In her role as Memorial Healthcare System’s chief academic officer, Dr. Saima Chaudhry oversees a Graduate Medical Education program that now offers training in 14 accredited programs. But while residents make up the bulk of that audience, it isn’t just the younger doctors that Dr. Chaudhry wants to see focus on learning. “Physicians have made a commitment to the public that they have the proper expertise for the job. The only way to honor that commitment is for the doctor to dedicate him or herself to lifelong learning.”
Under Dr. Chaudhry’s leadership, Memorial has become an accredited source of continuing medical education, providing more than 22,000 hours of CME instruction to 13,000 clinicians during the past 12 months.
“My focus has been on advancing healthcare by training and improving doctors,” said Dr. Chaudhry. “It’s my way of contributing to the public good.”
