National Medical Fellowships
| Motto | Changing the Face of Medicine |
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| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | Franklin McLean MD, PHD |
| Type | Nonprofit |
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Area served
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USA |
| Services | Scholarships, Service Learning Programs |
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Key people
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Dr. Esther R. Dyer, President & CEO |
| Website | nmfonline.org |
National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF) is a nonprofit organization providing scholarships and awards to underrepresented minority medical students, and offering service learning programs to students and health professionals.
Since its inception in 1946, National Medical Fellowships has provided over $40 million to upward of 30,000 minority community members.
National Medical Fellowships was started by Dr. Franklin C. McLean MD, PhD, who was a professor of physiology at the University of Chicago. Dr. McLean saw that the lack of opportunities for African-American physicians was a problem.
Long before “diversity” was a national value, NMF began giving scholarships to African American physicians and medical students who otherwise could not have afforded a medical education. As broad social changes swept America, NMF expanded its commitment, giving grants on a national basis to other groups underrepresented in medicine.
Through its scholarship programs, NMF has been instrumental in increasing the number of underrepresented minority physicians and researchers in the US. In recent years, NMF has expanded its efforts, with fellowship programs that help medical students address health disparities in underserved communities, in the US and globally. NMF was credited by New York Times in decreasing of discrimination and rise of medical enrollments by minorities in 1962.
Anarcha, Betsy and Lucy Memorial Scholarship Award: established by NMF Alumna Yvonne S. Thornton, MD, MPH, FACOG, is given in honor of three slaves who, as subjects of experimentation, influenced advances in current surgical knowledge and skills and are recognized today as the Mothers of Gynecology. This award is given to a female African American medical student who is a known descendant of American slaves.
Aura E. Severinghaus Award: honors the memory of the NMF Board member and associate dean emeritus of Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. This award is presented annually to a 4th year minority student attending that medical school.
Emergency Scholarship Fund: supports medical students facing unexpected financial hardships that threaten their graduation and their careers as physician-leaders.
Gerber Scholarship in Pediatrics Program: supports two outstanding medical students with an interest in pediatrics with an emphasis in nutrition.
Hugh J. Andersen Scholarship Program: honors a longtime NMF contributor in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and is awarded annually to two 2nd and 3rd year students in Minnesota medical schools in recognition of leadership and community service.
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Scholarship Program: supports 2nd and 3rd year underrepresented minorities early in their medical careers
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