Attn: Junior Premeds - Steamboat Summer Scholar Program Information Session

Attn: Junior Premeds

It’s just starting to get cold in New York – a perfect time to be thinking about next summer!!

Are you interested in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine? Would you like to shadow a world-class surgeon in the operating room this summer? Come learn more about Steamboat Foundation's exciting Summer Scholar Program.

Steamboat Foundation 2008 Summer Scholar Information Session

Monday, November 10th
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
312 Math

Register for this event at:
www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/preprofessional/health/events.php

This year, a single Columbia junior will be selected as the Steamboat Scholar and will have the unparalelled experience of interning at the Hospital of Special Surgery with Columbia alumnus and New York Mets team physician Dr. David Altchek.

The Scholar will spend ten weeks in the summer of 2008 shadowing Dr. Altchek in clinical consultations and observing surgical procedures in the operating room, while contributing to a relevant independent clinical research project.

The Steamboat Scholar will also receive a $12,000 financial award, participate in leadership-building events, and live and learn with the ten other Steamboat Scholars, all of whom hail from different universities and bring a range of perspectives and interests to the group.

The Summer Scholar Program underscores Steamboat Foundation’s aim: to build a lasting culture of leadership that emphasizes integrity, demands a rigorous work ethic, and encourages the kind of risk-taking that leaders must learn to assume. It is designed to be a rigorous and comprehensive experience, timed to impact young leaders at a formative moment in their professional and personal lives, preparing them to take on leadership roles at work and in their communities.

At this information session, you will have an opportunity to hear from Steamboat alumni - Swarup Swaminathan, CC 09- about his recent Steamboat experience.

Application deadline: January 30, 2009

For more information and access to the application visit: www.steamboatfoundation.org