VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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IMPACT

Fostering a Commitment to Medically Underserved Communities Thank you for your generous support of VCOM and our mission to prepare globally minded, community focused physicians to serve rural and medically underserved communities. Because of you, talented students are able to pursue their medical education with greater financial freedom and a stronger commitment to practicing where they are needed most. Your support helps reduce financial barriers, expand community-based training experiences, and ensure that our graduates are prepared to address health disparities with skill and compassion. The impact of your generosity reaches far beyond our campus. Each student you support will go on to care for thousands of patients over a lifetime—strengthening rural clinics, underserved neighborhoods, and communities that depend on access to quality healthcare. We are deeply grateful for your partnership and belief in our mission. Thank you for helping us build a healthier, more equitable future.

Endowed Medical Scholarship Patsy T. Smith Memorial Scholarship Rural Access Travel Scholarship Fund for Psychiatry Science Foundation of West Virginia Sower Scholarship Jeanne Horne Stosser Endowed Medical Scholarship Jimmie and Barbara Street Endowed Medical Scholarship Tazewell Community Foundation Scholarship The Thompson Charitable Foundation Scholarship United Company Foundation Endowed Scholarship James F. and Nancy Wolfe Memorial Endowed Scholarship Samuel A. Zigrossi Memorial Scholarship Emergency Funds Dr. Jake Benner Medical Emergency Fund Dr. Stephen Blood Emergency Fund Genesis Heath Care Inc. Emergency Fund South Carolina Student Loan Corporation For Students on International Rotations J. Michael Bernardo Memorial Scholarship Global Health Scholarship Ron Kindrick and Dean Wilcox Global Outreach Scholarship For Academics and Campus Enhancements G. Gail Lott, MEd and James R. Edinger, DO Nutrition Endowment Fund G. Gail Lott, MEd and James R. Edinger, DO Educational Building and Campus Beautification Endowment Fund

Thimothy Corvin, MA, Vice President for College Development and Alumni Relations