Medical staff at Baptist Health Corbin award 22 academic scholarships

Each year the medical staff at Baptist Health Corbin award scholarships to recognize and reward academic accomplishments of healthcare students.

“These scholarships are awarded to students from the Tri-County area in order to keep our greatest resources close to home,” said David Worthy, MD, Chief Medical Officer.

Recipients must be from the Tri-County area and currently be enrolled and working on a healthcare related degree. Of the 22 scholarships, seven are in medicine, nine in nursing, one in pharmacy, one in physician assistant, three in speech language pathology, and one in dentistry.

There were four special scholarships awarded, which were funded by the medical staff and Baptist Health Corbin. To be eligible for one of these scholarships, the students have to be medical students.

Logan Lambdin was awarded the annual $2,000 Rod Weisert Memorial Scholarship.

Makayla Mack was awarded the annual $2,000 Mohammad Jawed Memorial Scholarship.

Cody Evans was awarded the annual $2,000 Truman Perry Memorial Scholarship.

Hollie Clifton was awarded the annual $2,000 Danny Struck Memorial Scholarship.

2023 recipients of the $1,500 medical staff academic scholarships are: Emily Bolinger, Trey Carter, Jaycea Cheek, Emily Davenport, Madison Fields, Sarah Gibbs, Kara Grisell, Jenna Johnson, Chloe Lundy, Carlie McArthur, Keira Monhollen, Camille Overley, Devika Patil, Summer Rains, Devyn Sams, Ryleigh Swafford, Callie Whitus and Summer Wombles.

Baptist Health Corbin is a 273-bed, acute care facility providing a wide variety of healthcare services to the residents of Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell, Clay, McCreary, Harlan and Campbell counties in Kentucky and Campbell County in Tennessee.