The foundation awarded $315,000 in tuition aid for the upcoming academic year through its scholarship program

The AMA Foundation (AMAF), the philanthropic arm of the American Medical Association, announced today the 2023–24 recipients of its Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship Program. The program annually distributes $5,000 and $10,000 in tuition assistance scholarships approaching their final year of medical school.

The foundation has had a long-standing tradition of supporting medical students. Since 1950, it has awarded more than $61 million in scholarship aid. With multiple categories and a variety of focus areas, including serving those underrepresented in medicine, the foundation works to recognize a diverse cohort of medical students each year.

“The cost of medical school, and education in general, continues to outpace all other industries and is far beyond the rate of inflation,” said scholarship recipient Christian Shannon. “Scholarship aid is critical for medical students because our commitment to health care and preparing to be best physicians possible for our future patients requires full dedication of our time and energy.”

In addition to Shannon, the 2023–24 Physicians of Tomorrow scholarship recipients include:

AMA Foundation General Scholarship

Michelle Bach, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Dorothy Chan, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine^~
Elaine Cheung, California Northstate University College of Medicine^~
Thomas Gagliardi, New York Medical College
Yamilet Gonzalez, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Jonnby LaGuardia, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Hannah Lahey, Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Jihoon Lim, University of Central Florida College of Medicine^~
Gabrielle Milner, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine⁺
Christian Shannon, University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School
Nicholas Streltzov, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University^*
Andrew Tubbs, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson^~
Meghana Vagwala, Harvard Medical School^{^}

AMA Foundation Underrepresented in Medicine Scholarship

Edgar Alaniz-Cantu, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Mialovena Exume, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
Kai Holder, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Akua Nyarko-Odoom, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Amanda Perez, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman
Vivian Rojas, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Ruth St. Fort, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

AMA Alliance Grassroots Scholarship

Kalya Shine, The Medical University of South Carolina

David Jones Peck, MD, Scholarship for Health Equity

Brittany Cureton, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Dr. Richard Allen Williams & Genita Evangelista Johnson/Association of Black Cardiologists Scholarship

Jordan Edwards, Charles Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program

DREAM MD Equity Scholarship

Brian Garcia, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Hugh Vincent, MD, Family Scholarship for Physicians of the Future

Inderpreet Kaur Khalsa, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Herman E. Diskin, MD, Memorial Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship

Pooja Chandrashekar, Harvard Medical School

Illinois Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship

Angelika Kwak, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Medical Society of the State of New York/Dr. Duane and Joyce Cady Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship

Elana Sitnik, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Kevin Dillon, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Native American Center for Health Professions Scholarship for Advancing Health Equity

Kenneth Fiala, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
David Traverzo, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Ohio Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship

Kiersten Woodyard, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Jack Reifenberg, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Andrea Costin, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

The AMAF congrats this year’s outstanding scholarship recipients and wishes them the best of luck as they complete their final year of medical school.

To learn more about programs at the AMAF and how you can support Physicians of Tomorrow scholarships, visit amafoundation.org/programs, or contact Sandi Smith, director of development and principal gifts, at sandi.smith@ama-assn.org.

^~Scholarship funded by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation; ⁺Scholarship funded by AMA HSG employees; *Scholarship funded by AMA employees;  ^{^}Scholarship funded by the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychiatric Association Foundation