Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari, DO Class of 2006 and a newly published author, founded FemForward Health with its mobile clinic in 2022 to bring OB-GYN care where it’s needed in the Portland, Oregon area to serve those who are not always well-served through traditional models of medicine.

Her memoir, “Labor: One Woman’s Work,” takes readers on a deeply personal and transformative journey through her life as an OB-GYN, intertwining the complexities of her professional life with the hidden truths of her family’s past and exploring the intersection of medicine, identity, and the enduring search for agency.

Dr. Jonathan Revels, DO Class of 2012, shares his cross-country experiences at Touro University California, through residency and fellowships, and into his career.

Along the way, he shares a roadmap for conducting research that leads to publication and discusses the evolution of an initiative to provide full-tuition scholarships to DO students.

His advice to students: “Be kind.”

Discover more about "Together We DO" Initiative: https://tu.edu/give/initiatives/together-we-do/

What’s it like as a physician to know in detail what’s happening to a family member who's in distress?

Emergency Medicine Physician Dr. Jennifer Himmel Salch, DO 2002, and Trauma Surgeon Dr. Dawn Brown, DO 2012, discuss this very topic after having had parents who suddenly faced life-threatening medical conditions.