2026 Faculty for Tomorrow Scholars

STFM announces the 2026 class of the STFM Faculty for Tomorrow Resident Scholarship. Find a list of the 15 scholars below.

February 2, 2026 — STFM is thrilled to announce the 2026 class of the 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. Each year, a new class of scholars receive this opportunity and attend the conference.Below is the 2026 class of the STFM Faculty for Tomorrow Resident Scholarship:

  • Shehar Bano Awais, MD, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital FMR Program, Lebanon, PA
  • Aaron Lagoy Bautista, DO, Kaiser Permanente Washington FMR Program, Seattle, WA
  • Jason Caluducan, MD, Honor Community Health FMR Program, Pontiac, MI
  • McKenzie Chamberlain, MD, Henry Ford St. John Hospital FMRP Program, Detroit, MI
  • Meghan Gipson, MBBCh, MedStar Health Georgetown University FMR Program, Baltimore, MD
  • Laura Alejandra Gonzalez, MD, MPH, RUSH-Esperanza FMR Program, Chicago, IL
  • Pranali Kerkar, MD, MPH, Louisiana State University Health Monroe FMR Program, Shreveport, LA
  • Fatima Khan, MBBS, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine FMR Program, Jamaica, NY
  • Shannon McCleery, PsyD, UMass Chan Medical School Primary Care Psychology and Medical Education Fellowship, Fitchburg, MA
  • Kelly McGuigan, MD, MS, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University FMR Program, Philadelphia, PA
  • Andrea Nguyen, MD, MHA, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston FMR Program, Houston, TX
  • Saurabh Jagdish Pawar, MBBS, RDMS, CRGS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock FMR Program, Little Rock, AR
  • Shawn Plyler, DO, Northwest Washington FMR Program, Bremerton, WA
  • Tatiana Lino, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock FMR Program, Little Rock, AR
  • Alexia "Lexie" Weems, DO, East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of Medicine FMR Program, Kingsport, TN

Overview of the STFM 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. Additional scholarships are available for those who have faced significant challenges, limitations, or obstacles in their journey to a career in family medicine.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?"Scholarships powered by the STFM Foundation 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. This scholarship is supported in part by Mary Nolan Hall, MD.

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Events

February 4, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: Webinar: "Rethinking Bias in AI – Why Algorithmic Bias is Only the Tip of the Iceberg"

February 9, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: Webinar: "Debt Management for Doctors" in Partnership With Equitable Advisors

March 11, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: GME Leadership Webinar Series: "The Human Side of Leadership: Managing People and Ourselves"

March 31, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: Webinar: "Integrity, Identity, and Inclusion: Reframing Professionalism for a New Era"

May 2–6, 2026: STFM Annual Spring Conference

May 13, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: GME Leadership Webinar Series: "Defining Success on Your Own Terms"

June 10, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: Webinar: "Staying at the Table: Leading for Health Equity While Protecting Your Peace"

August 31–September 2, 2026: STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement

Deadlines

February 16, 2026: Apply for Medical Editing Fellowship

February 16, 2026: Apply to Be Faculty for POCUS Educator's Certificate Program

February 16, 2026: Entries Due for Poetry & Prose Contest

February 19, 2026: Apply for CERA Fellowship

February 23, 2026: Representative to Annals of Family Medicine Board of Directors

February 24, 2026: Apply to Be Faculty for MSEDI Fellowship

February 24, 2026: Call for Proposals for CERA Family Medicine Clerkship Directors Survey

February 27, 2026: Apply to Be Scholarly Project Mentor for Behavioral Science/Family Systems Educator Fellowship

February 28, 2026: Apply for STFM Advocacy Scholarship for New Faculty

March 1, 2026: Family Medicine Call for Papers: Theme Issue on Scope of Practice in Family Medicine

March 19, 2026: Representative to Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS)

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