Caribbean medical school grads return home to serve Memphis
Dr. Samantha Gutierrez, a resident at Baptist Hospital, is one of seven St. George’s University graduates in the first year of their medical residencies in hospitals across Memphis. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
With large numbers of candidates vying for a small number of spots in U.S. medical schools, some Memphians are earning their medical degrees in the Caribbean.
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UTHSC Baptist Memorial Hospital Church Health Memphis VA Medical Center Regional One HealthAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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