When: Saturday, Septemer 22. 2018 - 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Where: Florida International Univeristy School of Medicine

Who: Open to college students, parents, pre-health advisors, school administrators and others

Meet: One-on-One with representatives from health profession schools

Learn: About entrance requirements & application processes

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®2018 Ross University School of Medicine. All rights reserved.

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in 20 disciplines

50Practice in all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico

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Pass rate in 2017

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT ADMISSION AT:

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AgendaSaturday, September 22 - Student Development Program & Recruitment Fair Location: Florida International University Medical School10:00 am – 10:45 am Student Development Program Registration

10:45 am - 11:00 am Welcome & GreetingsRosalind Gregory-Bass, MD, MS, President-elect

11:00 am - 11:40 am Opening Keynote Speaker“Professional Biases and Becoming a Competitive Applicant” Eloiza Domingo-Snyder, MS, Deputy Chief Diversity Officer and Sr. Director, Johns Hopkins SOM

11:40 am – 11:45 am Break11:45 am – 12:25 am Plenary Session

“Why Does the Test Matter?: Understanding the Rationale for Standardized Test Preparation” Zandraetta Tims-Cook, MD, Attending Physician, Infectious Disease Specialist

12:40 pm - 1:20 pm Concurrent SessionsProfessions Admissions Panel –Section IThe Inside Track: Making Your Application Count• Allopathic Medicine• Dentistry• Optometry

Professions Admissions Panel – Section IIThe Inside Track: Making Your Application Count• Osteopathic Medicine• Chiropractic Medicine• Rehabilitative Professions (PT/OT/ST)

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm College Recruitment Fair and Networking Session (See map provided in folders at Student Program Registration)

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2018 Recruiter Listing1. A.T. Still University2. AACP3. AAMC4. Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine5. American University of the Caribbean School of

Medicine6. Association of American Medical Schools7. Augusta University- Colleges of Medicine and Dental8. Barry University9. Bastyr University10. Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons11. Creighton University12. Dr. Flowers MCAT13. Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine14. Eastern Virginia Medical School15. Edward Via College Of Osteopathic Medicine16. Kansas City University of Admissions17. Kaplan Partner Solutions (Kaplan Test Prep)18. LECOM19. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University20. Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of

Medicine & Marshall University Sc21. MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN22. Morehouse School of Medicine23. Oakland University William Beaumont School of

Medicine24. Ohio University-HCOM25. Palmer College of Chiropractic26. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine27. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - GA

Campus28. Ross University School of Medicine29. Rowan Univ. School of Osteopathic Med.30. Salus University

31. Samuel Merritt University32. School of Medicine UNC Chapel Hill Office of Special

Programs33. SIU School of Medicine MEDPREP34. St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies35. Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine NY

Middletown36. UC San Francisco School of Dentistry37. UC School of Dental Medicine38. Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences39. University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences40. University Health Sciences Antigua41. University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine42. University of Massachusetts Medical School43. University of Penn School of Dental Medicine44. University of Pittsburgh45. University of South Florida46. University of Wisconsin47. University of Arizona, COM-PHX, Office Of Diversity

And Inclusion48. VCU School of Dentistry49. VCU School of Pharmacy50. Virginia Commonwealth University51. Wake Forest SOM , DDI52. Wayne State University School of Medicine53. Western University54. Yale School of Medicine

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Speakers

Eloiza Domingo-Snyder, MS Deputy Chief Diversity Officer and Sr. Director, Johns Hopkins SOM

Zandraetta Tims-Cook, MD Attending Physician, Infectious Disease Specialist, Wellstar Medical Center, Atlanta, GA

Camille Woodson, MDMedical Management Director

S T U D E N T D E V E L O P M E N T P R O G R A M

Zerita C. Buchananor, DDS General Dentist at Dental Dreams, LLC

Kadria Scott, DCOwner/Chiropractor at Discover Health Chiropractic

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Speaker BiosD R . ZERITA C. BUCHANANORA s a f o u r t h g e n e r a t i o n d e n t i s t , D r . Z e r i t a C . B u c h a n a n c o n t i n u e s h e r f a m i l y l e g a c y o f p r o v i d i n g e x c e p t i o n a l d e n t a l c a r e t o h e r c o m m u n i t y . C o m m i t t e d t o a c a d e m i c e x c e l l e n c e , s h e c o n d u c t e d e x t e n s i v e b i o m e d i c a l r e s e a r c h a t w o r l d - c l a s s i n s t i t u t i o n s i n c l u d i n g S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y a n d T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f P e n n s y l v a n i a . D r . B u c h a n a n c o m b i n e s t h i s b r e a d t h o f k n o w l e d g e w i t h h e r a r t i s t i c s k i l l s t o t h o r o u g h l y e n h a n c e h e r p a t i e n t ' s o r a l h e a l t h .

