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 has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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