Scholarships

Recipients of the Leonard C. Akman, MD '43, Global Medicine Scholarship sitting together
Leonard C. Akman Scholarship Gives SMHS Students Health Care Experience Abroad
Eight GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences M.D. students received the opportunity to participate in a learning experience abroad thanks to the Leonard C. Akman, M.D. ’43, Global Medicine Scholarship. 
Dalya Elhady, MD ’15, celebrates being matched to her first choice residency program with her family.
A Team Effort: How Scholarship and Family Support Helped an Aspiring Doctor
Thanks to the Cecile and Seymour Alpert, MD, Medical School Scholarship, Dalya was able to heed that calling and make her dream of becoming a physician a reality. Embarking on the journey to become a physician was a long and difficult path,” she says, “but knowing that my hard work and…
Sormeh Harounzadeh posing for a portrait
SMHS Alumnus Honors His Mother by Helping a Nurse
I was thrilled and honored to be chosen for this scholarship, but also to see that a physician in the community so strongly values my nursing background. I would like to send my endless gratitude to [Barnett] and his family for this generous gift, and to assure him that I will always remember my…
Margarita Ramos posing for a portrait
Margarita Ramos, MD '16
When I started medical school here four years ago, never in my wildest dreams would I have expected a complete stranger to be so generous as to donate a scholarship award to help me fund my education.
Student panel member Jalan Burton, M.D. '12, shakes hands with Lorenzo Norris, M.D.
Tackling Student Debt
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences hosted its first Student Debt Symposium, designed to raise awareness and promote solutions to health education debt.
Terri and Lawrence Katz posing for a photo
Alumni Couple Mark Reunion with a Special Scholarship Gift
For Terri F. Katz, M.D. ’86, RESD ’87, and her husband, Lawrence A. Katz, M.D. ’81, RESD ’84, having a career-defining experience at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is something of a family tradition.
Dr. Ian Toma posing for a portrait
Dr. Ian Toma Selected as 2016-2018 Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar for Education and Research Project in Moldova
Ian Toma, M.D., MSHS ’04, Ph.D.‘11, associate research professor of clinical research and leadership and medicine, was selected as a Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar to facilitate bioinformatics and genomics education and to conduct a research project in Moldova.
Members of the Zonta Club of Washington, D.C. standing together
Zonta Club Celebrates 50 Years of Scholarships for Women
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) welcomed the Zonta Club of Washington, D.C., an organization that prioritizes the support of women’s educational pursuits, for a March 2 reception.
Dean Jeffrey Akman standing with Primary Care Scholars
Primary Care Scholarships Awarded
Just a few weeks removed from the record-high drawing of the Powerball lottery, a pair of GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) M.D. program Class of 2017 students received substantial prizes of their own: the third annual Primary Care Scholarships.
Jeffrey Akman standing with scholarship recipients
Four Medical Students Surprised With $125K Primary Care Scholarships
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences awarded half a million dollars in scholarships to four third-year medical students interested in pursuing a career in primary care.
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