Born in Canada, Anees Chagpar obtained B.S. and M.D. degrees from University of Alberta, M.Sc from University of Saskatchewan, M.Ph from Harvard University, M.A from University of Louisville and an MBA from School of Management at Yale University in 2014. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine.
This week, we are featuring the portrait of Mancy Tong, a third year postdoc at the Yale School of Medicine where she studies how the maternal immune system responds to infection and potentially causes pre-term birth. Mancy was born in Hong Kong, grew up in New Zealand, and came to New Haven three years ago.
Born in Cambodia, two year old SreyRam Kuy escaped from the Khmer Rouge but was severely injured during a bombing in a refugee camp in Thailand. She was treated by a Red Cross surgeon, which inspired her to later become the first female Cambodian refugee to work as a surgeon in the United States.
