May 16, 2008

Cornell Graduates the Inaugural Class at Its Medical College in Qatar

By KATHERINE MANGAN

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar graduated its inaugural class last week, marking the first time a U.S.- based medical school has awarded degrees outside the United States.

The nine women and six men in the class come from Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Jordan, Nigeria, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Syria, and the United States. Eleven of them will enter medical-residency programs in the United States, three will train in Qatar, and one will pursue research in the United

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