Published in the Summer 2023 ALUMNI JOURNAL The Alumni Association is grateful to ANDREW C. CHANG ’90 for his contribution to the ALUMNI JOURNAL as issue editor for the past three years. His passion for Whole Person Care has produced excellent issues highlighting Whole Person Care in action. We appreciate his dedication, kindness, and…
LLUSM NEWS: Match Day By Hillary Angel Published in the Summer 2023 ALUMNI JOURNAL As part of the National Resident Matching Program, fourth-year medical students nationwide simultaneously opened their envelopes on March 17 at 9 a.m. PT to find out their future specialties and residency training locations for the next three to seven years. The…
DEPARTMENT REPORT: Global Surgery Fellowship By Ryan A. Hayton ’05, director, Global Surgery Fellowship Published in the Summer 2023 ALUMNI JOURNAL Loma Linda University department of surgery’s unique Global Surgery Fellowship (GSF) received its first fellow in 2017 and has had three fellows since its inception, with the fourth fellow starting September 1, 2023. The…
STUDENT NEWS: Class of 2023 Cruise By Serena Lin Heung ’23 Published in the ALUMNI JOURNAL Summer 2023 On May 11, the class of 2023 gathered together for the final time as a class to celebrate their upcoming graduation. A total of 170 senior medical students and their partners enjoyed a dinner cruise in Newport Beach. At…
From the Class of 2023 President By John Q. Jung ’23 Published in the ALUMNI JOURNAL Summer 2023 Dear Class of 2023, Congratulations on another incredible milestone. Medical school graduation represents far more than the attainment of a degree. It symbolizes the culmination of a transformative journey, one that has tested our intellect, resilience,…
DEPARTMENT REPORT: Surgery By Sharon S. Lum, MD, MBA, FACS, chair, department of surgery, Clifton & Sandra Reeves chair in general surgery Published in the Summer 2023 ALUMNI JOURNAL The charge of the Loma Linda University department of surgery is to enable surgical faculty and trainees to reach their highest professional and academic potential while…
Published in the Summer 2023 ALUMNI JOURNAL ALL THE WAYS WE GROW BY Ashley Saunders ’23 there is no need to hurry to wistfully grasp for the future instead, collect moments and lessons lessons and follies these pearls from the journey there is no wisdom in rushing everything that is given time refines itself…
Glimpses of God’s Care By Adrien Charles-Marcel ’23 Published in the Summer 2023 ALUMNI JOURNAL I was stressed already as I walked across the Loma Linda University campus from the parking structure in the early morning light. As a first-year oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) resident, I had to round at the Medical Center…
Published in the Summer 2023 ALUMNI JOURNAL Delayed, Not Denied By Briana Greene ’23 My life journey to and through medical school has shown me that with God, “delay” and “deny” are definitely not synonymous. It was the summer of 2015, and I was in tears in a restroom stall of my science and physics…
Honoring Two Epochal Leaders By Richard H. Hart ’70 Published in the Summer 2023 ALUMNI JOURNAL In 1962, Loma Linda University received an ultimatum from the Council on Medical Education to consolidate the campuses, either in Los Angeles or Loma Linda. With the Board of Trustees struggling to make a decision, Dr. Hinshaw was named…