Page 11 - Ross Med Day CHS May 26 2026 PROGRAM

Third Annual RossMed Day

Ce nter for Haitian Studies

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Breakfast

Call to Order & Gannady Raskin, MD; Associate Dean, Clinical Sciences, RUSM
8:45 - 9:00
Opening Remarks Cheryl Holmes, MD, FRCPC, MHPE; Dean, Ross University Medical School
Barth A. Green, MD
Welcoming Chairman, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
9:00 - 9:15
Remarks Executive Dean, Global Health and Community Service, University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine
Board Member, Center for Haitian Studies

Introduction of Stephen Symes, MD, FACP
9:15 - 9:25
Keynote Speaker Medical Director, CHS; Associate Professor, Miller School of Medicine
“Our Journey to Better Healthcare”

O'Neil Pyke, MD, MBA, SFHM
9:25 - 10:55 Keynote Address
Chief Medical Officer at Jackson Health System

10:45 - 11:30 Refreshment Break and Review of Posters

Ross Academic Hour - Oral Case Reports, Research, and Poster Presentations

Stephen Symes, MD, FACP
Chair
Medical Director, CHS; Associate Professor, Miller School of Medicine
11:30 - 12:30
Enrique Fernandez, MD, MSEd, FAAFP; Assistant Dean for Clinical Science Education, RUSM
Judges Pranaya Mishra, PhD; Professor of Pharmacology, Associate Dean of Curriculum, RUSM
Velma Rawlins, MD, MS; Director and Associate Professor, Academy for Teaching and Learning, RUSM

12:30 - 1:15 Lunch

Moderator: Christopher Bellone, MBA; Manager, Hospital Partnerships, RUSM
The Ross Years and
1:15 - 2:15 Beyond: Alumni
Panel Lazaro Trujillo, MD '22,
Cesia Salan, MD '25

Gannady Raskin, MD; Associate Dean, Clinical Sciences
• Silver Stethoscope Award – Teacher of the Year
2:15 - 2:45 Awards Ceremony • Best Resident Award
• Best Oral Presentation and Poster Awards
• Certificates: All Students whose Submissions were accepted.

Door Prizes,
Acknowledgments,
2:45 - 3:00 Ioana Marsiello, MSEd; Clinical Operations Liaison, RUSM
and Concluding
Remarks

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