Ruth Marguerite Easterling, M1921, was one of the first Black female students at Tufts University School of Medicine and went on to become a celebrated pathologist.
Lloyd Williams, M08, GBS08, developed a passion for providing care abroad while studying medicine at Tufts, and now travels regularly to developing nations to provide cataract and corneal surgeries
Nearly 100 years ago, Shizue Komu came to Tufts School of Medicine from her native Hawaii with a dream to become the first woman of Japanese descent to practice medicine with a degree there
"My favorite aspect of the program was how collaborative all the students were during the didactic year. PA school is already difficult—why make it more difficult by creating a competitive environment?"