Physician’s Aid Funding Support

The Office of Student Affairs would like to remind you about Physicians Aid which is available for all MD students.

Information is listed below:

The Physicians Aid Association is a non-profit charitable organization that is dedicated to helping Los Angeles County physicians, their dependent families and physicians-in-training through unanticipated temporary financial hardships.

Qualifications:

• Qualified applicants must be experiencing an unanticipated and temporary significant need.
• Physicians in training must apply for assistance through their school’s Dean’s office.
• Applications must be accompanied with expense receipts, 2-page narrative of circumstance and need, and curriculum vitae.

Some examples of what they fund:

• Rent or Mortgage
• Food
• Utilities
• Transportation (i.e. costs incurred for immediate car repairs, family emergency travel)

Some examples of what they do not fund:

• Legal Bills or Attorney Fees
• Credit Card Bills
• Car Purchase
• Medical Bills
• Business Investments
• Tax Bills
• Computer Purchases

If your request is approved, we may fund up to $2500 based on your extenuating circumstances. To submit a request for Physician’s Aid funding, please complete and submit this form.

Questions? Please contact Monique Abeyta, Director, Student Affairs at [email protected].