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STFM Faculty for Tomorrow Resident Scholarship

The STFM Faculty for Tomorrow Resident Scholarship provides family medicine residents with the opportunity to attend the full-day Faculty for Tomorrow Workshop for Residents and the STFM Annual Spring Conference. This program is supported by the STFM Foundation and in part by Mary Nolan Hall, MD.

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Overview of the Faculty for Tomorrow Resident Scholarship

The STFM Foundation supports multiple scholarships to cover registration fees for residents to attend the full-day Faculty for Tomorrow Workshop for Residents and the STFM Annual Spring Conference.Scholarship recipients are chosen based on essays they have written to answer the questions "Why are you interested in teaching family medicine?" and "How do you think you can make a difference in the future of family medicine?"Applications for the scholarship are currently closed. Check back later for more information on when to apply.Thanks to generous support from donors, the STFM Foundation is able to provide additional mentoring and scholarship opportunities. Additional scholarships are available for those who have faced significant challenges, limitations, or obstacles in their journey to a career in family medicine.

What the Scholarship Covers: Scholarships reimburse the cost for residents to attend the Faculty for Tomorrow Workshop for Residents and the STFM Annual Spring Conference. Each class has a recognition ceremony during the conference.

Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Be a resident who is strongly interested in a career in academic family medicine
  • Be a current member of STFM
  • Plan to attend the Faculty for Tomorrow Preconference Workshop held 1 day prior to the STFM Annual Spring Conference (May 2–6, 2026) in New Orleans, LA

How to Apply for the Faculty for Tomorrow Resident Scholarship

Applications for the 2026 scholarship are closed. Applications for the 2027 scholarship will be accepted starting in September 2026 through October 2026.To apply for a scholarship, you will need to:

  • Make sure you are a current member of STFM.
  • Fill out the online application form, which will be available here when applications open.
  • Complete the two-part essay (max 500 words per section) within the online application form answering the questions, "Why are you interested in teaching family medicine?" and "How do you think you can make a difference in the future of family medicine?"
  • Additionally, applicants may submit their application for consideration for scholarship opportunities reserved for applicants who have experienced significant challenges, barriers, limitations, or obstacles in their journey to a career in academic family medicine by submitting an additional, optional essay outlining those barriers and obstacles.

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Past Scholarship Recipients

2024–2025
2021–2023
2018–2020
2016–2017

2024–2025 Scholars

2025 Scholars

  • Mahuya Barua, MD, Harbor UCLA FMR, Torrance, CA
  • Charles Chatman Jr., MD, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Kelly Dougherty, MD, Mercy Family Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Brianna Griswold, MD, MPH, Spartanburg Regional FMR, Spartanburg, SC
  • Abigail Harrison, DO, Prisma Health FMR of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • Ipo Tuinei Hemaloto, MD, Hawai'i Island FMR, Hilo, HI
  • Cassandra Levitske, MD, University of Chicago AdventHealth Hinsdale FMR, Hinsdale, IL
  • Joe Li, DO, MPH, MBS, Mount Sinai Downtown Residency in Urban Family Medicine, New York, NY
  • Alanna Meadows, DO, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  • Michael North Jr., MD, Medical University of South Carolina FMR, Charleston, SC
  • Opeoluwa Olukorede, MD, MS, Worcester FMR at UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
  • Raghava Sekhar, MBBS, Aiken Regional Medical Centers FMR, Aiken, SC
  • Pablo Sisiruca, MD, Tower Health FMR, Reading, PA
  • Sawyer J. Sparks, DO, UAMS Northeast FMR, Jonesboro, AR
  • Andy Thomas, MD, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa FMR, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Doreen Ebere Ugwuede, MBBS, UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Little Rock, AR
  • Ebony White-Manigault, MD, MPH, University of Michigan FMR, Ann Arbor, MI

