HOSA is an international student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE. HOSA's two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the healthcare industry and to enhance the delivery of quality healthcare to all people.
The CDS chapter brought a large group to this year's regional competition. We are proud to announce the following winners in each category. All of these students will be moving on to the state-level competition.
| NAME | PLACE | SUBJECT |
| Abhiram Thatimatla | 1st | Medical Law and Ethics |
| Charley Jonsson | 3rd | Medical Terminology |
| Kiara Torres | 3rd | Pathophysiology |
| Aanya Iyer | 1st | Clinical Nursing |
| Bhuvi Raxwal | 2nd | Clinical Specialty |
| Natalia Brant | 1st | Nursing Assisting |
| Michael Rosenberger | 3rd | Epidemiology |
| Tejas Raxwal | 1st | Job Seeking Skills |
| Alice Sutton | 1st | Speaking Skills |
| Owen Walsh, Nikheel Desai, Mohammed Amer, & Wyatt Weston | 2nd | Creative Problem Solving |
| Anika Shah & Aayush Patel | 2nd | Health Career Display |
| Jude Abdullah, Eric Earley, Jack Reinhart, Abdulrahman Alkaelani & Marco Wang | 3rd | Parliamentary Procedure |
The following students placed 4th and 5th in their event and will move on to states only if a student who placed in the top 3 cannot make it to states.
- Samantha Hsu-4th place in Extemporaneous Writing
- Aditi Kanuganti- 5th place in Health Career Photography
- Adassa Pinhassov- 5th place in Prepared Speaking
- Wyatt Ball, Bodi Burrill, Simmon Chauhan, and Arjun Patel-4th place in HOSA Bowl
- Cathy Philip - 4th place in Research Persuasive Writing and Speaking
Enjoy some pictures from Regionals!
Congratulations to all of the HOSA students who competed and best of luck to those moving on to states.
Thank you to CDS upper school science teacher and HOSA club faculty advisors, Kiran Vaswani-Sippy and Lisa Esch for encouraging and leading these students toward their goals in the medical field.