June 7, 2021

The APMA Educational Foundation is thrilled to announce 15 outstanding podiatric medical students have been awarded travel scholarships to attend the APMA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting (The National), July 29–August 1 in Denver! Last month, APMA launched a video contest open to all podiatric medical students and received an overwhelming response from excited and qualified applicants. We look forward to hosting this bright group of young professionals, many of whom will be presenting their research at the meeting. Be sure to follow APMA's Instagram account, @official_apma, to see some of the winning submissions.

This year's contest included the first-ever Physician’s Choice Award. The Physician’s Choice Award gifts the largest monetary winnings offered by the APMA Educational Foundation, and the recipient is chosen by friends of the foundation. This year’s winner is Jimmie Lewis III from Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine.

Travel Scholarship Recipients:

Alexander Carillo-Kashani*—Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine
Zanib Cheema*—Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Porscha Dort*—Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine
Kelly Fahey*—Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Katherine Gutierrez*—Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine
Sujit Johnston*—Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Firas Katmeh—Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Jessica Landeros-Arnold*—Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine
Jimmie Lewis III—Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine
Lily Nguyen—Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine
Tashfia Noor—Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine
Divya Paramasivam—Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine
Shalvi Prasad*—California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University
Anushka Ramnani*—Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine
Khanh Phuong Tong*—Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

*Students marked with an asterisk are presenting research/poster abstracts at The National

If you haven't reserved your spot at the can't-miss meeting for every podiatrist (and podiatric medical student!), do so now! Registration is free for podiatric medical students and residents.