Ahmed Abdeen

Mr. Abdeen will spend his fellowship year at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru under the mentorship of Patricia Garcia, MD, MPH, PhD, and Evelyn Hsieh, MD, PhD. His research will focus on risk factors and prevalence of hand osteoarthritis among patients with HIV.

Mr. Abdeen is a third-year medical student at the Penn State College of Medicine. He aspires to become a holistic and culturally adept orthopedic surgeon that has the means to affect people in a multitude of ways. His faith, Islam, has been the main source of influence throughout his life. His career trajectory has been influenced by Drs. Fadia Kamal, John Elfar, and David Glazier.