Residency Guidance

The Myanmar American Education Society, Inc.

Guidance for Residency, 2026

8-16-2026, Sunday (8:30 AM – 12 Noon)

Register Online HERE, Guidance of Residency

Program Agenda

8:30 – 8:50 AM – Registration and Attendance, Zoom Online

8:50 – 9 AM – Introduction, Dr. Thant Zin, President, MAME

9 – 9:30 AM

How to create an eye-catching Personal Statement

Dr. Emily Leong

Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston, Texas

9:30 – 10 AM

How and what to prepare for Residency Interview

Dr. Alfred Leong

Associate Program Director and Vice Chief

Department of Medicine, Ambulatory Care, NYP-BMH

Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine

10 – 10:30 AM

ERAS Application

Dr. Myat Myat Mon

Clinical Assistant Professor, SUNY

Physician Advisor

10:30 – 11 AM

Q&A

11 – 11:30 AM

Open Forum and Discussion

11:30 – 12 Noon

Advice from Attendings, Fellows and Residents