As the calendar flips to a new year, many organizations compile year-in-review stories to recognize the previous 365 days and set the stage for future successes – and OUWB is among them.
Based on levels of engagement via the OUWB website and social channels, the articles below are the school’s top stories for 2019. (Click on the links in the headlines to read the full story.)
Emergency physicians group names OUWB student ‘Outstanding Medical Student of the Year’
OUWB M4 Amanda Amen was named 2019 Michigan College of Emergency Physicians (MCEP) Outstanding Medical Student of the Year.
According to MCEP, the award annually recognizes an outstanding medical student from a Michigan medical school who demonstrates excellence in his/her studies and displays a genuine enthusiasm for pursuing a career in emergency medicine.
Amen was presented the award in early December.
Full circle: OUWB students deliver babies alongside doctor who delivered them
When Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine student Kristin LeMarbe has her upcoming OB-GYN clerkship at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, one aspect will be the culmination of a “full circle.”
That’s because it’s anticipated that LeMarbe will deliver a baby alongside Mark Dykowski, M.D. — the same doctor who delivered her as a baby.
LeMarbe will be the fifth OUWB student delivered by Dykowski and to have the opportunity to work alongside the OUWB clinical faculty member in the delivery room as part of their medical training. The others are Jennifer Klei, Meredith Allen, Katherine Griese, M.D., and Lauren Lendzion, M.D.
Street Medicine program launches at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Students from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine are taking to the streets of Pontiac through a new program aimed at helping individuals who are homeless and need medical care.
OUWB’s Street Medicine program — the first of its kind in Oakland County — began Friday, Nov. 22, when the first group of students set out to help those in need at the Hope Hospitality & Warming Center in Pontiac.
Six OUWB students named ‘outstanding’ for 2018-19
Six Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine students received Outstanding Student Awards for 2018-19 for work in and out of the classroom.
The annual awards are given to three rising M2 and three rising M3 students.
The three rising M2 students named Outstanding Students for 2018-19 were Jackson Harley, Grace Peterson, and Jamie Simpson.
Rising M3 students were Megan McCrohan, Manraj Sekhon, and Aryana Sharrak.
OUWB alumni are making their mark in medicine
Five classes have graduated from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine — and the growing number of OUWB alumni are increasingly making their mark on the field of medicine across the country.
Information provided by alumni to OUWB officials shows grads continually find success in various ways, such as becoming chief residents, being appointed to fellowships and leadership positions, and earning various other types of accolades.
Graduate of OUWB’s inaugural class to join faculty at Mass Gen
A graduate of Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine’s charter class has been appointed to the faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital — part of an “incredible journey” that she says traces to her first interview day at OUWB.
Starting next July, Amanda Xi, M.D., OUWB Class of 2015, will join the faculty at Mass Gen — the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. She is scheduled to start after completion of a one-year anesthesia critical care fellowship.
In addition to the stories noted above, annual events at OUWB garnered a significant amount of online interest and finished in the list of top 10 stories for 2019. They are listed separately below.
Class of 2019 celebrates Match Day
On Friday, March 15, the Class of 2019 learned which hospitals and medical facilities they will be heading to for their medical residencies upon graduation from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in May.
OUWB graduates fifth class of physicians
OUWB graduated its fifth class of physicians on the campus of Oakland University surrounded by faculty mentors, family and friends who cheered, laughed and cried during the joyful commencement ceremony for the Class of 2019.
OUWB White Coat Ceremony welcomes ninth class of medical students
The Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Class of 2023 received its official welcome to the school — and field of health care — during a White Coat Ceremony held Friday, Aug. 9.
‘Michiganian of the Year’ inducts 20 OUWB students into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
A Beaumont Health breast cancer surgeon named a “Michiganian of the Year” this week helped induct 20 students from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine’s Class of 2020 into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
For more information, contact Andrew Dietderich, marketing writer, OUWB, at [email protected].
