Anatomy and Adventure 🦴🏙️

Buenas! This week was very different from the usual. I had the opportunity to visit UCR’s Facultad de Medicina’s cadaver lab where I saw real bones and got an anatomy lesson from Dr. Bogantes using a cadaver. Though it was a little scary at first, I was...

Internship Insights 🧐

Just finished a week at my internship shadowing Dr. Sixto Bogantes, a neurologist, at Hospital Nacional de Niños 🏥. I got to see a range of patients and procedures. One interesting application of ultrasound I learned about is called the transcranial doppler sonogram...

Thoughts on the Needs Finding Bootcamp

¿Qué tal amigos y amigas? Yesterday marked the end of the needs finding bootcamp hosted by Professor Casey Howard. I truly enjoyed this experience and cherished the opportunity to see medical devices in action. Even though I am a bioengineer, I hadn’t previously...

Hi, I’m Summan!

Hi 😊 My name is Summan. I just graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) with my B.S. Biomedical Engineering in Spring 24’ 🎓.  I am currently matriculating into Rice University’s Global Medical Innovation (GMI) Program beginning this Summer. Some facts...