E d u c a t i o n a n d C o n t i n u i n g E d u c a t i o n• H i g h S c h o o l – P a i d e i a S c h o o l , A t l a n t a , G A• B a c h e l o r o f S c i e n c e D e g r e e – S p e l m a n C o l l e g e , A t l a n t a , G A• D o c t o r a t e o f D e n t a l S u r g e r y – U n i v e r s i t y o f N o r t h C a r o l i n a a t C h a p e l H i l l :

D r . B u c h a n a n w a s b o r n i n A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a , a n d r a i s e d i n S e a t t l e , W a s h i n g t o n . S h e r e l o c a t e d a n d m a d e G e o r g i a h e r p e r m a n e n t h o m e w h e n s h e w a s i n h i g h s c h o o l . W h e n s h e ’ s n o t w o r k i n g D r. B u c h a n a n e n j o y s t r y i n g n e w r e s t a u r a n t s a n d p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n f i t n e s s e v e n t s . S h e h a s e v e n c o m p l e t e d a t r i a t h l o n a n d a h a l f m a r a t h o n !

D R . ELOIZA DOMINGO-SNYDERE l o i z a D o m i n g o - S n y d e r i s t h e C o - F o u n d e r a n d P r i n c i p a l o f A l z a n i C o n s u l t i n g S o l u t i o n s a n d a g l o b a l l y r e c o g n i z e d l e a d e r i n d i v e r s i t y a n d i n c l u s i o n . S h e w a s r e c o g n i z e d a s o n e o f t h e 1 0 0 M o s t I n f l u e n t i a l F i l i p i n a W o m e n i n t h e W o r l d b y t h e F i l i p i n a W o m e n ’ s N e t w o r k , r e c e i v e d t h e 2 0 1 7 S e n i o r E x e c u t i v e a w a r d f r o m t h e N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f H e a l t h c a r e E x e c u t i v e s , a n d w a s n a m e d A l l y o f t h e Y e a r b y M i a m i U n i v e r s i t y ’ s O f f i c e o f G L B T Q . E l o i z a w a s a l s o f e a t u r e d o n t h e M a r y l a n d D a i l y R e c o r d ’ s V e r y I m p o r t a n t P r o f e s s i o n a l s – S u c c e s s b y 4 0 l i s t a n d w a s r e c o g n i z e d w i t h a W o m e n W o r t h W a t c h i n g a w a r d f r o m P r o f i l e s i n D i v e r s i t y J o u r n a l .

E l o i z a h a s w o r k e d w i t h a w i d e r a n g e o f p r o m i n e n t c o r p o r a t i o n s a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g P r o c t e r & G a m b l e , M a c y ’ s , t h e O h i o A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l ’ s O f f i c e , B u c k n e l l U n i v e r s i t y , a n d Te x a s Te c h U n i v e r s i t y , s u p p o r t i n g t h e i r d i v e r s i t y , i n c l u s i o n a n d c u l t u r a l c o m p e t e n c y e f f o r t s . S h e ’ s h e l d l e a d e r s h i p r o l e s i n h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n , l a w e n f o r c e m e n t , a n d h e a l t h c a r e , f o c u s i n g o n m e a s u r a b l e r e s u l t s t h a t t r a c k a n d i m p r o v e t h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f d i v e r s i t y e f f o r t s . H e r r e s e a r c h - b a s e d w o r k h a s b e e n f e a t u r e di n I N Q U I R Y : T h e J o u r n a l o f H e a l t h C a r e O r g a n i z a t i o n s , P r o v i s i o n , a n d F i n a n c i n g .

