Medicine Multiplied
One Scholarship. One Future Care Provider. Thousands of Lives Touched.
Your support for student scholarships at the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine helps us meet Washington’s growing health care shortage.
Ten years ago, Washington State University welcomed its first medical students with a bold vision: train physicians from Washington to serve its communities and improve access to all who call our state home.
Today, that vision is becoming reality. Coug doctors like Dr. Alex Franke are returning to Washington to practice in rural and underserved areas, showing the power of community-based training.
Double Your Donation
For a limited time, every dollar you give to medical student scholarships will go twice as far with our Medicine Multiplied match.
Your Gift Makes It Possible for Future Physicians like Dr. Franke to Return to Communities in Need.
65% of our MD graduates who have entered practice are practicing in Washington, with another 30% planning to return.
But rising student debt holds extraordinary power to shape residency specialty choice and limit where physicians choose to serve. With federal borrowing options now capped and other relied-upon loan programs eliminated, incoming medical students face not only the high cost of education but unregulated interest rates that make repayment increasingly difficult.
Your gift to scholarships today can alleviate these financial pressures and make it possible for them to become physicians who choose to serve Washington and the communities that need them.
Scholarships give you flexibility. They let you choose the path you feel called to instead of the path that simply pays the most.
Alex Franke, MD
Jessica Rohm’s Story
First-Year Medical Student
Jessica Rohm never imagined she’d become a doctor—until her own breast cancer diagnosis changed everything. Attending appointments, she found comfort in conversations with her care team.
Determined to help others facing daunting diagnoses, Jessica decided to pivot from a career in higher education to medicine. As a nontraditional, first-generation student, she faced steep financial and academic hurdles returning to school. A donor-funded WSU scholarship paved the way for her bold career change.
I’ve lived in the shoes of a patient. That experience taught me empathy in a way no textbook ever could. I want to be the kind of physician who sees the whole person—not just the diagnosis.
Jessica Rohm, First-Year Medical Student