Chase Kern and Kaitlyn Korte, of Collinsville, were two of five area students recently awarded $1,000 scholarships from the Anderson Hospital Medical Staff.
Anderson Hospital Medical Staff scholarship recipients and staff members. Back Row (left to right): Anderson Hospital Physicians: Dr. Max Eakin, Dr. Aaron Biala, Dr. Michael Mulligan, Dr. Chris Wangard (Medical Staff President), Dr. Jamil Rana, and Dr. Kelly Geldmacher. Front Row (left to right): Scholarship recipients: Kaitlyn Korte, Jasmine Giannuzzi / Submitted photo
The scholarship program was created in 2004 by the Medical Staff Executive Committee to promote advanced education in health careers. “We hope these talented students will come back to the area to practice once they’ve graduated,” commented Dr. Christopher Wangard, Anderson Hospital Medical Staff President.
The scholarship recipients for 2014 were:
Karen Bertels, Edwardsville
SIU School of Medicine — MD
Jessica Rimkus, Edwardsville
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine — DO
Kaitlyn Korte, Collinsville
Chamberlain College of Nursing – RN
Chase Kern, Collinsville
Butler University — Physician Assistant
Jasmine Giannuzzi — Edwardsville
SIUE — Speech Pathology/Audiology
