The SDSMA Foundation was created in 1949 to fund scholarships for medical students attending medical school in South Dakota. The Foundation provides an opportunity to showcase a true philanthropic spirit of physicians who desire to give back to their profession. Each donation allows the Foundation to grow and provide support for future physicians through the student scholarships. See below for the 2022-23 recipients.
The Foundation annually provides scholarships to medical students attending medical school at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. The scholarships are intended to offset the rising costs of tuition while encouraging leadership skills among South Dakota’s brightest and most energetic medical students.
Foundation scholarships are believed to be unique by rewarding strong leadership – to the end that medical graduates will embrace a sense of community and caring beyond clinical expertise. To date, the SDSMA Foundation has supported more than 100 medical students in their pursuit of becoming physicians. With recent grant awards, the SDSMA Foundation is also positioned to support health improvement programs that address the SDSMA's public health priorities.
The SDSMA Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization and your tax deductible donation provides scholarship assistance to medical students - the future physicians of South Dakota!
For more information, contact the SDSMA office at 605.336.1965.
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2022-23 Scholarship Recipients
The SDSMA Foundation scholarships for the 2022-23 school year have been awarded to the following medical students at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. The recipients were recognized at the SDSMA Annual Leadership Conference on June 3.
- Brittany Bamberg - Yankton District Medical Society Scholarship,
- Mason Blue - Avera Health Plans Scholarship - First Year
- Madisyn Braun - Herbert A. Saloum Memorial Scholarship
- Ashley Durant - SDSMA Past Presidents' Scholarship
- Zachary Fleming - Wulbers Scholarship
- Kennedy Forest- Black Hills District Medical Society Scholarship
- Meghan Grassel - Richard P. Holm, MD Prairie Doc Memorial Scholarship
- Kirby Hora - Howard and Mary Ann Saylor Scholarship
- David Jensen - Avera Health Plans Scholarship - Third/Fourth Year
- Joseph Kelly - J. Michael McMillin Scholarship
- Maria Koenen - Howard and Mary Ann Saylor Scholarship
- Lindsay Larson - Yankton District Medical Society Scholarship
- Danielle Mack - Black Hills District Medical Society Scholarship
- Tory Makela - SDSMA Senior Scholarship
- Katherine Nielson - Pierre District Medical Society Scholarship
- Ethan Noble - SDSMA Freshman Tuition Scholarship
- Emily Petersen - Pierre District Medical Society Scholarship
- Christian Pollema - SDSMA Past Presidents' Scholarship
- Joshua Schumacher - J. Michael McMillin Scholarship
- Luke Smith - J. Michael McMillin Scholarship
- Annika van Oosbree - SDSMA CEO Memorial Scholarship
- Amber Veldman - Avera Health Plans Scholarship - Third/Fourth Year
- Mykayla Vollmer - T.H. Sattler Memorial Scholarship
