Natasha Bhuyan

University of Arizona
College of Medicine
MD Candidate
Class of 2012

I am interested in working with older adults, perhaps entering internal medicine and doing a fellowship in geriatrics. Before starting medical school, I was a member of AmeriCorps, working with homeless patients at the Metro Community Provider Network in Denver, CO.

As a trainee, the project I am working on is a survey titled "Providing Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilities." It was initially started through the Medical Student Research Program. One of the goals of the Sonoran UCEDD is to establish a "Medical Home" that provides comprehensive and coordinated care for persons with developmental disabilities. This research project will assess through a survey the attitudes that healthcare providers and clinic staff at the University Physicians Healthcare Family Medicine Center and Kino Campus have regarding patients with developmental disabilities. We hope that the survey will lead to increased training in DD or focus groups regarding DD.