From: Tarek Kteleh, MD 12/1/2007

Chair of Syrian medical graduate scholarship committee at SAMS

Dear Donor,

My name is Tarek Kteleh, a rheumatology fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. I have the honor to serve as the chair of the new and promising Syrian Medical Graduate Scholarship Committee under the auspices of the Syrian-American Medical Society (SAMS).

I am writing to you today asking for your generous support to raise the funds for this scholarship. The goal of this scholarship is to financially help Syrian medical graduates who want to come to the US until they start their residency. All the donations to this scholarship are tax deductible.

As you know, one of the biggest obstacles those prospective, promising graduates face is finances; and because of this, many opportunities are lost. Every year, several talented Syrian graduates avoid taking the risk of coming to the US due to financial difficulties. In addition, many others will eventually manage to come to the US but at the expense of risking their family financial situation. With your generous donation, we can help at least few of them and we may be able to increase the number of the Syrian graduates who are willing to take the lengthy way that you and I both experienced.

You may still remember the tough days you experienced when you came to the US applying for your specialty. You might not forget those people who offered or extended their help to you during that rough time. Well, now it’s your turn to give back and to give others the same opportunity.

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