Scholarships

Congratulations 2017 KPNC Medical Student Scholarship Awardees!

Physician leaders of tomorrow can shape our communities today.

We are proud of Kaiser Permanente’s social mission, research, clinical expertise, and leadership efforts in helping communities thrive. As part of this mission, we recognize the potential of future physicians and their contributions by offering $5,000 scholarships to fourth-year medical students selected for their demonstrated commitment to under-served communities.

Scholarship Criteria

• Be a current third-year medical student in good academic standing who expects to graduate in the spring of 2019
• Interested in seeking a residency in Northern California
• Attend an accredited medical, osteopathic or podiatric school
• Scholarship recipients will be encouraged to participate in a one-month clerkship at a Kaiser Permanente facility in Northern California during their fourth year of medical school

How to apply

• Complete and submit the online application

Supporting documentation:

• Curriculum vitae
• Short essay describing your community involvement and your commitment to under-served communities
• Letter from medical, osteopathic or podiatric school confirming good academic standing
• Two letters of recommendation: one letter from a medical, osteopathic or podiatry school professor/clinician and one letter describing/supporting your work in under-served communities.  Letters may be submitted through the online application or emailed to residency[at]kp.org in PDF format.

Timeline

• Applications are accepted through December 4, 2017.
• Candidates selected for final consideration will be invited to a phone interview in January/February.
• Scholarship winners will be announced in February.
• Awards will be presented to winners in person at an event in the fall of 2018.

2017 KPNC Medical Student Scholarship Awardees

Veronica Aguilar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Medicine
Angelica Alonso, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Asadullah Awan, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Nazeela Awan, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Daniel Ayala-Ortiz, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Lisa Baracker, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Crister Brady, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Shakira Burton, Drexel University College of Medicine
Alondra Cardenas Gonzalez, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Xuan-Lan Doan, University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine
Stephanie Fong, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Emma Frank, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Hilary Haber, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Daniel Hernandez, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Duy-hoa Huynh, Western University of Health Sciences
Sarah Krasny, Baylor College of Medicine
Joana Loeza, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Bryanna Mantilla, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Thomas McHale, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Keyon Mitchell, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Jelissa MooYin, Meharry Medical College
Joshua Neff, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Flavio Oliveira, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Nancy Rivera, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Gabriela Rodriguez, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Valerie Camille Roque, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Gabriela Saez, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
Nancy Saied, Drexel University College of Medicine
Zena Salim, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Christine Santiago, Harvard Medical School
Alcha Strane, Morehouse School of Medicine
Nhi Tran, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Joseph Trujillo III, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Jacob VanHouten, Vanderbilt University
Mignote Yilma, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

Contact information

For questions regarding the scholarship, please contact Jennifer Ly.