Ed and Melissa Loniewski Medically Underserved Scholarship
One Osteopathic Medical student will receive a scholarship of up to $3,000 donated by Dr. and Mrs. Loniewski for completing a medically underserved experience nationally or internationally in the field of primary care or a specialty or subspecialty.
Requirements for consideration:
- Student Osteopathic Medical Association active membership.
- Demonstrate, through extracurricular activities and/or community service, an interest in practicing medicine in an underserved area.
- any experience in an underserved area, whether in the United States or abroad.
- The experience can be any time length and can be completed in any area of medicine, including primary health care as well as specialties and sub-specialties.
- Once chosen for the scholarship, the training site may not be changed without verbal and/or written consent of the Public Health Director.
Requirements for consideration:
- Student Osteopathic Medical Association active membership.
- Demonstrate, through extracurricular activities and/or community service, an interest in practicing medicine in an underserved area.
- any experience in an underserved area, whether in the United States or abroad.
- The experience can be any time length and can be completed in any area of medicine, including primary health care as well as specialties and sub-specialties.
- Once chosen for the scholarship, the training site may not be changed without verbal and/or written consent of the Public Health Director.
Spring 2019 Recipients:
Jameson Bastow OMS III, KCUMB
A few words from Student Dorctor Bastow on receiving the Ed and Melissa Loniewski Medically Underserved Scholarship:
"I am so grateful to Dr. Loniewski and his wife, Melissa, for their generous contribution to my growth as a future physician by affording me the opportunity to experience the health system in Merida, Mexico. My experience in Mexico was rewarding and eye-opening as I experienced an overwhelmed hospital, in terms of patient population. I was most impressed by the patients' courage and gratitude in such dire circumstances and their trust in their physicians. This experience will come full circle for me as I complete a family medicine residency and obstetric fellowship in order to work in rural Idaho; home to a large migrant population from Mexico! Thank you again to Dr. and Mrs. Loniewski!" - Jameson Bastow, OMS III
"I am so grateful to Dr. Loniewski and his wife, Melissa, for their generous contribution to my growth as a future physician by affording me the opportunity to experience the health system in Merida, Mexico. My experience in Mexico was rewarding and eye-opening as I experienced an overwhelmed hospital, in terms of patient population. I was most impressed by the patients' courage and gratitude in such dire circumstances and their trust in their physicians. This experience will come full circle for me as I complete a family medicine residency and obstetric fellowship in order to work in rural Idaho; home to a large migrant population from Mexico! Thank you again to Dr. and Mrs. Loniewski!" - Jameson Bastow, OMS III
Elizabeth Singh OMS III, VCOM-Carolinas
A few words from Student Doctor Singh on receiving the Ed and Melissa Loniewski Medically Underserved Scholarship:
"Receiving the Edward and Melissa Loniewski Scholarship for the Medically Underserved is an honor that I will hold high. With support from Dr. and Mrs. Loniewski I will be able to provide care in El Salvador this April during a month long international rotation. I will receive training and techniques that I can take with me as I further my career. After residency I plan to partake in mission work in underserved areas throughout the globe. I have a strong belief that success is not an individual battle, but rather based off how you impact the world and affect those around you. I strive to find the good in my surroundings and provide help where I am needed. I will continue to take these ideals with me as I follow my path in practicing medicine." - Elizabeth Singh OMS III
"Receiving the Edward and Melissa Loniewski Scholarship for the Medically Underserved is an honor that I will hold high. With support from Dr. and Mrs. Loniewski I will be able to provide care in El Salvador this April during a month long international rotation. I will receive training and techniques that I can take with me as I further my career. After residency I plan to partake in mission work in underserved areas throughout the globe. I have a strong belief that success is not an individual battle, but rather based off how you impact the world and affect those around you. I strive to find the good in my surroundings and provide help where I am needed. I will continue to take these ideals with me as I follow my path in practicing medicine." - Elizabeth Singh OMS III