<strong>IJMS</strong> International Journal of Medical Students PRELIMI International Journal of Medical Students The International Journal of Medical Students (<strong>IJMS</strong>), is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal, created to share the scientific production and experiences of medical students worldwide. Cover photo Healing: Where Art and Medicine Meet. Arts in Medicine Imaginarium IV Collection by Rebecca Plummer Rohloff, PhD. Salem State University. With authorization. VER
Associate Editor Juliana Bonilla-Velez, M.D. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States Editors Christian A. López-Castillo University of Quindio, Colombia Nizar Noorali Aga Khan University, Pakistan Rubén Yela-Delgado Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain Asad Choudhry Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Pakistan Sujoy Ray Kasturba Medical College, India Hussain M. Abdullah Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan Edson S. F. Filho Federal University of Piauí, Brazil NARY Omid Panahi Centro Escolar University, Philippines Haris Riaz Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan Mohammad Ghasemi-rad Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran Nima Mahboobi Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Diana X. Nichols-Vinueza University of Valle, Colombia Advisors Hugo E. López-Ramos, M.D. Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Colombia SION Sina Atashpaz, M.D. European School of Molecular Medicine, Italy Rahul Kashyap, M.D., M.B.B.S College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, United States Amro A. Hussien, MBBS University College London, United Kingdom Mentors Martín E. Fernández-Zapico, M.D. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States Editor-in-Chief Américo Peña-Oscuvilca, M.D. Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Huacho, Peru Jatinder Narang Saint George’s University, Grenada Sankalp Yadav Pravara Rural Hospital & Rural Medical College, India Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar University of Valle, Colombia Ahmad H. Adi Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia Numan Majeed Muhammad Medical College, Pakistan Delfim Duarte University of Porto, Portugal Keval Chandarana University College London, United Kingdom Adrian J. Da Silva-De Abreu Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela Dino J. Sepúlveda University of Chile, Chile Elshad Hasanov Hacettepe University, Turkey Alexandru G. Bejinariu Grigore T. Popa University, Romania Javier Villafuerte-Gálvez Harvard Medical School, MA, United States Support Committee of Public Relations and Communications Director Whitney Cordoba Universidad del Valle, Colombia Ambassadors Abdellah Hedjouje Paris Descartes University, Paris Igor Padilha Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil Divyansh Bajaj Maulana Azad Medical College, India Makhyan J. Al-Farabi Brawijaya University, Indonesia Malik Y. Ghannam, Ain Shams University, Egypt Mariana G. Adams University of Lisbon, Portugal Jorge E. Valderrama Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia Ancillary Positions Official Graphic Designer Giancarlo E. Lucho-Verano Jose Faustino Sanchez Carrion University, Huacho, Peru International Journal of Medical Students <strong>Year</strong> <strong>2012</strong> - <strong>Volume</strong> 1 - <strong>Issue</strong> 1 Soumya Sachdeva Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, India Quratulain Zamir National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan Ligaya M. Sanchez-Wilson University of Santo Tomas, Philippines Ruwida Ashour Alarab Medical University, Libya Manuel Sebastian-Paez Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia Swati Sharma Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Government Medical Science & Research Institute, India Gonçalo Boleto University of Lisbon, Portugal Roya Yavari Bates College, United States EDITORIAL BOARD Omar Y. Mousa, M.D. Liver Associates of Texas, United States Muhammad U. Mushtaq, MBBS Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan Herney Andres Garcia, M.D. University of Valle, Colombia Ignacio Cabrera-Samith, M.D. San Sebastian University, Chile Jorge E. Gómez-Marín, M.D. Universidad del Quindio, Colombia Muhammad F. Khaliq Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan Style Corrector and Proofreader Brian M. Liberatore Peace Corps, United States of America, United States Scientific Editor Ilyas Sahin, M.D. Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States Ayaz M. Khawaja King Edward Medical University, Pakistan Anis Rehman Al Barkat Medical Welfare Center, United States Loai N. Barqouni Al-Quds University, Palestine Jasmine Grenier McGill University, Canada Génesis R. Cañas-Merino Dr. Jose Matias Delgado University, El Salvador, El Salvador Farihah Tariq University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Ramon L. L. Rosa-Guinto University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines Francisco J. Chacón-Lozsán Lisandro Alvarado Central West University, Venezuela A’man T. Inayah Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia Smith Giri Tribhuvan University, Nepal Sajjad Raza Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan Shirin Mirza, MBBS, MSc Aga Khan University, Pakistan Helena Jeanne Chapman, M.D., MPH Iberoamerican University, Dominican Republic Sahin Khaniyev, M.D. Hacettepe University, Turkey Naeem Majeed, MBBS King Edward Medical University, Pakistan Akhtar Amin Memon Dow University of Medical Students, Pakistan Wunna Tun Myanmar Juan C. Viloria-Doria Universidad del Norte, Colombia Raheel Mehran Isra University, Pakistan Rekha Jiswant Kumar Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan Shoukat Ali Baig Dow University Of Health Sciences, Pakistan Muhammad U. Shah National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan Suprokash Sarkar Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Bangladesh
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