MMA Foundation Scholarship students are on their way to residencies
[MMA News Now, April 29, 2010] This spring five medical students who received Minnesota Medical Association Foundation (MMAF) Scholarships matched with residency programs.
Thanks to the generous support from donors, MMAF was able to provide the students 4-year scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $40,000. Recipients are selected on the basis of merit, need, and connection to an underserved minority or rural community.
“We are proud to be associated with these outstanding medical students and wish them well in their residencies and in their careers” said Michael Ainslie, M.D., president of the foundation.
University of Minnesota Medical School students:
Andrew Day, Otolaryngology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Naomi Fennell, Internal Medicine, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
Suzanne Geier, Psychiatry, U of M Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Molly Yang, Internal Medicin, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Mayo Medical School student:
Natalie Rigelman-Hedberg, Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
For more information about MMAF scholarships and the other work of MMAF, contact Dennis Kelly at 612/362-3767 or by email at dkelly@mnmed.org.