AMA Student Advocacy

TouroCOM students take on Washington.

February 12, 2013

Third-year Lidia Mikolaenko (left), and first-years Jean Shiraki (center) and Howard Simpson (right) attend training seminars before meeting with staff members for New York Representatives Carolyn McCarthy (4th District) and Jerrold Nadler (10th District), and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

TouroCOM students advocated for policies addressing loan debt and caps on residency, both issues of concern for medical students, as they took part in this year's AMA Student Advocacy Day.