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he Foundation of the PennsylSisters Carla and Elena decided to create obstetrician-gynecologist from New York,
vania Medical Society Executive a lasting tribute in honor of their parents graduating from Marquette School of
Director Heather Wilson, who were physicians in Allentown. "Working Medicine. Though her parents' families were
CFRE, says, "We are inspired with staff at the Foundation, we established of little means, they sought better lives for
every day by our scholarship winners and the scholarship in their memory. We ac- their children.
the success they find in this profession that complished two goals by creating a lasting
ultimately helps humankind. Throughout remembrance of our parents and their
The latest winner, Lucas T. Wittman, of
2017, we will be featuring their stories and achievements, and returning something to Macungie, attends Harvard Medical School,
their advice to current medical students on the profession our parents loved," says Elena. in Boston. He said that his appreciation for
our website. We could not have initiated
education and desire to practice medicine
these kinds of program without visionary
Elena says her parents were a dynamic in underserved communities has stemmed
donors like Elena Pascal and Carla Vigi- duo who practiced medicine together in from his own humble upbringing as the
lante. They established the $1,000 Myrtle the Lehigh Valley. Her mother was a gen- youngest in his small-town household of
Siegfried, MD, and Michael Vigilante, MD, eral practitioner raised on a farm in Stony seven. He says, "Motivated in part by my
Scholarship through the Foundation to help Run, graduating youngest in her class own socioeconomic background, I dedicated
students in their local community."
from The George Washington University a significant portion of my undergraduate
School of Medicine. Her father was an years seeking to better understand some of
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