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Health Leaders Circle
The Impact of Annual Fund Support
Nick Perencevich D'69, MED'70 (center) teaches students how to suture during a class in January 2022.
I give back to Geisel because my Dartmouth education made me the physician I am today. By supporting student scholarships through the Health Leaders Circle, I know my donations will help put a Geisel education within reach for more students. And the world is a better place with more Geisel-trained physicians in it."
Donors are stepping up to join the Health Leaders Circle, an initiative to support annual funds and critical areas of need at the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Launched in 2020, the program offers members opportunities to connect with institutional leaders through exclusive events and communications. Donors join by making a gift of $5,000 or more to a Geisel or D-H annual fund.
Annual funds empower leadership to build the initiatives they see as most promising and to address needs as they arise. Donations to the Fund for Geisel, Medical Student Scholarships, the Fund for Research and Discovery, and the Cancer Director’s Fund for Excellence allow Geisel’s educational programing to grow, and its research mission to thrive.
This support is making an impact. In the past year, Health Leaders Circle funds were used to renovate instructional and wellness spaces for Geisel students, supplement curricular materials, and enhance diversity programs. They’ve allowed our scientists to further their research and our students to worry less about their debt burden. Annual fund support is the foundation of excellence for our academic medical community.
