Alumni Voices Past Events

Previous Virtual Events

View Alumni Voices: Beyond the Clinic: Physicians Impact on Policy (hosted September 16,2025) with School of Medicine Alumnus Roger Kahn, M.D.'74 along with Dr. Tom George, and Dan Frahat as they discuss the impact that physicians have on policy. With examples from Dr. Kahn and Dr. George's time spent serving in the legislature and Mr. Farhats experience as a lobbyist, they discuss the synergy between clinical practice and policy reform and how to get involved.

View Alumni Voices: M.D., M.B.A (hosted May 13, 2025) with School of Medicine Alumni Paul Fu, M.D. '14, Brandon Mancini, M.D. '11, and Patricia Wilkerson-Uddyback, M.D. '91, Res. '96 as they discuss the benefits of earning and using both their M.D. and MBA degrees. Learn more about how medical science and business administration is intertwined, and the potential career paths and opportunities that are available to those with dual degrees.

View Alumni Voices: Event Medicine (hosted March 19, 2025) with School of Medicine Alumni Trifun Dimitrijevski, M.D. '02, Res. '05 and Alysia Green, M.D. '03 as they discuss their experience in event medicine. Having worked with the Detroit Grand Prix, Nascar, and the Detroit Pistons, Dr. Dimitrijevski discusses the planning, execution, and post-event review of providing medical care during a mass gathering. Working alongside USA Gymnasitcs and the USA Olympic team Dr. Green discusses how her family medicine residency and sports medicine fellowship lead her to event medicine opportunities. 

View Alumni Voices: Non Traditional Careers in Medicine (hosted December 2, 2024) with School of Medicine Graduates Erlene Seymour, M.D. '08, Jay Llaniguez, M.D. '20, PhD '20, Priscila Goncalves, Res.'11, Fel. '14 along with Jonas De Souza, M.D. These physicians shared their unique journeys from the clinical side of medicine to their current industry roles. 

View Alumni Voices: What's New and Exciting in Women's Health (hosted November 25,2024) with School of Medicine graduate Essam Khraizat, M.D. '99 Medical Director, Michigan Women's Care. 

View Alumni Voices: Physician as Patient: Lessons Learned (hosted October 24,2024) with School of Medicine graduates Rana Awdish M.D. '02 and Adam Milam M.D. '16. These accomplished physicians shared their profound insight gained from their transformative experiences as Critically ill patients.

View Alumni Voices: Private Equity in Medicine (hosted April 29, 2024) with School of Medicine graduate Sean Bak M.D. '99, President of Medical Staff at Ascension Providence in Novi and Southfield. 

View the Alumni Virtual Town Hall with Dean Mark E. Schweitzer. Dean Mark E. Schweitzer, M.D. joined the Medical Alumni Association Board of Governors for a Virtual Town Hall on December 7, 2020. 

View Alumni Voices: The Intersectionality of Politics and Medicine with School of Medicine graduates Craig Spencer, M.D. '08, M.P.H., director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center; LaQuandra Nesbitt, M.D. '03, M.P.H., director of the District of Columbia Department of Health; and John Schwarz, M.D. '64, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate. Learn more about our panelists from Alumni Voices: The Intersectionality of Politics and Medicine (hosted Feb. 17, 2021)

Alumni Voices: Human Trafficking Awareness Webinar (hosted January 20, 2022) with School of Medicine graduates Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, M.D. '08, F.A.A.P. Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Health Equity & Justice in Medicine, Global Alliance & Global Urban Health Equity Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine & Wayne Health and Meredith Baughman, Human Trafficking Program Coordinator at Avalon Health.

Alumni Voices: Transgender Medicine: Providing better and more inclusive care Webinar (hosted February 24, 2022) with School of Meidicine graduates Dana Kabbani, M.D., Res. '21, General Internal Medicine Physician, Corktown Health Clinic and LaTonya Riddle-Jones, M.D., '08, Res. '12, Medical Director, Corktown Health Clinic.