Dr. Valeria Fomitcheva '19 on Primary Care Practice in Baltimore, MD

The UMHS Endeavour spoke to Dr. Fomitcheva about her experience as a Canadian studying medicine abroad at UMHS, how she decided on attending UMHS after speaking to a friend attending the school and also the volume of information and inspiration that she received from UMHS Associate Director of Admissions for Canada, Geneviève Gagnè, her favorite professors at the school, her clinical rotations, completing an internal medicine residency at Sinai Hospital in  Baltimore, MD, her new private practice in primary care, and more. Read more: https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/dr.-valeria-fomitcheva-19-on-primary-care-practice-in-baltimore-md

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