Khalid Fahoum is an internal medicine resident at NYU Langone Health. His career interests include health disparities, global health, and the social determinants of health. After completing residency, he plans to pursue fellowship training in gastroenterology and hepatology.
He completed his medical education at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, where he earned an MD with honors in research. During medical school he was co-director of the student-run health equity committee, co-founder of the Middle Eastern and North African Students Association, and a student evaluator and case coordinator for the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights, where he helped conduct medical and psychologic evaluations for asylum-seekers. His research during medical school involved projects on alcohol-associated liver disease, COVID-19, and social determinates of health screening.
Khalid completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, where he studied pathobiology. He then completed a Master’s degree in Global Health prior to starting medical school.