W h i l e t h e D e p u t y C h i e f D i v e r s i t y O f f i c e r a n d S e n i o r D i r e c t o r o f D i v e r s i t y a n d I n c l u s i o n a t J o h n s H o p k i n s M e d i c i n e , E l o i z a o v e r s a w t h e d i v e r s i t y i n i t i a t i v e s a n d o p e r a t i o n f o r m o r e t h a n a m i l l i o n e m p l o y e e s , s t u d e n t s , a n d p a t i e n t s . D u r i n g h e r t e n u r e , J o h n s H o p k i n s r e c e i v e d t h e 2 0 1 7 I n n o v a t i o n s i n D i v e r s i t y & I n c l u s i o n a w a r d f r o m P r o f i l e s i n D i v e r s i t y J o u r n a l w a s n a m e d o n e o f A m e r i c a ’ s B e s t E m p l o y e r s f o r D i v e r s i t y b y F o r b e sM a g a z i n e . A d y n a m i c s p e a k e r , E l o i z a h a s g i v e n k e y n o t e s a n d p r e s e n t a t i o n s a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y .

A s a m o t h e r o f t w o s e t s o f t w i n b o y s , E l o i z a k n o w s t h a t t r u e s u c c e s s i s a p r o d u c t o f d i l i g e n t p r e p a r a t i o n a n d h a r d w o r k . E l o i z a e a r n e d a B . A . i n P s y c h o l o g y a n d S o c i o l o g y w i t h a m i n o r i n S p a n i s h a n d a n M . S . i n H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n a n d S t u d e n t A f f a i r s w i t h a c o n c e n t r a t i o n i n D i v e r s i t y E d u c a t i o n , b o t h f r o m I n d i a n a U n i v e r s i t y .

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Speaker BiosD R . K A D R I A S C O T TD r. K a d r i a S c o t t i s o r i g i n a l l y f r o m a s u n n y c a r i b b e a n i s l a n d k n o w n a s T r i n i d a d a n d To b a g o . I m i g r a t e d t o t h e U . S . a s a c h i l d a n d n o w c o n s i d e r s G e o r g i a h o m e . M y p a s s i o n f o r h e a l t h a n d s e r v i c e f o r o t h e r s b e g a n a t a n e a r l y a g e a n d a s s u c h p u r s u e d h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n a t S p e l m a n C o l l e g e , w h e r e I m a j o r e d i n B i o l o g y . A t S p e l m a n C o l l e g e I l e a r n e d v a l u a b l e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t h o w t h e b o d y w o r k s a n d w a s i n s p i r e d t o s h a r e t r u e h e a l t h a s a d o c t o r . S h e w e n t o n t o c o n t i n u e h e r e d u c a t i o n a t L i f e U n i v e r s i t y , w h e r e s h e e a r n e d h e r D o c t o r o f C h i r o p r a c t i c d e g r e e . W h i l e a t L i f e U n i v e r s i t y D r . G w e n t a b o v e a n d b e y o n d t o f u r t h e r c o n c e n t r a t e h e r e d u c a t i o n o n h e r p a s s i o n f o r c h i l d r e n a n d e x p e c t i n g m o t h e r s . D u e t o t h e s e e f f o r t s , s h e h a s o b t a i n e d e x t e n s i v e p o s t g r a d u a t e t r a i n i n g a n d i s c e r t i f i e d i n t h e W e b s t e r Te c h n i q u e w h i l e c u r r e n t l y c o m p l e t i n g h e r c o u r s e w o r k w i t h t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C h i r o p r a c t i c P e d i a t r i c A s s o c i a t i o n ( I C P A ) t o b e c e r t i f i e d b y t h e A c a d e m y C o u n c i l o f C h i r o p r a c t i c P e d i a t r i c s ( C A C C P ) .

D R . Z A N D R A E T T A T I M S - C O O KZ a n d r a e t t a T i m s - C o o k , M D , M P H , A A H I V S i s a b o a r d - c e r t i f i e d i n f e c t i o u s d i s e a s e s s p e c i a l i s t i n A t l a n t a , G A . S h e a t t e n d e d S p e l m a n C o l l e g e i n A t l a n t a , G A a n d m a j o r e d i n b i o l o g y . S h e g r e w i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e h e a l t h c o n c e r n s o f w o m e n w h i l e s t u d y i n g P u b l i c H e a l t h / S o c i o m e d i c a l S c i e n c e s a t C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y i n N e w Y o r k , N Y. S h e b e c a m e e s p e c i a l l y c o n c e r n e d a b o u t t h e g r o w i n g n u m b e r o f H I V i n f e c t i o n s a m o n g A f r i c a n -A m e r i c a n w o m e n i n t h e n e w m i l l e n i u m , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t h e S o u t h , a n d d e c i d e d o n a c a r e e r i n m e d i c i n e i n t h e f i e l d o f i n f e c t i o u s d i s e a s e s . S h e i s a g r a d u a t e o f W e i l l C o r n e l l M e d i c a l C o l l e g e i n N e w Y o r k a n d c o m p l e t e d p o s t - g r a d u a t e t r a i n i n g a t V a n d e r b i l t U n i v e r s i t y M e d i c a l C e n t e r i n N a s h v i l l e , T N . S h e r e t u r n e d t o h e r h o m e s t a t e o f G e o r g i a f o r f e l l o w s h i p t r a i n i n g a t E m o r y U n i v e r s i t y i n A t l a n t a .

