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2021 Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section (TMA-MSS) Student of the Year Award
Whitney Stuard, a sixth-year MD/PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at UT Southwestern Medical School (UT Southwestern), received the 2021 Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section (TMA-MSS) Student of the Year Award. TMA’s House of Delegates policymaking body announced Ms. Stuard’s award today during TexMed, TMA’s annual conference, held virtually.
“The members of TMA have been upholding a commitment to health care, leadership, professionalism, and service for many years,” said Ms. Stuard, of Dallas. “I am truly honored to be placed in the ranks of those past honorees from the Medical Student Section.”
The Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section (TMA-MSS) honored Lubbock dermatologist Dr. Ashley L. Sturgeon and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, according to a news release from the Texas Medical Association (TMA).
Sturgeon received the 2021 C. Frank Webber, M.D. award for her diligence in mentoring medical students, and the Tech Health Sciences Center was recognized and rewarded as the 2020-21 TMA-MSS Chapter of the year, according to the news release.
The C. Frank Webber, M.D award was created in 1987 and was named after the late Texas family physician educator and former dean the University of Texas Medical School at Houston Dr. C. Frank Webber, according to the news release.