Three UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Students Receive MICA Scholarships
Fourth-year students Madeline Heiland, Alexia Tatem and Tyler Hoelscher each received scholarships for academic achievement.
They were awarded the following:
- Madeline Heiland received the Robert F. Crawford, MD, Scholastic Achievement Award.
- Alexia Tatem received the MICA Medical Foundation Scholastic Award.
- Tyler Hoelscher received the MICA Medical Foundation Scholastic Award.
Tyler Hoelscher said the award will help him not only financially, but personally.
Alexia Tatem said the scholarship “represents the hard work I have put in during medical school resulting in outstanding academic achievement, which I wouldn’t have been able to do without the support of my family and mentors.”
The MICA Medical Foundation has supported the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix since 2015, providing annual scholarship support and sponsoring Academic Excellence Day.
The foundation was founded in 2014 to support physician education and training, medical care delivery research and improved patient outcomes in the communities they serve.
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Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to advance its core missions in education, research, clinical care and service to communities across Arizona. The college’s strength lies in our collaborations and partnerships with clinical affiliates, community organizations and industry sponsors. With our primary affiliate, Banner Health, we are recognized as the premier academic medical center in Phoenix. As an anchor institution of the Phoenix Bioscience Core, the college is home to signature research programs in neurosciences, cardiopulmonary diseases, immunology, informatics and metabolism. These focus areas uniquely position us to drive biomedical research and bolster economic development in the region.
As an urban institution with strong roots in rural and tribal health, the college has graduated more than 1,000 physicians and matriculates 130 students each year. Greater than 60% of matriculating students are from Arizona and many continue training at our GME sponsored residency programs, ultimately pursuing local academic and community-based opportunities. While our traditional four-year program continues to thrive, we will launch our recently approved accelerated three-year medical student curriculum with exclusive focus on primary care. This program is designed to further enhance workforce retention needs across Arizona.
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