Hundreds of students and faculty members of American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine raised over EC$10,000 at its fall Taster’s Day event, hosted by the University’s Student Government Association (SGA) at the Anglican Cathedral center. The money will be split between Tirisa, a ten-year-old resident of the Sunshine…
The sixth annual Caribbean conference on Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) was held at the Jolly Beach Resort October 5th to the 7th. The two-day conference was sponsored by American University of Antigua College of Medicine, the American Heart Association, the Inter-American Heart Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados,…
Students at American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine showcased their research and presentation skills to a panel of judges, faculty members, and their peers at Research Day held at the University’s Antigua campus on Saturday, July 27. Research Day signaled the culmination of a semester dedicated to research…
Back-to-back training workshops in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) have just wrapped up at the American University of Antigua College of Medicine. The training was conducted by instructors from the Mayo Clinic medical transport unit following the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines. Eighty AUA students…
A newly outfitted kitchen will become a reality for the Antigua & Barbuda Defense Force (ABDF), following a $10,000 donation from the American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine. The check was given to Colonel Trevor Thomas, ABDF’s Chief of Defense Staff, at a brief ceremony on the University…
Original article courtesy of American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The original article from the association’s Plastic Surgery News can be found here: http://psnextra.org/Articles/GlobalHaiti.html. Global health, plastic surgery and helping in Haiti Global aid was urgent after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on the afternoon of Jan. 12, 2010, leaving thousands…
For the second consecutive year, American University of Antigua (AUA) will host the 2013 Antigua & Barbuda Tinman Rohr half-iron distance triathlon. The challenging distance race consists of a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile ride, and 13.1-mile run. The middle distance triathlon race is dedicated to the legacy of former AUA student…
Indiana University Health Arnett announced that Dr. Cherie P. Lhungay joined its hospitalist department. Dr. Lhungay will work in collaboration with primary care physicians. Dr. Lhungay earned her medical degree from American University of Antigua (AUA) and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She is…
AUA student Jacob Katz helps storm victims living in Coney Island. Original article featured in the NY Daily News. Even a dark, freezing hell has its heroes. A 59-year-old Brooklyn doctor and her two medical student children are embedded with thousands of freezing Coney Island seniors living in a storm-ravaged…
It’s the second to last week before finals. We, as the SGA Executive Board, have decided to hold the election of our exec board this week instead of next week, so that everyone has enough time to prepare and we don’t eat into anyone’s study time. I was not sure…