2024 Scholars

  • Andrea Bañuelos Mota, MD, MPH, UCLA Santa Monica Family Medicine Residency Program, Santa Monica, CA
  • Mary D. Buswell, MD, Tacoma Family Medicine, Tacoma, WA
  • Michael Elias Romero Chung, DO, MBA, Rush-Esperanza Family Medicine Residency, Chicago, IL
  • Whitney Crowe, MD - Texas A&M Family Medicine, Bryan, TX
  • Amrutha Denduluri, MBBS, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • Nikhila Gandrakota, MBBS, MPH, Emory Family Medicine, Atlanta, GA
  • Lily Gordon, MD, Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Diana Guillaume, MD, Southern Illinois University Family Medicine - Decatur, Decatur, IL
  • Janice Lau, MD, University of Rochester Family Medicine Residency Program, Rochester, NY
  • Emily Leboffe, MD, MEd, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence, MA
  • Emmanuella Mensah, MD, Carolinas Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Charlotte, NC
  • TlalliAztlan Moya-Smith, MD, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence, MA
  • Jennifer Nguyen, MD, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine - Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL
  • Laveena Sehgal, MD - MedStar Georgetown, Washington D.C.
  • Devon Smith, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
  • Prachi Thapar, DO, MSc, UT Southwestern Family Medicine, Dallas, TX
  • Leah Topper, MD, Duke Family Medicine Residency Program

2021–2023 Scholars

2023 Scholars

  • Echo Buffalo-Ellison, MD, University of Virginia Family Medicine Residency Program, Charlottesville, VA
  • Kristen R. Canady, MD, PhD, UT Health San Antonio Family and Community Medicine Residency, San Antonio, TX
  • Heather Cohen, MD, San Joaquin General Hospital Family Medicine Residency, French Camp, CA
  • Rachelle Ford, MD, Kaiser Permanente Greater Sacramento Valley Family Medicine Residency, Oakland, CA
  • Corinne Gibbons, MD, MPH, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence, MA
  • Anita Isama, MD, Cook County Family Medicine Residency Program, Chicago, IL
  • Elizabeth Kane, MD, University of Pennsylvania Family Medicine Residency Program, Philadelphia, PA
  • Magdelene May, DO, Mercy Health Anderson Hospital Family and Community Medicine Residency Program, Cincinnati, OH
  • Ashley Mitton, PsyD, UMass Chan Medical School Family Medicine Residency, Worcester, MA
  • Roxana J Moraga, MD, Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest, Grayslake, IL
  • Omosefe Ogbeifun, MD,MPH, Cahaba-UAB Family Medicine, Birmingham, AL
  • Jackie Ordemann, MD, MPH, Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana, Missoula, MT
  • Gillian Walcott, MD, MPH, MBA, Howard University Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Washington, D.C.
  • Tiffany Yu, MD - Adventist Health Hanford Family Medicine Residency, Hanford, CA

2022 Scholars

  • Jenae M Dykes, MD, Medical University of South Carolina Family Medicine Residency Program, Charleston, SC
  • Erin Fredrickson, DO, MPH, University of Washington Family Medicine Residency, Seattle, WA
  • Annie Hernandez, MD, MPH, UCLA Family Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
  • Lina Mazin Mohammed, MD, Adventist Health Hanford Family Medicine Residency, Hanford, CA
  • Hassan Nagy, MD, MBA, MidHudson Family Medicine, Kingston, NY
  • Katryna Peacock, DO, MSU/Sparrow Family Medicine Residency, Lansing, MI
  • Thomas Ricks IV, MD, MUSC Family Medicine, Charleston, SC
  • Chelsea Roberts, MD, University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency, Aurora, CO
  • Claire Simon, MD, University of Washington Family Medicine Residency, Seattle, WA
  • Kelsey Williams Henry, MD, Ascension St Vincent's Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

2021 Scholars

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no 2021 scholarship class.

