Emory’s Global Health Distinctions Program Announces New Residents

We are pleased to share that new residents have been selected for the J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program’s Global Health Distinctions Program (GHDP). The residents will train under program directors Paulina Rebolledo, MD, MSc, and Russell Kempker, MD, MSc.

Established in 2007, the mission of the GHDP is to provide Emory’s internal medicine residents with training and mentoring in global health. The program prepares residents for field experiences in which they learn, build local capacity and sustainable relationships, and become inspired to consider careers in global health. GHDP graduates have a thorough understanding of active global health issues, hands-on domestic and international field experience, and a network of contacts that includes regional and national global health leaders. Since 2007, more than 50 internal medicine residents have participated in the program.

Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, the following six interns have been selected for the GHDP. They will embark on a two-year program that includes a longitudinal global health curriculum and clinical rotations in Tuba City, Arizona through the Indian Health Services and in Addis Ababa, Ehtiopia, or Tblisi, Georgia.

• Krisha Desai
• Brandon Muckley
• Joseph Sharp
• Stephanie Sweitzer
• Franck Tonleu
• Cristina Vellozzi-Averhoff

Congratulations to the selected GHDP scholars! We know this program will be a highly enriching experience as they embark on their global health careers.