ABFM Leadership Foundation Names 2008 Pisacano Scholars

By News Staff
8/22/2008

Five fourth-year medical students will receive scholarships of as much as $28,000 each after being selected as the 2008 Pisacano Scholars by the Pisacano Leadership Foundation of the American Board of Family Medicine, or ABFM.

According to the ABFM foundation Web site, the scholarships are awarded to U.S. medical students who have "shown demonstrable leadership skills, superior academic achievement, strong communication skills, identifiable character and integrity, and a noteworthy level of community service."

The five students chosen this year are

Parker Duncan, of the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine;
Lara Jirmanus and Olga Valdman, both of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester;
Anne Kolan, of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison; and
Lars Peterson, of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland.

The Pisacano Leadership Foundation began the Pisacano Scholars Leadership Program in 1993, three years after the death of Nicholas Pisacano, M.D., founding executive director of the ABFM.

The scholarships are intended to reimburse a portion of the medical school debt recipients have incurred by the time they conclude their family medicine residencies. A portion of the funds are distributed to student scholars during their fourth year of medical school, with the remaining funds distributed on a yearly basis during the required three-year residency. Pisacano Scholars are evaluated each year by the Pisacano Leadership Foundation's board of directors to ensure their continued eligibility for the program.

The maximum total scholarship award is $28,000, and there is no service commitment requirement after completion of residency.

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