SCHOL ARS HIP CA M PA IGN SUNDARAM FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Uma Sundaram, M.D., vice dean for research & graduate education at the Marshall School of Medicine, and his wife, Usha, are endowing a scholarship at the school designated for students with a demonstrated interest in research, including undergraduate research, summer research during medical school and/or medical school research. Preference for the one-time award will be given to Putnam County, West Virginia (first preference) or West Virginia (second preference) residents. Corrina (left) and Ali Oliashirazi, M.D. (second from left), announce their scholarship with Joseph Shapiro, M.D., dean, (second from right) and Linda Holmes, development director.
OLIASHIRAZI FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Ali Oliashirazi, M.D., vice dean and founding chair of the department of orthopaedics at Marshall, and his wife, Corrina, are endowing a scholarship for first-year medical students at Marshall who have overcome hardships in order to attend medical school. The scholarship is renewable for three additional years, pending normal academic progress. “The road to medical school is difficult for everyone. For a few, though, this journey is completed against all odds. This scholarship is for those who’ve been able to get into medical school despite seemingly insurmountable hurdles,” Dr. Oliashirazi said. RATCLIFF FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Bruce A. Ratcliff, M.D., a local OB/GYN and professor in the department of obstetrics & gynecology at Marshall, established an endowed scholarship with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. The Ratcliff Family Scholarship honors the memory of Bruce’s father, Dr. Gilbert A. Ratcliff Sr., and his brother, Dr. Gilbert “Gil” A. Ratcliff Jr. The late Dr. Gilbert Ratcliff Sr., was originally from Indiana and graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He arrived in Huntington in 1930 and established a private OB/GYN practice. Dr. Gilbert Ratcliff retired in 1978 at 81 years old after delivering more than 10,000 babies in the Tri-State area. Dr. Gil Ratcliff Jr., a 1963 graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, is a founder of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Cabell Huntington Hospital and a retired pediatrician/neonatologist. DR. EMILY A. SEIDLER SCHOLARSHIP In honor of their daughter, Emily A. Seidler, M.D., a 2012 graduate of the Marshall School of Medicine, her parents, Marc and Sharon Seidler, are endowing an Adopt a Medical School Student scholarship designated for first-year medical students with financial need and is renewable for three additional years pending normal academic progress.
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Drs. Patricia and Laura Wilson
WILSON FAMILY ENDOWMENT David and Patricia (M.D. ’94) Wilson and their daughter, Laura Wilson (M.D. ’14), who are all alumni of Marshall University, are endowing an Adopt a Medical Student scholarship at Marshall. Although David, an engineer, and Patricia, a practicing dermatologist, now reside in Alabama and Laura is completing her residency in Atlanta, Marshall still remains an important part of this family’s life. “We feel we owe so much to the Marshall Med School. Without it, we would not be where we are today, and we feel so blessed to be in our current positions,” Patricia said. MARY JEAN ZIMMERMAN ESTATE GIFT A planned gift from the estate of Mary Jean Zimmerman has been invested into an endowed research fund to support the diabetes and cancer research already underway at the School of Medicine. The school was near and dear to Mrs. Zimmerman’s heart. Her niece, Melissa (Bays) Porter, M.D., graduated from the School of Medicine in 2000; her nephew, S. Elliott Dorsey II, M.D., graduated in 2001; and her personal physician was School of Medicine graduate Janet Wallace, M.D., Class of 1992.