Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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MSM's Kpodzo Performs Life-Changing Reconstructive Surgery on Woman Badly Burned as a Baby
JANUARY 8, 2018 - Fox 5 Atlanta documents how Morehouse School of Medicine Surgery professor and Morehouse Healthcare surgeon Dzifa Kpodzo, M.D., M.P.H., was able to change Gladys White's life -- who has lived with burns for more than 50 years following a childhood accident -- through reconstructive surgery.
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MSM Leads the Fight Against the Spread of HIV and AIDS
NOVEMBER 30, 2017 - MSM recognizes World AIDS Day on December 1
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MSM Students Learn While Serving in Haiti
NOVEMBER 27, 2017 - For nearly a decade, students at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) have traveled to Haiti to provide medical care to those in rural areas of the Caribbean nation.
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"Why Health Insurance Really Is a Life or Death Issue, Especially for Minorities," Dr. Montgomery Rice Writes for CNN.com
OCTOBER 20, 2017 - Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. recently shared her expert opinion on health equity and insurance with CNN.
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Dr. Montgomery Rice Speaks with Good Morning America About Color's New Affordable At-Home BRCA Gene Test
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 - On September 18, 2017, on Good Morning America, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., shared her thoughts regarding the new Color BRCA genetic mutation test, which is the most affordable, and arguably one of the simplest, ways for women to find out if they have an increased risk of developing breast cancer.
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Protection of Mental Health Parity Under Attack, Says MSM's Dawes to Huffington Post
JULY 21, 2017 - The Huffington Post recently interviewed Daniel E. Dawes, J.D., executive director of Government Relation, Policy and External Affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), about the ongoing political battle over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the need to keep mental health benefits as a right to all Americans, especially members of the military.
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MSM Alumni, Faculty and Former Trustee Featured in Atlanta Magazine's 2017 Top Doctors Issue
JULY 13, 2017 - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) alumni Drs. Joy Baker and Dawn Mandeville, Graduate Medical Education (GME) Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Pediatrics Associate Professor Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, and former Board of Trustees member Dr. Mark Codner were recently featured in Atlanta Magazine's 2017 Top Doctors issue, which listed 720 of the top doctors in the metro Atlanta area.
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Special Supplement to American Journal of Public Health Focuses on Diversifying Health Profession to Address Oral Health Inequities
JULY 3, 2017 - A special supplement to the American Journal of Public Health explores oral health inequities among vulnerable populations and the need to diversify the health work force to close the gaps.
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Morehouse School of Medicine Helps Address Lack of Minority Cardiologists
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) announced the creation of a Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training Program--an effort that helps address both an increasingly aging population suffering with heart disease and the nation's shortage of minority cardiologists.
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MSM's Dr. Beech Speaks On How Free Genetic Tests Help Women, Families Get Answers About Cancer
AUGUST 26, 2016 - Morehouse School of Medicine's (MSM) Dr. Derrick Beech speaks with Fox 5 Atlanta about how Color Genomics's Color Test -- a new genetics screening tool for cancers offered by MSM and only three other U.S. centers -- helps women get answers about the history of breast cancer in their families.
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