Dr. Michael Leslie of White Rock, here with his wife Emily, graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in May 2019 and went on to his Emergency Medicine Residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME. His enthusiasm for medicine has continued to grow, and he is incredibly thankful for the support he received through the John and Willie Mae Helm Scholarship Fund administered by the Los Alamos Medical Society. Courtesy photo

LA/RAMS News:

The Los Alamos/Rio Arriba Medical Society invites medical students enrolled in medical schools in the fall of 2020 to apply for scholarships. 

Scholarship funds are available through the generosity of the John and Willie Mae Helm Scholarship Fund and the Los Alamos/Rio Arriba Medical Society.

Students are eligible to apply if they are residents of Los Alamos County or Rio Arriba counties, or have spent the majority of their lives as residents of Los Alamos or Rio Arriba Counties, and are attending an accredited medical school.

Applicants are required to write a letter about their medical school background, to fill out a scholarship application form, (download here) and to send an official copy of their medical school transcript. If the student has not yet completed their first semester of medical school, an undergraduate transcript will be acceptable.

Completed applications must be received by Dr. Whitley’s office by Aug. 5, 2020.

Mail completed applications to:

Dr. Lori Whitley, Attn: Scholarship
Los Alamos Medical Care Clinic
3917 West Road Ste 150, Los Alamos, NM 87544
or call (505) 662-4351 for information.