Meet Oscar! Today, our spotlight is on Oscar Cazares—an impactful and inspiring AMSA leader! Oscar began his AMSA journey in 2016 as a premedical student member. The next year he was elected as Chapter President of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley AMSA Chapter. The chapter carried out many impactful service events with Oscar…

By: Andres F. Diaz, Chief Editor of The New Physician Magazine On February 21, 2022, the world lost one of the most influential humanitarians of our time. Dr. Paul Farmer, a towering figure of global health equity, a champion of human rights, and an inspiration to millions, passed away at the age of 62. Farmer…

  AMSA Call to America: Stand Against Racist Threats Directed at HBCUs & Anti-racist Doctors  Black History Month is a moment to celebrate Black excellence and achievement in the face of current and historic structural racism and oppression.  This is also a moment to highlight the systems that have created and perpetuated health and economic…

By: Oscar Cazares, 2020-2021 AMSA Wellness and Student Life Programming Coordinator Oscar Cazares is a Post-Baccalaureate student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). He holds a dual degree in Psychology and Biology with a Medical Humanities minor from UTRGV. What is DACA? DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a policy…

Written by Tasha Phillips-Wilson,  AMSA Academy Chair, published in Cardiology Magazine, Jan 27, 2022 Called to Care: Community, Passion Inspired My Pursuit of a Career in Cardiology “Give back your heart to it self.” This quote from poet Derek Walcott resonated with me during my time in isolation in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic….

AMSA Launches Art & Appreciation for Abortion Providers Project Marking 49 Years of Legal Abortion in the U.S. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Roe v. Wade, affirming a constitutional right to abortion care. This action made abortion legal in all U.S. states for the last…