Annual scholarship awards to honor longtime physicians associated with Saint Anne’s Hospital.

Fall River, Mass. – The Saint Anne’s Hospital Medical Staff invites applications for the following two $3,000 scholarships for students pursuing education in health care in the 2016-17 academic year.  Both honor distinguished physicians associated with Saint Anne’s Hospital:

For members of the Saint Anne’s Hospital family: The Yong W. Rhee, MD, Scholarship Award.  This year’s scholarship for members of the Saint Anne’s Hospital community is named for Dr. Rhee, who served the hospital for 41 years, including 38 years as chief of pathology, before retiring last fall.

To be eligible for this $3,000 award, the scholarship candidate must meet the following criteria:

1. Be a member of the greater Saint Anne’s Hospital family; i.e., employee, family member of employee, or medical staff family member.

2. Entering or pursuing a degree in nursing, allied health or other health care profession at an accredited college, university, technical school, etc.

3. A graduating high school senior or currently enrolled student.

4. Completion of the 2016 Yong W. Rhee, MD, Scholarship application.

5. Able to use the award during the 2016-2017 academic year.

For an application for this award, click here. (PDF)

For students in the community (those not associated with Saint Anne’s Hospital): The Richard E. Perkins, MD, Scholarship Award.  Also a longtime member of the hospital’s medical staff, Dr. Perkins is a board-certified specialist in internal medicine and one of the founding PrimaCARE physicians.

To be eligible for this $3,000 award, the scholarship candidate must meet the following criteria:

1. A resident of the Greater Fall River area.  This includes Assonet, Berkley, Dighton, Fall River, Freetown, Rehoboth, Swansea, Somerset, or Westport, Massachusetts, as well as Tiverton and Little Compton, RI.

2. Entering or pursuing a degree in nursing, allied health or other health care profession at an accredited college, university, technical school, etc.

3. A graduating high school senior or currently enrolled student.

4. Completion of the 2016 Richard E. Perkins, MD, Scholarship application.

5. Able to use the award during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Deadline for submission of all applications is 4 p.m., Friday, April 29, 2016. More information about these scholarships can be obtained from the Saint Anne’s Hospital Medical Staff Office, 508-674-5600, ext. 2002.

For an application for this award, click here. (PDF)

About Saint Anne’s Hospital – Saint Anne’s Hospital is a community hospital with comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care services, serving adults and children from southeastern Massachusetts and nearby Rhode Island at its main campus in Fall River and its community satellites.  Founded in 1906 by the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, Saint Anne's Hospital is a member of Steward Health Care System LLC, the largest fully integrated community care organization and community hospital network in New England.   Saint Anne’s has been recognized time and again for quality, safety and service by such organizations as The Joint Commission, The Leapfrog Group, and Blue Cross Blue Shield.  Additional information is available at www.saintanneshospital.org.

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