D r . T i m s - C o o k i s p r e s e n t l y a n a s s i s t a n t c l i n i c a l p r o f e s s o r o f m e d i c i n e a t W e l l S t a r A t l a n t a M e d i c a l C e n t e r i n t h e d e p a r t m e n t o f I n t e r n a l M e d i c i n e . S h e i s , a l s o , m a i n t a i n s a p r a c t i c e w i t h t h e A I D S H e a l t h c a r e F o u n d a t i o n i n m i d t o w n A t l a n t a . D r . T i m s - C o o k m a i n t a i n s a n i n t e r e s t i n t h e h e a l t h c o n c e r n s o f w o m e n , w i t h p a r t i c u l a r f o c u s i n H I V h e a l t h d i s p a r i t i e s . S h e h a s p u b l i s h e d r e s e a r c h w i t h t h e H I V P r e v e n t i o n T r i a l s N e t w o r k . S h e i s i n v o l v e d i n c o m m u n i t y o u t r e a c h e f f o r t s i n H I V e d u c a t i o n a n d f o u n d e d T h e H e a t h e r I v y S o c i e t y , a n o n - p r o f i t s u p p o r t g r o u p f o r w o m e n w h o s e l i v e s a r e i m p a c t e d b y H I V / A I D S .

D r . T i m s - C o o k w a s i n c l u d e d a s a 2 0 1 8 W o m e n o f P o w e r a n d I n f l u e n c e i n T h e A t l a n t a n M o d e r n L u x u r y M a g a z i n e . S h e i s a p r o u d m o t h e r o f t w o b e a u t i f u l t e e n a g e d d a u g h t e r s , R a v e n a n d R i h a , a n d i s a n a c t i v e m e m b e r o f C a s c a d e U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h .D r. T i m s - C o o k i s c u r r e n t l y i n p r a c t i c e a t W e l l S t a r I n f e c t i o u s D i s e a s e

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Speaker BiosDR. CAMILLE WOODSOND r. C a m i l l e W o o d s o n i s a f a m i l y m e d i c i n e d o c t o r i n G r e e n b e l t , M a r y l a n d . S h e r e c e i v e d h e r m e d i c a l d e g r e e f r o m U n i v e r s i t y o f To l e d o C o l l e g e o f M e d i c i n e a n d h a s b e e n i n p r a c t i c e b e t w e e n 1 1 - 2 0 y e a r s .

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A t t h e O h i o U n i v e r s i t y H e r i t a g e C o l l e g e o f O s t e o p a t h i c M e d i c i n e , o u r s t u d n t s r e f l e c t t h e d i v e r s e p a t i e n t p o l u l a t i o n s t h a t w e t r a i n t h e m t o c a r e f o r . I n o u r r e c r u i t i n g , c u r r i c u l u m a n d c u l t u r e , w e a r e c o m m i t t e d t o p r o m o t i n g d i v e r s i t y a n d c u l t u r a l c o m p e t e n c y . I n d e e d , t h r o u g h o u t o u r m o r e t h a n f o u r -d e c a d e h i s t o r y , t h e c o l l e g e h a s e s t a b l i s h e d i t s e l f a s a n a t i o n a l l e a d e r i n d e v e l o p i n g i n i t i a t i v e s t h a t s t e e r u n d e r r e p r e s e n t e d m i n o r i t y p h y s i c i a n s i n t o a h e a l t h c a r e s y s t e m t h a t s o r e l y n e e d s t h e m . W e c a l l i t m u l t i c u l t u r a l m e d i c i n e . A t t h e H e r i t a g e C o l l e g e , i t ' s a b i g p a r t o f w h o w e a r e .

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