Cortland County Emergency Medicine Physicians Award Four Scholarships to SUNY Cortland Students

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Russell Firman, M.D. the EMP of Cortland County director; scholarship recipients Katelyn Molzan and Kevin Stimson; and Theresa Curtis, premedical advisor.

CORTLAND, NY (06/09/2008)(readMedia)-- Four SUNY Cortland students have been awarded inaugural Cortland County Emergency Medicine Physicians Ltd. (EMP) Sponsored Scholarships to assist them in their continuing academic pursuits within the biological sciences.

The recipients, who must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, are: Kevin Stimson, a senior biology major from Cicero, N.Y.; Jeanne Dippel, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., with double major in biology and kinesiology; Katelyn Molzan, a junior biology major from Plattsburgh, N.Y.; and Mark Morrell, a senior from Farmington, N.Y., majoring in adolescence education: biology.

Stimson and Dippel received $1,000 scholarships and Molzan and Morrell each received $250 scholarships. All four are planning to pursue medical school, while Morrell would also like to teach high school biology, said Theresa Curtis, an assistant professor in the SUNY Cortland Biological Sciences Department and the premedical advisor.

Created in 2007 by the EMP Ltd. staff at Cortland Regional Medical Center, the scholarships are awarded annually to qualified SUNY Cortland sophomore, junior and senior premedical students. Preference is given to students with an interest in emergency medicine and involved with the Scribes Program.

An outstanding opportunity for premedical students to get primary exposure to medicine, the Scribes Program was initiated in 2005 by the Emergency Department at Cortland Memorial Hospital. Scribes assist the Emergency Room (ER) physician with the documentation of each patient’s visit to the ER.

"We have taken care of many SUNY Cortland students over the years and our involvement in these young peoples’ lives is crucial,” said Russell Firman. M.D., director of the EMP staff and head of the scholarship selection committee. “We want to support their future endeavors so they perhaps one day will return the favor to the local community."

EMP has staffed the emergency room at Cortland Regional Medical Center since 1999 and is committed to quality emergency medical care and patient satisfaction, he added.

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