Baxter Regional Medical Center is pleased to again offer the Dr. Robert L. Kerr Medical Student Scholarship, established to assist medical students from the BRMC service area with tuition expenses. The goal of this scholarship program is to encourage medical students to practice in the BRMC service area after completion of their medical degree.

Scholarships are presented annually, and applications are available now for the 2014-2015 academic year. Students accepted to an accredited medical program leading to a degree of medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy and demonstrating permanent residency in the Arkansas counties of Baxter, Marion, Fulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone and Searcy, and Ozark County in Missouri may click here to apply online.

Applications are due June 15, with scholarships awarded August 1. Funding is provided by the Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation.

For more information, contact Bobbi Brown, BRMC Physician Recruiter, at (870) 508-1010 or bbrown@baxterregional.org.