West Chester Henderson Girls Among 62 Local HS Students Who Receive 'White Coat'

During a special white coat ceremony on June 24, high school girls from Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties were recognized for their commitment to a new healthcare leadership program sponsored by The Clinic.

The program is designed to help high school girls achieve leadership roles in medicine and healthcare as well as learn more about providing community outreach.

At the Girls in Medicine event, the students will receive their white lab coats, which signify the beginning of their formal clinical and educational training, organizers said.

Representatives from Phoenixville Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Chester County Medical Society, Villanova University, Immaculata University, and the Chester/Delaware County Medical Society will be on hand to demonstrate their support for the students, according to program officials.

The girls are now preparing for hands-on training courses, which will begin this summer.
Representatives from the McLean Contributionship—which provided a $10,000 grant to the program—will also be in attendance, officials said.

Students came from the following institutions: Academy of Notre Dame, Agnes Irwin School, Arch Bishop Carroll High School, The Baldwin School, Great Valley High School, Harriton High School, Hill School, Methacton High School, Owen J. Roberts High School, Perkiomen Valley High School, Spring Ford High School, Upper Merion High School, West Chester Henderson High School, and the 21st Century Charter School.

A full list of the students that were honored is below:

Samyah Ahmad
Hailey Andress
Allyson Aronsky
Christina Avery
Alexandra Biddison
Victoria Carlini
Priyanka Chunduru
Nina Ciocca
Corina Damian
Liann Dawson
Cara DePiano
Paige DiLullo
Sarah Dodds
Jean-Marie Dundovich
Nitya Enjamuri
Mira Erzhanova
Mia Flavin
Lily Flick
Glynis Gardner
Abigail Gaskill
Anya Glasco
Jessica Gonzalez
Gabriella Harris
Andrea Hellmig
Carson Heward
Kelli Jackson
Demetra Karapalides
Taryn Kelly
Jazmyn Knight
Kristen Koenig
Emma Kotes
Tait Lamb
Grace Leasure
Kristin Long
Xiomara
Lozano-Torres
Isabel Manning
Juliet Manchesani
Ella McCausland
Rose McDonald
Anjana Menon
Corryn Monaco
Ananya Muthukrishnan
Ramya
Muthukrishnan
Quinn Norris
Brenna O’Donnell
Gabrielle Painter
Brianna Potestio
Rishika Reddy
Vienna Russo
Donna Saboori
Julia Scanlon
Katherin Schickfus
Eileen Shelton
Divya Sivakumar
Siobhan Slattery
Ashley Snyder
Sydney Stribrny
Eleni Sullivan
Priscilla Thomas
Nya Weems
Julia Weissman

The Girls In Medicine program encouraged highly motivated and talented high school girls interested in pre-medicine and healthcare careers to apply for this rigorous one-year enrichment program. Students in the program have the opportunity to learn from top medical leaders in the area, study at Phoenixville and Paoli Hospitals for one-week, gain medical research and presentation skills, achieve CPR/First Aid Certifications, receive volunteer and leadership experience, and obtain leadership experience as Health Ambassadors, the program said.

The program additionally aims to help build the self-confidence of young women to discover their full potential in healthcare and medical fields, and provide community outreach in education and prevention, according to the organization.

The Girls in Medicine program is presented by The Clinic, a non-profit medical center in Phoenixville established by two women in 2002 to help Chester and Montgomery County residents who do not have adequate access to healthcare services due to lack of medical insurance.