Your Impact
in 2020
$437,915
Medical School
Foundation
Annual Fund
$4,135,715
Restricted Gifts
(e.g., Class Funds)
$4.1 million
Endowment support
given to the School of
Medicine for the
2020–2021
academic year.
Fiscal Year 2020
(July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020)
Spring 2021 29
The Virtual Host program has been very
helpful for me. Jill has connected me with
four alumni at internal medicine programs
that I am applying to. It has been helpful
to talk on the phone with these alumni
and learn more about their residencies
and hear them speak candidly about their
likes and dislikes of the programs. It has
also been useful to
hear about the cities
they live in in terms of
where they live in
relation to the
hospital, cost of
living, etc. Because
they all studied at
UVA, there are easy
comparison points
for us to use (e.g., the culture is similar to
UVA's, the patient population is different
for xyz reasons). I would highly
recommend using this service to fill in
some of the gaps created by virtual
interviewing this year."
NATALIE SAVINI, SMD '21
I want to sincerely thank you all for
your generosity. I know myself, and
my classmates, were riddled with excitement the first
time we put on the stethoscope. Not only am I grateful
for the gift, it also inspires us to continue the legacy of
alumni involvement once we are in your shoes."
SUNN Y MURTH Y, SMD '24
I am so grateful to
the Student Alumni
Mentorship program
for matching me
with Dr. Williams! We
were first matched in July 2020, and it was
quite a shock to me to learn that a
wonderful, Black female pediatrician not
only lived just a few miles away from me and
attended my church but also graduated
from UVA's School of Medicine. And given
my initial interests in peds, I knew that Dr.
William's insight would prove invaluable as I
began to consider what specialties might be
a good fit for me. In the past few months,
I've learned so much about her journey and
felt inspired to follow in her footsteps.
To me, she is the embodiment of a physician
deeply rooted in her communities, and I
hope that I, too, will be able to give back to
UVA Med in the ways she continues to do. I
feel very lucky to have signed up for this
mentorship program early on in my medical
education, and I hope many more students
will get to enjoy this partnership as the
program develops."
AKUA N YARKO-ODOOM, SMD '24
