(SitNews) Chicago, IL - The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation awarded the Arthur N. Wilson, MD Scholarship to Kirsten Jorgensen, a first-year medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

The Arthur N. Wilson, MD Scholarship supports a medical student who graduated from a high school in southeast Alaska and has consistently received academic honors. Established by a bequest of Dr. Wilson, a distinguished resident of Ketchikan, Alaska, the award highlights the critical role of rural physicians in their communities.

Jorgensen will receive a $5,000 scholarship to help defray medical school expenses. Jorgensen grew up in Juneau, Alaska, and graduated as the valedictorian of Juneau-Douglas High School. She received a BA from Harvard University, where her honors thesis focused on public health delivery via ships to rural Alaska from 1945 to 1956.

Jorgensen served as a peer health exchange volunteer in public high schools in Boston and she recently completed an internship with Partners in Health in Peru. After medical school, Jorgensen aspires to work as a physician in rural Alaska to improve primary care delivery and positively impact health outcomes for women and children.

The AMA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that awards approximately half a million dollars in scholarships to medical students each year.

Edited by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

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