The Board of Directors of the Pisacano Leadership Foundation (PLF) is pleased to announce its selections for the 2024 Pisacano Scholarship. The scholarship, valued at up to $28,000, is awarded to U.S. medical students who demonstrate a strong commitment to the specialty of family medicine. As health care has transformed over the last few years, and the need for family medicine leadership has increased, the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) funded a doubling of the number of Pisacano scholars. Each scholarship applicant is evaluated on their commitment to family medicine, leadership qualities, academic performance, including evidence of clinical excellence and application of knowledge to clinical care, communication skills, and service.

The 2024 Pisacano Scholars highlighted below, and on the Foundation’s website, will be recognized during PLF’s annual symposium this fall:

Samantha Busch – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Viviane Cahen – Oregon Health and Science University

Breanna Chachere – University of Houston College of Medicine

Neil Dixit – Medical College of Wisconsin

Elizabeth Flores – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Stephen Freeman – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Caryssa Lim – Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Caroline Murtagh – Stanford University School of Medicine

Bhumika Patel – Western University of Health Sciences

Claire Romaine – Tulane University School of Medicine

Prasanna Vankina – University of Minnesota Medical School

The 2025 Pisacano Scholarship application will be available soon. To learn more about the scholarship program, please visit the Pisacano Leadership Foundation website.