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SHEHZAAD M. ZAMAN, MS-II
[ director11@amphl.org ]
Shehzaad Zaman is a 2nd year medical student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine, where he is pursing a combined DO/MPH degree. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Haverford College in 2003, he interned with the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and spent time with the Office of the Medical Director at the New York State Department of Health, where he was instrumental in initiating statewide programs to improve quality of care for patients who are deaf or hard of hearing. He is the author of the “Clinician’s Guideline to Working with Patients who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing,” which was published by the New York State Department of Health and disseminated to all New York state health care facilities in 2005. Shehzaad also served on the College Leadership Committee of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and was a co-facilitator for a leadership program for deaf and hard of hearing college students. At the medical school, Shehzaad is currently an interviewer for medical school admissions, co-president of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Club, an elected member of the Student Government Association and a member of the school’s ethics and curriculum committees. Shehzaad is also an active member on the Committee on Disability Advocacy of the American Medical Student Association and recently had an appointment with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on AMSA’s behalf during a lobbying session on Capitol Hill. He was also a recent guest on two-time Emmy Award winning PBS television series entitled “Keeping Kids Healthy,” where he shared his life experiences with a cochlear implant to Host Dr. Winnie King and provided medical advice to parents raising children with a hearing loss. On a personal note, Shehzaad was born profoundly deaf in both ears and received a cochlear implant at the age of 17.
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