Health & Heartbreak in the Land of Enchantment: My Experience with the Indian Health Service and Pueblo Peoples

The Global Health Residency Tracks of Christiana Care Health System, in partnership with the Delaware Academy of Medicine & Delaware Public Health Association, are pleased to invite you to this month's global health talk.

Dr. Fahmida Khan will present this month. As a global health scholar at Christiana, she has spent a total of 7 weeks with the Indian Health Service in New Mexico, working with the Zuni and Navajo populations. 

Dr Khan is a third year internal medicine resident at Christiana Hospital. She completed her undergrad studies in her hometown Queens, NY and went on to graduate school in Philadelphia, PA, before entering medical school. She graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015. Her interests include population health, underserved populations and health care disparities in American minorities. She plans to continue her training at Washington Hospital Center in infectious disease and critical care medicine.

The main event will be held in room 14 of the Ammon Education Center at Christiana Hospital AND will be broadcast to Room 2 in the Brandywine Conference Center at Wilmington Hospital.

The CCHS Global Health Curriculum is an interdepartmental collaboration, supporting the Global Health Tracks in the Depts. of Medicine and Family Medicine, and the Med-Peds Residency, with the support of the Delaware Academy of Medicine, Delaware Public Health Association, and Delaware Academy of Family Physicians.

There is no charge to attend this event, but registration is required. Food and Refreshments will be served.