2018–2020 Scholars

2020 Scholars

  • Raymond Aguilar, MD - Sea Mar Marysville FMR, Marysville, WA
  • Maria Andrews, MD, MPH, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare FMR, Tallahassee, FL
  • Giselle Argento-Berrio, MD, Swedish First Hill FMR, Seattle, WA
  • Rebecca Citron, MD, UCLA FMR, Santa Monica, CA
  • Mary Gallagher, MD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics FMR, Iowa City, IA
  • Lauren Groskaufmanis, MD, MPH, University of Michigan FMR, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Lee Haggenjos, MD, UMN North Memorial, Minneapolis, MN
  • Christopher Harris, MD, MPH, University of Oklahoma FMR, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Morgan Hungenberg, DO, University of Colorado Rural Training Track, Denver, CO
  • Jasmeet Kaur, MD, Dell Seton Medical Center FMR, Austin, TX
  • Joseph Nelson, MD, University of Washington FMR, Seattle, WA
  • Julie Ngoc Thai, MD, McLaren-Flint/Michigan State University FMR, Flint, MI
  • Ruth Pedraza, MD, Sutter Santa Rosa FMR, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Daniel Placik, MD,Yuma Regional Medical Center FMR, Yuma, AZ
  • Josue Santos, MD, MAHEC FMR, Hendersonville, NC
  • Arindam Sarkar, MD, Baylor College of Medicine FMR, Houston, TX
  • Kendall Shibuya, DO, Swedish First Hill FMR, Seattle, WA
  • James Smith, MD, MPH, UMN North Memorial, Minneapolis, MN
  • Christopher Smyre, MD, Northwestern McGaw FMR, Chicago, IL
  • Hylke Snieder, MD, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR
  • Paul Strickland, MD, JPS Health Network FMR, Fort Worth, TX
  • Chivon Stubbs, MD, Morehouse School of Medicine FMR, Atlanta, GA
  • Tri Trang, MD, UMass Worcester FMR, Worcester, MA
  • Elena Zamora, MD, MHA, UT Health Houston FMR, Houston, TX
  • Gillian Zuckerman, MD, PhD, Sutter Santa Rosa FMR - Santa Rosa, CA

2019 Scholars

  • Oluwatoni Aluko, MD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania
  • Miranda Aragon, MD, Jefferson Family and Community Medicine FMR, Philadelphia, PA
  • Melanie Connah, MD, Medstar Franklin Square FMR, Baltimore, MD
  • Alexandria Cooke, MD, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga      
  • Elizabeth Davis, MD, MBA, St. Luke's FMR, Maumee, OH
  • Daniela Delgado, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center FMR, Torrance, CA
  • Marsha Dietrich-McLean, DO, UPMC Altoona Family Physicians, Altoona, PA
  • Tolulope Famuyiro, MD, MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston FMR
  • Amber Heckart Gilmore, MD, MAHEC Hendersonville Rural FMR, Hendersonville, NC
  • Audrey Gray, MD, MPH, Ventura County Medical Center FMR, Ventura, CA
  • Nathaniel Andrew Harris, MD, University of Arizona Alvernon FMR, Tucson, AZ         
  • Jared James, MD, Mayo Clinic Eau Claire FMR, Eau Claire, WI            
  • Anthony Johnson, MD, University of Alabama FMR, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Bryan Johnston, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin/Columbia St. Mary's FMR, Milwaukee, WI
  • Cecilia Jojola, MD, UC Davis Family and Community Medicine, Sacramento, CA
  • Charles Jose, MD, MPH, Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana, Missoula, MT              
  • Nickia King, DO, The Wright Center/Unity Healthcare, Washington, DC
  • Allison Louis, MD, John Peter Smith FMR, Fort Worth, TX
  • Ayiti-Carmel Maharaj-Best, MD, University of Pennsylvania FMR, Philadelphia, PA
  • Michelle Rodriguez, MD, UT Health San Antonio FMRP, San Antonio, TX
  • Helen Song, DO, LA County- Harbor-UCLA FMR, Harbor City, CA
  • Natalie Stahl, MD, MPH, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence, MA
  • Veronica Torres, MD, UMass Worcester FMR, Worcester, MA
  • Christopher DeShawn Watson, MD, MPH, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Tallahassee, FL
  • Jonathan Zalamea, MD, Memorial FMR, Sugar Land, TX

