Across the five-state WWAMI region, many medical students bring to their training not only academic excellence but also years of service in the US Armed Forces. This Veterans Day, UWSOM recognizes and celebrates some of these remarkable individuals whose dedication to service continues in the form of compassionate, community-focused care. Brandi Carreau | Wyoming WWAMI […]
From July 29 through August 1, 2025, Wyoming WWAMI brought together staff, faculty, block leads, mentors, and strategic partners for a multi-day planning retreat. The sessions focused on shaping the program’s future and ensuring its continued success in serving students, faculty, and communities across the state. Next steps for the Strategic Plan include forming working […]
Wyoming WWAMI students recently joined the Wyoming Hospital Association (WHA) Awards Dinner to engage in meaningful discussions with hospital leadership teams about workforce needs in Wyoming and to explore opportunities to return to Wyoming for medical practice after completing their medical training. The WHA Annual Meeting in Laramie was an excellent opportunity for WWAMI students […]
This Giving Day, Wyoming WWAMI is continuing a multi-year campaign to establish a travel scholarship for our students in the final clinical phase of their medical education. The window for Giving Day is between noon, October 23 and noon, October 24, 2025. The purpose of the fund will be to provide financial assistance to our third- and fourth-year […]
When seconds matter, knowing how to control life-threatening bleeding can mean the difference between life and death. Wyoming WWAMI students Aedian O’Connor from Laramie and Jack Syring from Sheridan, both in their second year of medical school, are equipping communities across Wyoming—and even abroad— with those skills through Stop the Bleed (STB), a national training […]
Near the entrance to the Heart Mountain World War II National Historic Landmark between Cody and Powell, Wyoming, a guard tower that once stood above 10,000 incarcerated Japanese Americans came into view. In that instance, the significance of this place became a concrete reality. The Heart Mountain site was one of 10 confinement camps that […]
On May 2, the E-2023 cohort attended the Donor Memorial Ceremony at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine campus. The family members of anatomical donors joined students from programs at CU Anschutz and Wyoming WWAMI to commemorate the donors and their families’ generosity in supporting medical and anatomical education programs in Colorado […]
