David Pavkovich grew up in Northwest Indiana as part of a large Serbian family. He studied Biology and created an Individualized Major entitled Science and the State while at Indiana University. His studies took him to Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine where he earned his MD. While there, he tested the waters of global health by working in Senegal. He loved both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and spent a fruitful four years at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center’s Med-Peds residency program. While there, he spent time with Wayne State’s HIV specialists researching antiretroviral resistance patterns. He enjoys watching and debating about movies, finding new restaurants, and fully intends to get back into hiking while in the southwest. He is a fellow at Gallup Indian Medical Center in Gallup, New Mexico and MUSO in Mali.