Two decades ago, Surani Hayre-Kwan, DNP ’19, was director of surgery services at a hospital in Sonoma County where large numbers of children arrived with aching mouths and signs of advanced tooth...
A celebrity in the CrossFit world, Kelly Starrett, DPT ’07, opened the first CrossFit gym in San Francisco—and the 21st in the world—while still a student in SMU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program...
A young patient is in the ER crying from the pain of a headache. A nurse takes her vital signs, asks her to rate the pain on a scale of 1 to 10, and carefully notes a rash on the patient’s chest. This...
Samuel Merritt University’s Doctoral Nursing Program (DNP) is among this year’s 8 Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) to DNP Programs in California, according to NursingProcess.org. The DNP...
The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) has named Tiffany Tram Tran, DPM '23, the winner of the inaugural APMA-PICA full-tuition scholarship. Tiffany, a third-year podiatry student with a 4...
Samuel Merritt University is the top college in the country for nurse anesthesia, according to college rankings website College Factual. The Master’s of Science in Nursing – Nurse Anesthesia program...
Carter Todd, ABSN ’15, has been recognized by the Sacramento Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 in healthcare for his advocacy work recruiting Black nurses to the profession as well as his work...
Fiona Langley, MSN-CRNA ’15, knows her patients feel stressed and vulnerable as they’re being prepped for surgery. She’s seen patients shut down and refuse to talk and others who can’t stop talking...
For the third year in a row, Samuel Merritt University has been named one of the 30 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs, by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, an online news website for...
When Jason Saunders, MPA ’23, thinks back to being 18, he remembers many of his peers locked away in jail, involved in selling and taking drugs, or dead. He was determined to take another path. “I...
