Authority Health Medical Residents
In July 2017, the first group of medical residents will travel to eastern Kenya to begin an eight-week placement. During this time, they will serve at the Mutomo Mission Hospital, as well as at rural health centers and in the community They will be learning alongside local practitioners while contributing valuable skills and helping build capacity of the local health workers. Meet the team:
Omar Hussain
Omar Hussain is a Pakistani-American from Texas. In 2008, Omar graduated from Austin College with his BA in Biochesmistry. Later he went on to earn his Master of Science in Clinical Research Management at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) where he went on to receive his DO degree in 2015.
He began his primary care residency at Authority Health in 2015 and believes that being a primary care physician not only means understanding the science behind health but also the social aspects.
Omar has worked oversees before in Lahore, Pakistan and the West Bank in Palestine. He describes himself as an inquisitive person with a propensity to learn.
Earl Carlos
Earl Carlos, known by family and friends as EG, was born in the Philippines but moved the U.S. as child. He earned his bachelor’s degree at a small liberal arts college near Chicago and went to medical school in Florida. Earl is now a medical resident at Authority Health in Chicago.
When he learned about the opportunity to work in Kenya with CMMB he immediately jumped on board. He said, “What I am seeking out of a career in medicine is to simply do my part in helping more people live to the best way that they can. I hope to utilize my strength and youth to work in locations that are resource-poor and to play a part in helping communities that are often forgotten.”
Earl has worked internationally in the past, spending two months in the Philippines completing a pediatric pulmonology rotation during his fourth year of medical school and volunteering in Cusco, Peru for a month in the summer before starting residency.
Jennifer Nimtz
Jennifer comes from a small farming town called Twining in Michigan. Becoming a pediatrician has been her dream since she was a child. Jennifer completed all of her schooling in Michigan, at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The first-time Jennifer left the United States was in 2013 on a trip to Uganda. She was struck by the vast disparity between the circumstances of the medically under-served in the U.S. versus the developing world. From then on, Jennifer knew her ideal career would involve working to close this gap so everyone has access to basic healthcare.
In 2016, Jennifer traveled to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Malawi to do a rotation in internal medicine where she recalls learning extensively from the Malawian medical students. Now, as a pediatric resident, She is grateful for the opportunity to learn and practice in Kenya with CMMB.