The Health Equity Leadership Track prepares residents to advocate for and work alongside community and global partners to improve healthcare and medical education. At the core of this track is the belief that all people have a fundamental right to attain the highest possible standard of health — and that medical imaging plays a crucial role in achieving that.
Residents are selected for this track in the spring of their R1 year. The track can be completed alongside any R4 clinical focus, including clinical embedded fellowships.
Leadership
Track components by year
| Year | Activity |
|---|---|
| Spring R1 | Apply to become a Center for Global Health Associate Scholar |
| R2 or R3 | RAD-AID Certificate in Global Health Radiology Proficiency (academic time) |
| R3 | Global Health Equities Seminar |
| R2–R4 | Community-based continuity clinic project |
| R3 | Princess Marina Hospital Radiology Rotation (Gaborone, Botswana) |
| R4 | Return rotation, Princess Marina Hospital (Gaborone, Botswana) |
Global Health Equities Seminar
Residents participate in a two-week seminar through the Internal Medicine Global Health Equities Track, exploring contextual issues in global and local health and examining strategies to address them.
RAD-AID Certificate
In their second or third year, residents complete a 6-month interactive online course offered by RAD-AID International: the Certificate in Global Health Radiology Proficiency. Residents use their weekly half-day of academic time to complete the coursework.
Community-based project
In addition to the international rotation, residents create and implement a local community-based continuity clinic project. Residents may collaborate with community-based organizations or support the department’s community health initiatives at a site of their choosing.
International Partner Site: Princess Marina Hospital, Botswana
Our current international partner is Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana, through the longstanding Botswana–UPenn Partnership (BUP). Residents complete a 6-week rotation in diagnostic radiology, working with local faculty across general medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, oncology, and surgery.
Activities during the rotation include:
- Reading unique and complex radiology cases
- Hands-on bedside ultrasound
- Image review during bedside rounds, morning report, and clinic
- Lecturing to medical students, residents, technologists, and clinical faculty
Global Health Interest Group
The Penn Radiology Global Health Interest Group meets regularly to discuss residents’ global health work and coordinates radiology-specific international journal clubs, including a semi-annual web-based joint case conference with global partners. These sessions promote understanding of differing radiology practices, workflows, and case mixes across settings.
Current track members
Luis (Lucho) Tierradentro, MD — Class of 2028
Born and raised in Neiva, Colombia, Dr. Tierradentro completed his medical education at Universidad del Rosario before completing a postdoctoral research fellowship in pediatric imaging at CHOP. He is interested in addressing healthcare disparities and advancing access to medical imaging for pediatric populations locally and globally.
Navpreet (Rhythm) Khurana, MD — Class of 2028
Dr. Khurana grew up in India, completing medical school at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College. She aims to leverage imaging expertise to improve resource allocation and advance imaging technologies in resource-limited settings globally.
Alvaro Ordonez, MD — Class of 2027
Born in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Dr. Ordonez obtained his medical degree from Universidad Industrial de Santander and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins. He is focused on developing imaging tools for infectious and inflammatory disease in under-resourced settings.
Peter Makhoul, MD — Class of 2027
Dr. Makhoul grew up in Lebanon, where he volunteered at public health centers and refugee camps. His interests include increasing access to diagnostic imaging technology and education, particularly for rural communities.
Jasmine Taylor, MD, MBA, MS — Class of 2027
Dr. Taylor completed undergraduate education at Vanderbilt, graduate work at Columbia and Tulane, and her medical degree at Tulane School of Medicine. She aims to promote health equity for underserved communities on both local and global scales.
Mubarrat (Nuvid) Bhuiyan, MD — Class of 2026
Born in Iran, then living in Bangladesh before moving to Brooklyn and then rural North Carolina and eventually moving up to Long Island in New York prior to college… Nuvid has experiences with communities across ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses and health literacy levels.
May Bayomi, MD — Class of 2026
Born in Cairo and raised in the United States, Dr. Bayomi is committed to making medicine accessible to everyone. She has a special interest in the intersection of culture and medicine and has visited over 50 countries.
Monica M. Matsumoto, MD — Class of 2026
Dr. Matsumoto completed undergraduate education at Rice University, a Fulbright Research Fellowship in Jordan, and medical training at University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine with additional research at Northwestern. She aims to foster critical radiology services in under-resourced settings through education, research, and collaboration.