Rakesh P. Chokshi, M.D. and Brinda M. Chokshi, M.D. Endowed Scholarship

Drs. Rakesh and Brinda Chokshi are both 1993 graduates of the MUSC College of Medicine. They established this scholarship to aid other students of Indian descent, who are striving to pursue a medical degree. This scholarship was created in efforts to achieve ethnic and geographic diversity. In furtherance of the University’s commitment to improve health outcomes for minorities through training and establishing a diverse healthcare workforce, this scholarship will be awarded with particular attention to applicants of Indian descent who are residents of the Pee Dee area in South Carolina and/or applicants of Indian descent who are residents of South Carolina who exhibit academic merit and financial need. The scholarship will be awarded to an incoming student with continuation, pending satisfactory academic and professionalism progress.