CAREER
Richard Hamilton, MD, HU ’87

The academic chair of Drexel’s Department of Emergency Medicine, Richard Hamilton, didn’t necessarily set out to work in academic medicine — but the seed was first planted at Hahnemann University, he says. Read more.

CONJURING THE FUTURE OF ACADEMIC MEDICINE
Ana Núñez, MD, HU ’86, ELAM ’05

The moment Ana Núñez realized she could actually make a positive impact on medical education occurred mid-rotation when she was a junior clerk in medical school at Hahnemann. Read more.

THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
Jennifer (Rizzo) Myers, MD, MCPHU ’98

In order to advance the science of medicine, academics must first envision where it’s heading. Jennifer Myers has demonstrated a savvy ability to do exactly that. Unlike some of her peers, Myers knew from the earliest days of medical school that she wanted to stay in the halls of academia. At MCP-Hahnemann, she was part of a club of students interested in academic internal medicine — during meetings they would share and discuss medical journal articles with faculty members. Read more.

 
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