For the past nine years, Dr. Maggi O’Brien has counseled medical students to map out a career path and follow their dreams.Starting this fall, Dr. O’Brien will take her own advice and follow her own pathway to a career she has pondered for decades – improving healthcare for people around the world.
In September, Dr. O’Brien, who is leaving her post as associate dean for student affairs at the USA College of Medicine, will begin her studies in global health sciences at the University of California San Francisco.
“It’s a move that I have been thinking about for a long time,” said Dr. O’Brien. “Right now, the timing is just right for me to take a step in a direction that is important to me both personally and professionally.”
Following completion of her master’s degree in global health, Dr. O’Brien is hopeful to secure a position in Africa or South America. “My ultimate goal is to work for the World Health Organization.”
Dr. O’Brien is an alum of the USA College of Medicine. She also conducted her pathology residency at USA. Prior to medical school, she earned her law degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
