It is my privilege to share with you some very exciting news about Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair of Education at Stanford University Medical School, Dr. Abraham Verghese, who also happens to be a distinguished member of the Vellore CMC Foundation corporation!
Having just completed a zoom conference with JV Peter, Chandra Singh and others, I am compelled to share with you that the Supreme Court of India just hours ago appointed a 12-person team to provide the guidance needed to help resolve the current healthcare crisis in their country. Two of twelve people assigned to this task force were from CMC – Drs. Cherry Kang and JV Peter. Impressive!
After Ida Scudder bore witness to the deaths of three expectant mothers, Ida determined, “I could not bear to think of these young girls as dead…I must go home and study medicine and come back to India to help such women.” On her return, Dr. Ida Scudder began a professional journey that would touch tens of thousands of patients and impact millions of lives.