Release date: 22-Jul-05

Emory Alumni Named AMA Foundation Minority Scholars

In recognition of their excellence as medical students and their outstanding promise for future careers in medicine, Emory University graduates Cherita Raines (1999) and Hugo Aparicio (2004) have been named American Medical Association Foundation Minority Scholars. The honor, given to only 10 medical students around the country, includes a $10,000 scholarship.

A resident of Maitland, Fla., Raines is a second-year medical student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She received a number of honors at Emory, including the President's Circle Award for Outstanding Greek Leader of the Year and inclusion in Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities. She received a Hungerford Scholarship, based on community service, and a Norwood Scholarship, based on academic merit, service and commitment to medicine.

A resident of Lexington, Ky., Aparicio is a second-year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, is listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, was a Woodruff Scholar in the Emory Scholars Program, and won a 2004 Excellence Award from the Emory Office of Multicultural Programs and Services.

“We are pleased to recognize the achievements of Cherita Raines and Hugo Aparicio, and to provide them with substantial financial assistance,” said AMA Foundation President Linda Ford, MD.

According to the American Medical Association Foundation, the Minority Scholar Award recognizes scholastic achievement and promise for the future among students in groups defined as “historically underrepresented” in the medical profession. Less than seven percent of U.S. physicians fall within these groups, which include African American/black, Native American, native Hawaiian, Alaska native and Hispanic/Latino.

For more information on the Minorities Scholars Awards, go to www.ama-assn.org

Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For nearly two decades Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, the state's largest and most comprehensive health care system.

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