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CU School of Medicine Celebrates Class of 2024

Amid a crowd of bright smiles, joyous cheers, and heartfelt hugs, Class of 2024 graduates from the University of Colorado School of Medicine celebrated one another’s dedication to becoming equitable and empathetic health leaders during Monday’s Hooding & Oath Ceremony. 


Author Tayler Shaw | Publish Date May 20, 2024
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CU School of Medicine Graduation 2024

Please join us as we celebrate the University of Colorado School of Medicine Class of 2024 with a hooding and oath ceremony on Monday, May 20, at 10:15 a.m.


Author School of Medicine | Publish Date May 17, 2024
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Graduating Med Student Highlights Importance of Increasing Diversity

Following years of hard work and perseverance through unexpected challenges, David Duarte-Corado is about to accomplish a childhood dream: Graduating from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and becoming a doctor who represents and cares for traditionally underserved populations.  


Author Tayler Shaw | Publish Date May 15, 2024
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Rachael Branscomb Fulfills Childhood Dream of Making a Difference Through Medicine

Rachael Branscomb, a fourth-year student at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, decided to be a pediatrician when she was just 8 years old. Now, with graduation on the horizon, she’s excited to take the next step in reaching her childhood goal.  


Author Mara Kalinoski | Publish Date May 13, 2024
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Medicine and Education are Both in the Career Mix for a Graduating Med Student

As a former middle-school teacher and soon-to-be-graduating medical student at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Paige Romer is finding ways to combine the two skill sets.


Author Mark Harden | Publish Date May 08, 2024
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Graduating CU Medical Student Helps Provide Crucial Medical Care to Syrians

Forty-eight Syrians who’ve lost limbs due to the ongoing civil war now have prosthetic devices because of Haya Kaliounji, who graduates from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in May.


Author Kara Mason | Publish Date May 06, 2024
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CU School of Medicine Celebrates Class of 2023

After a medical school experience mostly shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Class of 2023 graduates from the University of Colorado School of Medicine are ready to take the next step into their profession.


Author Kara Mason | Publish Date May 22, 2023
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CU School of Medicine Graduation 2023

It is with great pleasure that we celebrate the University of Colorado School of Medicine Class of 2023 with a hooding and oath ceremony on Monday, May 22, at 10:15 a.m.


Author School of Medicine | Publish Date May 17, 2023
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Cancer Diagnosis During Medical School Offered Unique Insight into Patient Experience

Steve Haberkorn knows he’s not the first person to pursue a career in medicine out of a desire to help people. That’s why he did it, though – to help where he can and work to improve people’s lives.


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date May 15, 2023
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An Unexpected Love Story that Began in the Cadaver Lab

Not many love stories begin in the cadaver lab at 4 a.m., but this one does.

Marlie Fisher, PhD, and Matt Svalina, PhD, had just started their MD/PhD program in the University of Colorado School of Medicine and were learning, in those first several months, that something would have to give if they were going to balance graduate core courses with human anatomy lab.


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date May 12, 2023
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Bianca Sanchez Chose Medicine to Help Immigrants and Families 

For Bianca Sanchez, the ideas of medicine and family are inextricably intertwined. 


Author Greg Glasgow | Publish Date May 10, 2023
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The Power of Community

There’s a soft spot in Brenda La’s heart for tight knit communities.

The soon-to-be graduate has found herself wrapped up in them from the remote reaches of rural Alaska to the groups of students she has met during her time at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.


Author Kara Mason | Publish Date May 08, 2023
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Hospitals struggle to serve growing number of children in need of intensive mental health treatment

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Publish DateJuly 25, 2024

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Colorado kidney donor set to compete in her 12th Ironman competition

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Publish DateJuly 23, 2024

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Medical education’s next frontier: Space

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Publish DateJuly 18, 2024

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As GLP-1 Demand Goes Up, Access and Coverage Go Down

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Publish DateJuly 18, 2024

Experts debating the pressing issue of how to prioritize patients in the increasingly common scenario of loss of access or insurance coverage for anti-obesity glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist drugs argued that comorbidities and obesity severity should strongly warrant continued coverage — while offering key strategies for getting and retaining approval from payers.

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