Harvard Medical School

Dr. Geha invited us to one of his lectures last April 19th. to talk about our story to first year medical students.

Dear Andres,

On behalf of our department at Harvard Medical School and the First Year Medical students, I would like to offer my deepest thanks to you and your family for participating in our “Clinical Immunology Exercise” yesterday morning.

Students were truly impacted by the experience. I saw students hugging or crying in reaction to the day’s events. Rarely in my brief time here have I seen such a profound reaction to an event related to a course, but students were indeed moved. I spoke with many who mentioned your session in particular was greatly personal and informative. They believed the format was more inviting for a personal setting (typically, students here patients discuss their situation in an amphitheater. Here it was clearly more personal).

Your son and your entire family touched the first year students here at the medical school. The department in which I work is small but has direct contact with most first and second year students and we are almost always in tune to what they do and do not like about courses. This is something the students most certainly enjoyed being a part of.

Because student interaction with patients and first hand experiences with real life clinical issues are so vital, you provided an absolutely essential element to their education here at HMS. I was at a meeting the day before where many representative students urged more events such as these. From yesterday’s reaction, we could see why they require such interaction.

Again, thank you greatly and although I wish I could forward you a more proper thank you (snail mail is slow but at least a little more personal), I hope that your experience was also rewarding and enriching. On behalf of the Course Directors, Dr. Arlene Sharp, Dr. Andy Lichtman and Dr. Alex McAdam, we offer our deepest regards and thanks. We hope to have more forums in the future where you can tell your story in a beautiful and educational way.

Please send along our gracious thank you to all of your family as well.

Sincerely,

Micah Nemiroff