What does it mean to be named a chief resident? Your residency program director and/or peers feel that you are capable and ready to handle additional responsibilities in postgraduate training—such as mentoring and advocating for other members of your team, doing work to support overall program objectives, and other added leadership or administrative duties.

Inspired by the medical success of his uncle and cousin, fellow graduates of Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM), alum Vittorio Terrigno, MD ’18, is already following family tradition. The newly selected third-year chief resident at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ, is developing a research curriculum for the organization’s internal medicine department and thanks mentors for his current success.

When Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) alum Dan Torino, MD, ’14 was growing up in northwestern New Jersey, he knew he loved sports. Once he went off to college and played Division 1 football at Lehigh University, he became fascinated with sports medicine.

You might say it was serendipity that brought Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) alums Jasmine Sekhon, MD, ’18 and Brandon Rogers, MD, ’18 together.

When Jefferson Ganthier, MD, ’19 left Haiti to come to the U.S., he figured he’d need a hefty dose of fortitude to get through life, but he was ready for the challenge.