Opportunity to Meet with More Than 80 U.S. Medical and Health Professions Schools

The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) will host its annual Diversifying the Next Generation of Doctors Career Fair in Nashville, Tenn. on Saturday, Nov. 12. This free event, geared primarily toward high school and college students and their parents interested in learning about a career in medicine and biomedical science, is focused on supporting individuals from diverse and underserved communities and is intended to help increase diversity in the field of medicine.

Participants will have the opportunity to meet and interact with representatives from more than 80 U.S. medical schools and other health professions schools (such as dental, physician assistants, and more) including pre-health advisers and school administrators. Attendees will also have an opportunity to join roundtable discussions with current medical students, participate in interactive medical and health activities, and attend workshops on medical school preparation, admissions requirements, and the Medical College Admission Test® (MCAT®).

This year’s event features keynote speaker Myron Laurent Rolle, MD. Dr. Rolle is currently training as a neurosurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is a graduate of the Florida State University College of Medicine. Before he began his medical training, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, enabling him to obtain a Master’s Degree in Medical Anthropology from Oxford University. He returned from Oxford to play in the National Football League (NFL) and was selected in the 6th round of the NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans, finishing out his football career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

WHEN:         
Saturday, November 12, 2022, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CT

WHERE:      
Music City Center
2001 5th Avenue S
Nashville, Tenn.        

KEYNOTE:  
Myron Laurent Rolle, MD, a former NFL draft pick for the Tennessee Titans and a current neurosurgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School.      

INFO:            
For registration information and other details, visit: Diversifying the Next Generation of Doctors: Career Fair and Workshops

To view the promotional video for this upcoming event, click here.

The AAMC sponsors this event in collaboration with Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting. Several AAMC member medical schools and health professions organizations are participating in the event, including Harvard Medical School, Howard University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, and many other medical schools across the United States.

The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) is a nonprofit association dedicated to improving the health of people everywhere through medical education, health care, medical research, and community collaborations. Its members comprise all 156 accredited U.S. medical schools; 14 accredited Canadian medical schools; approximately 400 teaching hospitals and health systems, including Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and nearly 80 academic societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC leads and serves America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals and the millions of individuals across academic medicine, including more than 191,000 full-time faculty members, 95,000 medical students, 149,000 resident physicians, and 60,000 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the biomedical sciences. Following a 2022 merger, the Alliance of Academic Health Centers and the Alliance of Academic Health Centers International broadened the AAMC’s U.S. membership and expanded its reach to international academic health centers. Learn more at aamc.org.