Alumni Committee Members: Dr. Sajiv John & Dr. Margaret Kumar, Co-Chairs. Dr. Priya Alexander, Dr. S. Balasubramaniam, Dr. Samson & Anita Jesudass, Dr. Suren Kumar, Dr. Alex & Valsa Kuruvila, Dr. Ranjit Mathew, Catherine Poornaselvan, Drs. Anna & Ponna Thurairatnam, Dr. Honorine Ward, Board Chair
Dr. Sunil Chandy Addresses the Scudder Association Annual Dinner, Live from Vellore
Four generations of Scudders gathered in Huntington, Long Island, for their annual reunion and Scudder Association Board meeting over the weekend of October 24th. Click here for more.
Drs. Ajit & Nissi Varki Recognized as Distinguished Faculty Congratulations to Drs. Ajit & Nissi Varki (Batch of '68) who each received the Medal and Oration for Distinguished Faculty at CMC Research Day on October 9th. To read the Citations to Ajit and Nissi, and to review the 240 abstracts accepted to the 2015 Research Day, please click here.
Bishop of Vellore Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Rajavelu and Foundation President Kate Guenther welcomed at Christhava Koil in Queens, NY CMC Alumni and Vellore natives traveled from far and wide to meet the Bishop and our Foundation President. Click here for more. Pictured L-R are Kate Guenther, Rt. Rev. Dr. Rajavelu, Rev. BBC Kumar - Foundation Corp Member, Dr. Edward J. Jeremiah.
Dr. Anindya Dutta Receives 2 Prestigious Honors We wish our Corporation and Research Committee member Dr. Anindya Dutta (Batch of '75) congratulations on recently being named a Distinguished University of Virginia Scientist as well as the recipient of a 2015 American Society for Investigative Pathology Outstanding Investigator Award.
2015 Modale and Senior Training Fellows in the U.S. The Foundation has proudly supported the Senior Training Fellowships program since 1990. The selection process performed at CMC is rigorous and competitive. We congratulate this year's US Fellows! Dr. Mani Mani (Batch of '55), Emeritus Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center (UKMC) is passionate about sharing the CMC experience with UKMC students. The Modale Fellowship Program allows two junior faculty members at CMC to come to the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct fully-funded independent research projects. Fellows are chosen annually through a competitive application process at CMC. Click here to learn more about both programs and their Fellows.
Dr. Prince Christopher named FAIMER Institute Fellow Dr. Prince Christopher, a Family Medicine physician in the LCECU, has begun work on a 2-year multi-disciplinary fellowship in Health Professions Education at the FAIMER Institute in Philadelphia The Foundation awarded Dr. Christopher a grant to cover the balance of his studies after he won a scholarship for 90% of his tuition costs. Click here for more.
INDVAC 2015 Congratulations Dr. Anu Bose (Batch of '76), Professor of Pediatrics in CHAD, who successfully led the 6th Advanced Vaccinology Course at CMC, funded by the Gates Foundation. Dr. Bobby Cherayil, Foundation Research Committee member, was a lecturer for the course. Click here for more.
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Highlights include Research Day, CON Lamp Lighting, CME Program on Invasive Fungal Sinusitis, and the Breast Cancer Survivors' Day. Read more here.
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