Amid uncertainty and chaos, Dr. Sarah Alexander (Batch ’60), and her husband, C.J. Alexander, a Ph.D chemist, made agenerous gift to the Hematology Department at CMC for DNA and RNA extraction equipment that will result in highquality and quantity of nucleic acid for all the molecular biology testing with shorter turnaround time. This significantinvestment into …
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The 2020 GOTC was originally scheduled to take place in Minneapolis, MN with Alex and Priya (Mariam) Alexander (Batch ‘88) and their team of CMC Graduates in the area as Hosts. This team, especially Alex, had spent many hours planning the details of the event, when it became apparent that because of COVID, the GOTC …
Dr. Priya Sampathkumar (Batch ’84) is highlighted as one of Minnesota’s “heroes of the pandemic” for her behind the scenes work to fight COVID-19. Dr. Sampathkumar, Chairwoman of infection prevention and control, Mayo Clinic, is studying the effectiveness of PPE. Read the full article at the StarTribune
CMC Alumnus Dr. Ankit Bharat (Batch ’97) led the team at Northwestern University that performed a lifesaving double lung transplant for a 20-year old COVID-19 patient in Chicago. Read the full story in The New York Times.
During the last week of January, Dr. Philip Ninan, Board Chair, represented the Vellore CMC Foundation at CMC’s Council Meeting in Vellore. This afforded him an opportunity to meet with administration, visit CMC’s different campuses and departments and converse with other Friends of Vellore organization representatives, all with the aim of improving the ways in …
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My story is a humble one – I’m the daughter of two fiercely honest and unbelievably diligent people with outstanding qualities which I imbibed. Growing up, I was fortunate to never lack anything. My father, a medical doctor and Major General in India’s army from Chittoor, knew of CMC’s reputation and encouraged me to apply. …
Retired urologist and CMC post-graduate alumnus, Dr. Vernon Netto passed away recently in Virginia at the age of 83. He is survived by a loving family and many dear friends. Dr. Netto left a generous bequest to the Vellore CMC Foundation tosupport CMC’s mission of giving witness to the healing ministry of Christ through excellence …
ON APRIL 16, Dr. Gagandeep “Cherry” Kang (Batch of ’81) became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, a 360-year-old institution that awards eminent scientists for their exceptional contributions to science – she is the first woman from India to receive this extraordinary distinction. Dr. Kang has been recognized for her pioneering inter-disciplinary research …
This past spring, the Foundation initiated a matching gift campaign, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Jitendra Sisodia (Batch of 1951). Dr. Sisodia, Director of Emergency Services & Trauma at Kingston Hospital in New York for the past twenty years, pledged $40,000 towards a matching gift campaign designated for the Trauma Center being constructed at …
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