PathwaystoPurpose:ThePre-HealthAdvisorSummitforMorehouseSchoolofMedicine: “Guiding tomorrow’s healers, empowering today’s advisors.”
April 24, 2026
Location: Hotel Interurban 223 Andover Park E Tukwila, WA 98188
Thesummitisdesignedtoenergize,educate,andequippre-healthadvisorswiththelatest strategies,insights,andresourcestoguidestudentstowardsuccessfulapplicationstoMorehouse SchoolofMedicine(MSM).Itshouldfeellesslikeastandardworkshopandmorelikea movement aligningadvisorswithMSM’smissionofadvancinghealthequityandproducing culturallycompetenthealthleaders.
MorningSession
8:30–9:00AM|Registration&ImmersiveWelcome
● Advisorsenteragallery-stylespacewithstudent/alumnivideotestimonialsand“Why Morehouse?”impactreels.
9:00–9:10AM WelcomeGloriaRichard-Davis,MD,RegionalDean
9:10-9:30AM “TheMorehouseMissioninAction”
● Speaker:MSMLeadershipNgoziAnachebe,PharmD,MD,
● Focus:Healthequity,legacy,andthepowerofadvisorsaspartners.
9:30–10:00AM|MSMAdmissionDemystifiedNgoziAnachebe,PharmD,MD, &Aaren Hurd(MiCARecruiter)
● Admissionsleadershipwalksthroughholisticreview,GPA/MCAT/GREranges,mission, personalstatements,LOR,fit,andhowMSMevaluatesapplicants.
10:00–10:30AMMasterofScienceinMedicalSciences(MSMS)Program RitaFinley, PhD
10:30-10:45AM|Break&NetworkingCafé
10:45-11:30|1:45–2:30PMEDT InnovationCorner:Toolsfor21stCenturyAdvising
HowtoGettheMostoftheAdvisorInformationSystem(AIS)CandicePantor(virtual) AAMCManager,AdmissionsCommunications
11:30–11:45Break-Getlunch&returnforkeynote
11:45-12:15PMLUNCH|KEYNOTE
DelesoAlford,JD
Humanity Matters Visiting Professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
“Humanity Matters: Cultural Humility as the Foundation of Advising Future Healers” or “From Story to Strategy: Advising with Purpose in a Holistic Admissions Era
AfternoonSession
12:15–1:15PM| InnovativeInteractiveVRSimulationLab1: CaseAdvising WalterConwell, MD,MBA
Featuring Micheal Maxwell, PhD (Avatar)
● Advisorsrole-playadvisingscenarioswithmockstudents(avatar)(e.g.,first-gen,underserved applicant,careerchanger,reapplicant).
● Debrief
1:15–2:00PMFiresideChat:“TheWhiteCoatJourney”Hybrid(NajmahMessiah,MBA)
● Alumniandcurrentstudentpanel:sharestoriesofchallenges,triumphs&mentorship, (MiCAAmbassadors)
● In-person-KaraBarclay,SamahNabiM3&Dr.SamanthaWilliamsMSM alum/VMMCurologyfellow
● MiCAAmbassadors(Virtual)ShakeraThomasM4,SethHinrichsenM3
● InteractiveQ&A.
2:00–2:45PM|InteractiveLab2:PersonalStatementWorkshop(AishaAli/JuliaPovick)