M4 Student Helps to Launch Summer Bootcamp for Boston Youth

@busmalumni Check out Adam Johnson's (MED '18, shown in foreground holding the selfie stick) 6-week Summer Medical Exposure Bootcamp (SMEB). His goal: "to spark students' interest in the health professions in efforts to eliminate health disparities for future generations.”
@busmalumni Check out Adam Johnson’s (MED ’18, shown in foreground holding the selfie stick) 6-week Summer Medical Exposure Bootcamp (SMEB). His goal: “to spark students’ interest in the health professions in efforts to eliminate health disparities for future generations.”

This summer, BUSM MD candidate, Adam Johnson (MED 18), partnered with Boston Area Health Education Center to create and launch the inaugural  Summer Medical Exposure Bootcamp (SMEB) on the medical campus for underrepresented minority high school students from Boston.

Beginning in July and running six weeks, URM students were exposed to a wide range of medical topics by key BUMC physician faculty volunteers, many of whom are black or Latino. At the conclusion of the Bootcamp, students from other Boston-area summer science programs convened on the medical campus for a day-long poster session, awards ceremony and celebration.

Summer Boot Camp Key Partners & Faculty

Jodi Abbott, MD, MSc, HCM, BUSM Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assistant Dean BUSM Admissions
Dean Karen Antman, MD, Dean BUSM, Provost BUMC
Chantale Murray Branson, MD, (MED 12) BUMC Dept. of Neurology Fellow
Anthony Crosson, Director of Boston Area Health Education Commission (BAHEC) under the Boston Public Health Commission
Ricardo Cruz, MD, BUMC Internal Medicine
Julien Dedier, MD, MPH, BUSM Assistant Professor of Medicine
Thea James, MD,  BUSM Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, BMC Associate Chief Medical Officer, BMC Vice President of Mission, Director of the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP)
Samantha E Kaplan, MD, MPH, BUSM Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of the Early Medical School Selection Program
David Oluwadara, Jr. (ENG 17), Summer Bootcamp Assistant Manager reporting to Anthony Crosson (BAHEC)
Rafael Ortega, MD, BUSM Associate DeanDiversity & Multicultural Affairs, Professor of Anesthesiology
Hee-Young Park, PhD, BUSM Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Sciences Chair, Professor of the Department of Medical Sciences & Education
Kitt Shaffer, MD, PhD, Vice-Chairman for Education, BUSM Professor of Radiology
Jason Sherer, MD, (MED 16), BUMC Internal Medicine