2018 Scholars

  • Mustafa Alavi, MD, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
  • Joanna Campodonico, MD, MPH, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix FMR, Phoenix, AZ
  • Michelle Crespo, MD, MPH, California Hospital Medical Center/University of Southern California FMRP, Los Angeles, CA
  • Milap Dubal, MD, MPH, UW Family Medicine & Community Health FMR, Madison, WI
  • Eliza Hutchinson, MD, Swedish First Hill FMR, Seattle, WA
  • Anna Jack, MD, University of Rochester/Highland Hospital FMR, Rochester, NY
  • Lindsay Nakaishi, MD, MPH, UPMC Shadyside FMR, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Abayomi Ogunwale, MD, MPH, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX
  • Cleveland Piggott, Jr, MD, MPH, University of Colorado FMR, Aurora, CO
  • Julia Tse, MD, Greater Lawrence FMR, Lawrence, MA
  • Michael Yee, MD, PhD, Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium FMR, Loma Linda, CA

2016–2017 Scholars

2017 Scholars

  • Ifeoma Margaret Ama, MD, MPH, University of Texas Health Science at Houston, Houston, TX
  • Lori Atkinson, MD, Thomas Jefferson University FMR, Philadelphia, PA
  • Erin Capitena, MD, California Hospital Medical Center/University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • Isabel Chen, MD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center FMR, Los Angeles, CA
  • Catherine Coe, MD, University of North Carolina FMR, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Anastasia Coutinho, MD, MHS, Santa Rosa FMR, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Kristina Dakis, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago FMR, Chicago, IL
  • Juan Mica Guzman, Jr, MD, Northwestern McGaw FMR at Lake Forest, Grayslake, IL
  • Jillian Landeck, MD, United FMR, Saint Paul, MN
  • Crystal Marquez, MD, Middlesex FMR, Middletown, CT
  • Leigh Morrison, MD, University of Michigan FMR, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Morgan Motia, MD, Brown University FMR, Pawtucket, RI
  • Fareedat O. Oluyadi, MD, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital FMR, New Brunswick, NJ
  • Melissa Palma, MD, Greater Lawrence FMR, Lawrence, MA
  • Brian J. Park, MD, MPH, Oregon Health & Science University FMR, Portland, OR
  • Bhavika Patel, MD, Virtua FMR, Voorhees, NJ
  • Candace Y. Pau, MD, Kaiser Napa-Solano FMR, Vallejo, CA
  • Claire Thomson, MD, MPH, Brown FMR, Pawtucket, RI
  • Amber Vester, DO, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Covallis, OR
  • Astrud Villareal, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2016 Scholars

  • Lauren Bergstrand, MD, University of Colorado Rose FMR, Denver, CO
  • Ketia Brown, MD, University of Southern California FMR, Los Angeles, CA
  • Stephen Carek, MD, Carolinas Medical Center, Elizabeth FMR, Charlotte, NC
  • Anthony Cheng, MD, Oregon Health & Science University FMR, Portland, OR
  • Karl Dietrich, MD, Brown FMR at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI
  • Susan Jevert, DO, WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine FMR, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD, University of California at San Francisco FCM, San Francisco, CA
  • Whitney LeFevre, MD, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center FMR, Lawrence, MA
  • Minerva Medrano de Ramirez, MD, Southern New Mexico FMR, Las Cruses, NM
  • Oluwatosin Omole, MD, MPH, Howard University Hospital FMR, Washington, DC
  • Amanda Ashcraft Pannu, MD, University of Rochester FMR, Rochester, NY
  • David Rebedew, MD, Waukesha Family Practice Residency, Waukesha, WI
  • Nathan G. Singh, MD, Family Health Centers of San Diego FMR, San Diego, CA
  • Trinidad Solis, MD, MPH, UCLA Medical Center FMR, Santa Monica, CA
  • David Tessier, MD, Ohio State University FMR, Columbus, OH

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