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April 2019
The Doctor for a Day event aims to provide mentorship, guidance, and support to premedical students at the high school and college level. This event has created a unique niche necessary in the community that fosters connections between aspiring youth and practicing clinicians as well as advocating the importance of diversity inclusion for the future of the medical field.
The Doctor for a Day event hosted this year has been claimed as a widely evident success by all who attended.

Students from the greater Atlanta community joined together with esteemed physicians to solve cases, listen to motivational stories, interact with a medical panel, and network to establish mentorship with practicing physicians.

Attendance profile:
75 high school and college level students
>70% female
>60% underrepresented minorities 


40 medical students and doctors representing all GA medical schools. 

More than 85% reported attending the conference increased their confidence and motivation to become a doctor.

The conference increased exposure to medical networking and mentorship among 95% of participants.


D4AD conference received wonderful coverage by GSU news media. 
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Doctor For a Day is sponsored by Ubeyond, GSU Center for Community Engagement and Georgia State University Center for the Advancement of Students and Alumni

​We appreciate Rimidi for donating our raffle items and supporting our work.

​If you are a physician and want to participate in future conferences, please see the Volunteer Physician page.




If you are interested in hosting Doctor for a Day conference in your city, feel free to contact us and we will provide you our simple and sustainable model of hosting the conference.
Host D4AD

 "Coming from a family of immigrants and refugees, I do not have a physician or someone of higher education in my family who I could gain guidance from, however, this conference definitely allowed me to connect with some amazing people that could help guide me through my journey towards a career in medicine." D4AD student
"It was a great pleasure to be able to participate in the conference. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to connect with some of the students there and be of any help in answering their questions about the medical journey. It was especially significant for me because I had been in their shoes not too long ago and would have found it very helpful if I had such an opportunity. "
Dr. Marie Dufitumukiza
Pediatric Resident
Emory University
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Organizing Committee 2019

Seema Mustafa (Chair)
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Julia Xia (Co-chair)
Emory School of Medicine

Neal S. Shukla (Co-chair)
Morehouse School of Medicine

Sana Malik
Morehouse School of Medicine 

Chloe Elizabeth Mitchell
Mercer University School of Medicine​

Noor Awad
​Medical College of Georgia

John Morgan Borkovich
Mercer University School of Medicine​

Parth Haresh Patel
Mercer University School of Medicine​

Mary Helen O'Connor, PhD
Georgia State University

Omar Lattouf, MD, Phd
Emory University

Heval Mohamed Kelli, MD
Emory University


Pre-Med Student Committee 2019

Alan Amedi
Georgia State University

Zozan Tahir
​Anges Scott College

Jose Meija 
​Georgia State University

Fariha Kazi
​Emory University
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