The School of Medicine & Health Sciences received a donation in August through LifeBridge Health to fund scholarships for medical students to train at a local hospital.

A $10 million grant to LifeBridge Health, the parent company of Sinai, a hospital system, was used by LifeBridge to fund scholarships for GW medical students and to increase the number of local primary care doctors, according to a release. Ellen Wasserman, a founding member of the LifeBridge Health board, gifted the endowment to LifeBridge Health, which will provide $10,000 scholarships annually for students to train at the Regional Medical Campus at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.

Students will spend their third and fourth years of medical school in clinical rotations at Sinai, training and working in a health care system focused on the needs of the Baltimore area, according to the release. RMC students do their first two years of medical coursework through SMHS before going to Sinai for their final two years of medical school.

The program started its second year with 15 students and at full capacity the program will provide scholarships to a total of 60 students, 30 third year and 30 fourth year students, according to the release. The University’s medical school tuition is about $63,000 annually, according to the SMHS office of financial aid.

Thirty SMHS students starting medical school this fall will join Sinai for their clinical rotations in April 2026 and will receive an annual scholarship through the endowment, according to the release

Scott Krugman, the senior associate dean for the LifeBridge Health and SMHS program at Sinai said in the release the gift will provide students with the support to participate in the “community focused” program at Sinai.

“The current RMC students have shared how much they value the individualized, hands-on education and training they are receiving at Sinai, as well as connections they are able to build with their patients and our greater community,” Krugman said in the release.