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About the URM Medical Student Mentorship Program. The purpose of the Mentorship Program is to provide structured professional and social support, as well as guidance,  during the early stages of our URM student careers from Harvard Medical School.   It is supported by the  HMS Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs, the MGH Multicultural Affairs Office, the BWH Office for  Multicultural Faculty Careers under their  Center for Faculty Development and Diversity,  the Diversity and Cultural Competency Council (DCCC), Children's Hospital  Boston, and the Office for Faculty Development  and the Shapiro Center , Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. 

 

URM Medical Student Mentorship Program Networking Dinner at MGH

Mission and Objectives:

  • To develop and maintain a formal physician/researcher and URM medical student mentoring program in Massachusetts as a model for other regions of the United States

  • To foster mentoring relationships between URM HMS medical students and physicians or researchers in academic and private institutions

  • To establish a communication network between medical schools, government and industry to enhance opportunities for URM medical students

  • To develop organized advocacy groups among students and faculty across academic medical institutions

Director, URM Medical Student Mentorship Program

 

Celina Garza Mankey, MD
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Director, Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs
Director, URM MS Mentorship Program, Multicultural Affairs Office

Dr. Mankey was appointed as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and Assistant Director of the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs at HMS. In this role, she serves as a student liaison between Harvard Medical School and the MGH Multicultural Affairs Office as well as the other Harvard-affiliated hospitals

 

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Office Staff:
Celina G. Mankey, M.D., Director, URM Medical Student Mentorship Program
Elena B. Olson, J.D., Executive Director, Multicultural Affairs Office

Contact Us:
Multicultural Affairs Office
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street, BUL 123
Boston, MA 02114
617-724-3832 . Fax 617-724-6591
email: mao@partners.org
website: www.mgh.harvard.edu/mao