Guyana will host the 2014 reunion of Howard University Medical Association from January 16 to 21, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon announced today, during his post-Cabinet media briefing at the Office of the President.
The delegation, of 40 plus Washington DC based medical practitioners that include Guyana’s own David Aubrey Gooray, a Howard University Graduate from Essequibo, will host two continuing education sessions with local medical practitioners. The team will deliver six hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) lectures over two days; January 17 and 18 at Guyana International Conference (GICC).
The team which will also be exploring the forging of professional and academic ties with the medical staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC), as well as on January 20, host a special event in honour of Dr. Martin Luther King at the Pegasus Hotel.
Founded in 1867, Howard is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges. Students pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees.
Since 1998, the University has produced two Rhodes Scholars, two Truman Scholars, a Marshall Scholar, 30 Fulbright Scholars and 11 Pickering Fellows. Howard also produces more on campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States.
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