Look at geriatrics and palliative medicine. Everyone is so helpful.” "Medicine is all about taking care of people. “EVMS has been such a collegial environment. Galicia-Castillo, the John Franklin Distinguished Chair for Geriatrics and a leader in geriatric education and care. “It makes it easy to stay when you’re in a place that you love,” says Dr. She stayed again in Hampton Roads to study medicine, complete her internship and residency in internal medicine, a fellowship in geriatrics and to establish a distinguished career - all at EVMS. Galicia-Castillo (MD ’97, Internal Medicine Residency ’00), grew up in Norfolk and stayed in the region for college to be near her parents, who had moved to Coastal Virginia from the Philippines. “They made sure I was OK, and someone took my call shift that night.įor the new Director of the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology at EVMS, being part of a supportive community like that is vital.ĭr. “My whole team took me to the emergency room,” she remembers. Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD, MSEd, was an Internal Medicine resident at EVMS and seven months pregnant when she became dehydrated and turned pale while on rounds.
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