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Matthew Bankert

Luke Maillie

Brogan Galbreath

Bankert received a $5,000 scholarship;
Maillie, $3,000; and Galbreath, $2,000. They
were selected through a competitive review
process with submissions of many applications
from across Lancaster County.

year at the Icahn School of Medicine at
Mt. Sinai. He explains that his interest
in medicine began to take shape as a high
school volunteer at Penn State Hershey
Medical Center.

Bankert is a graduate of Washington
College and a first-year medical school
student at the Touro College of Osteopathic
Medicine in Middletown, New York. Prior
to enrolling in medical school, he served
as a clinical research coordinator at the
Penn State of College of Medicine in the
Neuromuscular Division and ALS Center.

"My absolute passion for medicine,
however, began the first time I traveled to
Shirati, Tanzania," said Maillie. "While
there, I saw patients dying from cancers that
were treatable because a family could not
afford the bus ticket to the nearest center,
located five hours away. Being an MD will
allow me to help build systems and treat
patients in low-resource settings so that the
world of global cancer care becomes one
of equitable excellence."

Diagnosed with a pediatric disability at
an early age, Bankert shares that his goal
in life is to "simply use the challenges and
experiences that I have faced to cultivate a
higher level of compassion, understanding,
and willingness to do anything I can to
assist the people around me."
Maillie graduated from University of Notre
Dame and, following a gap year researching
access to cancer care in Tanzania as a US
Fulbright scholar, is currently in his first

Galbreath, a graduate of Villanova University, is a student at the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine. As a small
child, his life was saved by a diagnosis and
subsequent treatment at Lancaster General
Hospital. Over time, the treating physician
became a mentor and helped Galbreath
develop and explore a passion to pursue a
medical career.

"Dealing with personal medical issues has
allowed me to develop a close relationship
with my long-term physician and has
taught me the importance of a trusting
bond between patient and provider," shares
Galbreath. "It is my hope that through these
personal experiences, I can show my future
patients a certain compassion that helps
them feel comfortable and allows me to
provide them with the best possible care."
Founded in 1991, the Lancaster Medical
Society Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit
organization that was formed to grant
scholarships to students from Lancaster
County who are accepted at or continuing
a medical degree at an accredited allopathic
or osteopathic medical school.
Scholarship recipients exemplify good character, motivation, academic achievement,
and financial need. Since its inception,
more than $244,000 in scholarships has
been given to deserving local students.

For more information about the scholarship, how to apply,
or how to make a gift to the Foundation, please visit the "Scholarship Foundation"
section on lancastermedicalsociety.org or contact the Society at 717.393.9588.
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