Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Va. “I’m excited for this new part of my life.” “Four years of medical school has been crazy, but it’s been worth it,” added Jimerson, who is also in the three-year internal medicine residency at UB. “It means a lot,” Jimerson said of the scholarship. We’re going to be lifers here in Buffalo,” Cloutier said. “I’ve always wanted to stay in Western New York.
“This is going to be a significant weight off my shoulders.”Ĭloutier, who is engaged to Alex Bartnik, a doctoral student in the neuroscience program at the Jacobs School, is thrilled to be staying in Western New York When you’re a resident, you make more money than you ever have in your life, but it’s still not enough to pay off the loans,” said Cloutier, who matched in internal medicine at UB. Preference is given to applicants who complete their residency training in Western New York. The scholarships were initiated by local physicians and business leaders to address two key objectives - student debt and projected physician shortages.Įach scholarship recipient is required to sign a pledge to live and practice for at least five years in one of the eight Western New York counties at the conclusion of their training. Each woman was also nominated to be a Generalist Scholar in Internal Medicine, which makes the announcement all the more meaningful. The scholarships - worth $120,000 each - are awarded to a graduate of a Western New York High School who has matched into a primary care specialty in Western New York. Marshall, MD, director of admissions and associate dean, presented Meghan Murphy Cloutier and Tanya Verma Jimerson - who are both Niagara-Wheatfield High School graduates - with Western New York Medical Scholarships at the Jacobs School.
The Syracuse native was selected to participate in the 2021-2022 class of the National Institutes of Health Medical Research Scholars Program, which is committed to training the next generation of physicians, dentists and veterinarians in research.įollowing the ceremony, Dori R.
“It’s been very exciting and rewarding,” Simpson said of her Match Day experience. Sherice Simpson, who along with Gibson served as co-president of the Jonathan Daniels Chapter of White Coats for Black Lives - one of two student groups named in honor of Daniels - also matched to her first choice, an obstetrics and gynecology residency at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. “He’s not here physically, but he's here in spirit,” Gibson said of Daniels. Daniels died tragically in a fire last July at his North Buffalo home along with two of his adult daughters: Jordan, a 2022 graduate of the UB School of Management and Jensen, a 2021 graduate of Buffalo State College. Daniels, MD, who served as a mentor to Gibson and countless other students. I’ve loved the activities at the Jacobs School, being part of SNMA,” Gibson said. The whole experience has made me more resilient. It’s been a very long journey - adjusting to the pandemic, adjusting to medicine. It was also a day of reflection for Gibson. “I woke up at 4:30 with the Match Day nerves.” “This has been a very emotional day, a day with a lot of ups and downs,” Gibson said. “I worked there for a month in fall semester during my fourth year,” Gibson said. The Queens native matched to his first choice, an emergency medicine residency at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn. Shawn Gibson, who has been accepted to AAMC’s RISE: Developing Future Leaders in Academic Medicine & Science for fourth-year medical students, will be going home to New York City for his residency. they will be spending the next few years of their training as physicians. Milling then led the countdown and at noon the students simultaneously opened their envelopes to find out where in the U.S. Milling, MD, executive director of the Office of Medical Education and senior associate dean for medical education, announced each of the students in attendance as faculty and school leadership passed out envelopes containing the match results. You even persevered through a pandemic! “As you now prepare to begin your residencies around the country, I am confident that because of all you have seen and done, and the courage, stamina and resilience that you have shown, you are ready for any challenge,” she added.ĭavid A. You made it! You devoted long hours to studying medical science, learned the art of speaking to and treating patients, and completed many exams. “As we stand here together today … take a minute to breathe in and smile. “This is one of the biggest milestones of all for our aspiring physicians,” said Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, UB’s vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, in addressing the assemblage of students, family, faculty and friends.
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