Farzana Hoque, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine and acting internship co-director at Saint Louis University’s School of Medicine, will receive the Society of Hospital of Medicine’s Unsung Hero award.
Hoque Tour volunteers for not-for-profit organizations including Diversity in Medicine, and St. Louis CRUSH (Community Resources United to Stop Heroin), providing vital resources in the fight against the heroin crisis in the St. Louis community. She also mentors underrepresented undergraduate students aspiring to be physicians, including high school students from the Collegiate School of Medicine & Bioscience, who shadow her to gain firsthand clinical experience.
