2023-24 College of Medicine Annual Report Aug. 2024 | Page 23

Our Mission
The SSTRIDE Alumni Leadership Conference in Orlando attracted alumni from throughout the country . They came to share their knowledge and expertise through continuing education seminars ; form mentoring relationships with current medical students and undergraduate pre-medical students currently in SSTRIDE ; pledge to help solidify SSTRIDE ’ s foundation to ensure the program will continue ; and reconnect with old friends they met through the program .
By Audrey Post FSU College of Medicine
Brittany Foulkes Crenshaw , M . D . ( internal medicine ), far left , and Bernard Ashby , M . D . ( vascular cardiology ), second from left , facilitate a panel discussion about the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic at the 2023 SSTRIDE Leadership Development Conference . Panelists were , continuing from left , Haria Henry , M . D . ( family medicine ); Joshua Golden , DDS , MPH ; Inaki Bent , D . O ., MBA ( primary care / internal medicine ), and Kalonji Cole , M . D . ( senior internal medicine resident ). Crenshaw earned her M . D . at the FSU College of Medicine and Henry is now a Global Health Fellow at FSU in Fort Myers . The others earned their undergraduate degrees at FSU and participated in one or more of the College of Medicine ’ s outreach programs : SSTRIDE , USSTRIDE , MAPS and the Bridge to Clinical Medicine .
Photo by FSU College of Medicine Creative Services

The success of SSTRIDE has been remarkable .

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