Visiting International Students in San Antonio (VISSA)
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The Department of Surgery is pleased to sponsor the Visiting International Students in San Antonio (VISSA) program, designed to bring top international senior medical students to rotate and train in our institution for a period of from three to six months.
Click here to read complete program description.
Please note: The VISSA program includes ONLY surgery rotations. If VISSA participants are interested in additional rotations in other clinical departments, they will need to contact the School of Medicine: Click here for more information on other medical school clinical rotations - click on 'Visiting Students'.
Application process
Applications are currently closed for the Spring 2010 semester (January through June 2010).
DEADLINE FOR FALL 2010 (July through December 2010) APPLICATIONS: 4:00 pm CST, March 30, 2010. Please email requests for additional information.
This program is ONLY for international medical students. There is currently NO observership program in place for international medical graduates within the Department of Surgery.
VISSA Fall 2009 Participants
The Department of Surgery is pleased to introduce the three newest VISSA students
This fall we have three participants: (pictured left to right) Daniel Escobar from Colombia, and Elias Javier-Martinez and German Almonte, both from the
Dominican Republic. Mr. Almonte and Mr. Javier-Martinez are both senior medical students at the
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.
They will be doing surgical rotations for three to six months.
Contact information
Catherine Hornsby, MBA, Project Coordinator |
Email: hornsbyc@uthscsa.edu
L. Alejandro Jaramillo, MD, Program Director |
Email: jaramillol2@uthscsa.edu
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