Alumni Spotlight
Physician, Novelist, Curator, Activist and TED Fellow
Nassim Assefi, M.D. ’97
As a child of Iranian immigrants, I only had three career choices: doctor, engineer or failure (haha). So I was pre-med as of age eight and I’m lucky that it turned out to be an excellent match with my personality and skills. When I was 19, I found myself doing public health research in Iranian villages, and there was no going back.
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Bringing Rehabilitation Medicine to Moldova
Cyndi Robinson, Ph.D. ’10 (Rehabilitation Science)
In 2003, when the opportunity arose to travel to Moldova with Medical Teams International, the World Bank ranked Moldova as the poorest country in the developing world. I knew nothing about the country before arriving. We provided direct patient care while sharing a space with local healthcare providers, but, unfortunately, there was no planned interaction.
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