UPMC Horizon medical staff accepting scholarship applications

Farrell and Greenville, PA — The trustees of the UPMC Horizon Medical Staff Scholarship Fund are accepting scholarship applications from local medical school students beginning Friday, Feb. 15 through Tuesday, April 15.

The trustees encourage medical students from the UPMC Horizon service area meeting scholarship criteria to apply for the annual scholarship. Eligible students must have successfully completed their first year of an allopathic or osteopathic medical school.

Beginning in 1969, the former Greenville Regional Hospital medical staff contributed income from school health examinations to a scholarship fund. This money, along with contributions from the Greenville Regional Hospital Surgical Department Hasenplug Fund, established the tradition of awarding medical staff scholarships annually to medical students from the local area. The scholarship tradition continued through the mergers between Greenville Regional Hospital and Shenango Valley Medical Center to form Horizon Hospital System and a later merger with UPMC to form UPMC Horizon.

For more information or to request an application, contact Julie Anderson, UPMC Horizon medical staff secretary, at 724-983-7528.

Contact: Erin Palko, public relations manager, 724-589-8107