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The Vermont Medical Society’s Education and Research Foundation (VMSERF) has awarded $5,000 scholarships to Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont students Margaret Graham and Grace Adamson. The recipients were honored at the Vermont Medical Society’s 203rd annual meeting held Nov. 5, in Burlington, Vt.
Vermont Business Magazine - Each year VMSERF gives one or more scholarships to medical students who are committed to practicing medicine in Vermont and caring for Vermonters. The scholarship program was created to encourage young doctors to return to Vermont after completing their residency training and is named in honor of Dr. Mildred Reardon, a faculty member at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM, who was instrumental in forming the foundation.
Graham is an M.D. candidate at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM with an expected graduation date of 2018. She earned a Master of Science degree in epidemiology from the University of Iowa College of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Women’s studies from the University of Iowa.
Graham served as a research assistant at the University of Iowa Hospital, and Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, studying numerous clinical topics such as infection control and prevention, smoking cessation, blood pressure maintenance, and telehealth. She is the 2016 recipient of the Freeman Foundation Legacy Medical scholarship and is in training to become a certified birth educator.
After initially assuming she would return to Iowa to practice medicine, she now hopes to live and practice medicine in Vermont, citing the state’s collegiality, professional opportunities and the emphasis on primary care in the state. Also paramount is Vermont’s culture and how its embraces of her family.
Graham hopes to dedicate her career to caring for underserved communities, including LGBTQ youth, people struggling with addiction, and young parents and families.
Ever since attending Middleburg College as an undergraduate, Adamson has dreamed about making Vermont her full-time home. Fourteen years later, she fulfilled that dream when she enrolled at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM. Currently an M.D. candidate with an expected graduation date of 2018, Adamson entered medical school after a successful 12-year career as an attorney in Washington. D.C.
A graduate of the George Washington University Law School, upon deciding to leave law and pursue a career in medicine Adamson earned a graduate certificate in Public Health and Health Services from GW, and served as an emergency room shadow and clinician’s assistant at George Washington University Hospital.
Currently the president of the Winooski Coalition for a Safe and Peaceful Community, Adamson plans to practice family medicine in the state upon her graduation and completion of her residency.
Scholarship recipient Grace Adamson (c), scholarship nameskae Mildred Reardon, M.D., (l) and VMS president Wendy Davis, M.D.The scholarship is funded through generous contributions from the University of Vermont Medical Center, members of the Vermont Medical Society, and the Chittenden County Medical Society.
About the Vermont Medical Society: The Vermont Medical Society is the leading voice of physicians in the state and is dedicated to advancing the practice of medicine by advocating on behalf of Vermont’s doctors and the patients and communities they care for. The Society serves its 2,000 members through public policy advocacy on the state and federal levels, as well as by providing legal, administrative and educational support, producing a rich flow of news and information and offering member benefits that increase medical practice effectiveness and efficiency. For more information, visit www.VTMD.org.