A passion of me and an important addition to our institution have come true: we have established the Local Chapter of American Physician Scientist Association at the Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine. As the founding president, I feel very proud of this new initiative.

Our goal is to increase the visibility of the achievements and challenges of physician-scientists through advocacy and organized events to inspire stronger peer communication and mentorship for physician-scientists by creating the appropriate environment.

On this initiative, I am not alone, I work with Bailey Roberts (vice president), Santoshi Poonacha (treasurer), Matthew Rice (secretary), Dane Thompson (school of medicine liaison), Akash Mishra (school of medicine liaison) and Prashin Unadkat (webmaster). We also have a Twitter account(https://twitter.com/APSAElmezzi){:target=”_blank”}. And our advisor is Dr. Annette Lee who helped us very much and provided ample support to bring this initiative alive.