UERMMMC Medical Alumni Association of America, Inc.

MARVA DC CHAPTER

UERMMMC Medical Alumni Association of America, Inc.

MARVA DC CHAPTER

Young UERM Alumni Travel Grant Award

     The UERMMMC Alumni Association, MARVADC Chapter is awarding two (2) $500 Travel Grant Awards to two (2) young alumni to attend the UERM 2010 Alumni Reunion and Convention in Newport Beach, California on July 1-4, 2010.  Funding for lodging and travel expenses within the contiguous United States will be included (up to a $500 limit for each winner). The intention of these Awards is to encourage young UERM medical alumni and medical school students doing their clinical rotations in the USA to participate in our annual alumni activities and share their clinical/research studies during the CME portion of the Convention Meeting on Friday, July 2, 2010.
Eligibility criteria:

1. He/she must be an alumnus of the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC).    3rd/4th year medical students doing his/her clinical rotations in the USA may also apply.
2. The alumnus should be in medical school, clinical residency, clinical fellowship, pre-doctoral or postdoctoral research fellowship or with definite plans of pursuing training in the USA. A letter from the program director or a letter of intent should accompany the application.
3. The alumnus will submit a 100 – 250 word proposal /abstract which the applicant is willing to present during the CME portion of the Meeting.  Acceptable submissions will include basic, clinical, behavioral researches, case presentations, clinical narratives, program in developments, etc.  The deadline for all proposals/abstracts is on April 30, 2010, 12 midnight EST.  Award recipients will be announced on May 15, 2010.

     Applications will be reviewed by a committee and will be judged based on merit.  Please submit applications to Dr. Albert Coo at albertcoo@verizon.net or Dr. Betsy Suarez at suarezb@aol.com. This information will also be available at www.uermmarvadc.org.
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Travel Grant Award Application Form
Name:  _______________________________          Year of Graduation: _____________

Address: ______________________________          Cell Phone #: __________________

              _______________________________        E-mail address: _________________

Training Program: _______________________          Specialty: ______________________

Year in training:   _____ Internship   _____ PGY2     _____PGY3     ____Clinical Fellow

            _____ Pre-doctoral Research Fellow            ______ Post-doctoral Research Fellow

UERM MARVADC Chapter Travel Grant Awardees

2007
Dr. Pia Velasco ‘04, a 2nd year resident in Dermatology at UERMMMC.  “Case Discussion on Lymphoma Cutis”.  Presented by Drs. Claire Natividad ‘04 and Consuelo Clavecillas ‘04.
Drs. Therese Esagani-Elises ‘04, Paola Mendoza ‘04, and Adrian Velasquez ’04. “Survey of UERM Graduates Entering US Residency Programs, 2006-2007”.  Dr. Esagani-Elises is a Family Medicine Intern at University of Illinois, Rockford, IL; Dr. Paola Mendoza is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Intern at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, and Dr. Adrian Velasquez is an Internal Medicine Intern at Carney Hospital, Dorchester, MA.

2008
Dr. Katherine Cayetano-Corsiga ’00.  A Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in Hartford, Connecticut”.  1st Year Internal Medicine Resident, University of Connecticut Health Science Center, Farmington, CT.

2009

                          Michell Cerilles, MD '06 -Mind Quest for the Young Scientist &  Workbook on Physics for High School Students
                          Adrian Velasquez, MD '04 - Possible Role of Intraventricular Orexin in   Arousal and Early EEG Entropy in Rats After Cardiac Arrest

Applications will be reviewed by a committee and will be judged based on merit.  Please contact  Dr. Nathalie Bernabe-Quion, Chairman, Young Alumni Outreach Committee at YADP for technical assistance prior to submission.