MD Alumni

Gifts from Wake Forest MD alumni help us continue our tradition of providing a rigorous, transformational and supportive educational experience to future physicians.

The Wake Forest School of Medicine MD graduates set the standard for compassionate, collaborative care and innovation in biomedical advances locally, nationally and globally. Gifts from our alumni help us continue our tradition of providing a rigorous, transformational and supportive educational experience.

Your contributions offer assistance for future physicians who will ignite life-changing discoveries and deliver care through their purpose and passion.

There are many ways to make a lasting gift that will honor the heritage and support the future of the Wake Forest School of Medicine.

“Our relentless drive toward our dreams is facilitated by benefactors like you.”

Rubayet Hossain, MD ’16
Emergency Medicine Resident at Yale New Haven Hospital and recipient of the Richard Janeway, MD Scholarship

Rubayet Hossain, MD 16

Medical Alumni Association Annual Fund

Gifts from alumni to the Medical Alumni Association (MAA) Annual Fund allow the School of Medicine to maintain its high standards and to continue attracting the most talented medical students, regardless of their financial needs.

The fund's primary role is to preserve the school's mission of excellence in medical education. The fund provides unrestricted funding for priority needs, such as scholarship support, library resources, faculty support and the maintenance and expansion of educational programs and facilities.

Your gift to the MAA Annual Fund supports the scholarships that give the school a competitive edge in attracting the most promising students.

Reunion Giving

Every year, our alumni come together to celebrate their class and show their pride and gratitude for their Wake Forest School of Medicine MD Program roots. Our experiences in the MD Program shaped our lives and laid a foundation for success. You can extend that legacy by supporting the MAA Annual Fund, a fund of your choice or a class scholarship in recognition of your reunion year. All gifts made in honor of your class or in honor of your reunion help foster class unity and a spirit of celebration.

MD Class Scholarship List

The following class scholarships have been endowed:

MD Class of 1943 Scholarship
MD Class of 1952 Scholarship
MD Class of 1956 Scholarship
MD Class of 1957 Scholarship
MD Class of 1958 Scholarship
MD Class of 1959 Scholarship
Katherine Davis Scholarship
est. by MD Class of 1961
John Hume Killian, MD Scholarship
est. by MD Class of 1967
MD Class of 1968 Scholarship
MD Class of 1969 Scholarship
MD Class of 1970 Scholarship
MD Class of 1971 Scholarship
MD Class of 1972 Scholarship
MD Class of 1974 Scholarship
MD Class of 1975 Scholarship*
MD Class of 1978 Scholarship
MD Class of 1980 Scholarship*
MD Class of 1981 Scholarship*
MD Class of 1982 Scholarship
MD Class of 1983 Scholarship
Robert R. Perz Memorial Scholarship
est. by MD Class of 1984
MD Class of 1985 Scholarship*
MD Class of 1986 Scholarship*
David Bryan Sloan III, MD Memorial Scholarship
est. by MD Class of 1988
Craig T. Gallanis Scholarship
est. by MD Class of 1989
MD Class of 1996 Scholarship*
MD Class of 2001 Scholarship*

* = Class in Progress
NOTE: Named class scholarships were in memory of classmates that passed away during medical school/residency

Frequently Asked Questions

Where to Give and how much?

All gifts to Wake Forest School of Medicine will count toward your reunion class goal. Our alumni are always welcome to support both the MAA Annual Fund, a fund of their choice or an MD endowed class scholarship.

What If I've already made a gift this fiscal year?

If an alumnus has already made a gift in the current fiscal year, the alumni office offers the donor the opportunity to reassign that gift to benefit the endowed class scholarship fund initiative. If you or someone in your class would like to reassign the purpose of their gift, please make sure that the alumni office is notified at 336-716-4589 or alumni@wakehealth.edu.

Does one's reunion gift count toward gift recognition?

Yes. ALL annual gifts of $1,000 or more to Wake Forest Baptist Health, which includes Wake Forest School of Medicine, are recognized within the Hawthorne Hill Society (HHS). If a gift is designated to benefit our academic mission, the donor also will be recognized within the Dean’s Leadership Circle. Please see below for a list of the annual giving societies by giving level. Gifts to current-use and endowed scholarships are included.

Hawthorne Hill Society		Dean's Leadership Circle
Innovator	$10,000+	Dean's Order	$10,000+
Partner	$5,000-$9,999	Dean's Society	$5,000-$9,999
Benefactor	$2,500-$4,999	Dean's Council	$2,500-$4,999
Patron	$1,000-$2,499	Dean's Division	$1,000-$2,499

What if our class scholarship does not reach the minimum of $50,000 in gifts and/or pledges for an endowed fund?

To reach the minimum threshold of $50,000 in total gifts to establish an endowed scholarship, your classmates may consider making a pledge wherein gifts can be made over time. You may specify your own pledge schedule and donors have up to five years to fulfill their commitments.

If for some reason your class does not reach the minimum threshold of $50,000 within five years, the gifts received to-date for this initiative would be slated to benefit the MAA Endowed Scholarship Fund.

When will an MD student be named the inaugural recipient of our class scholarship?

Once the gifts received reach the required minimum threshold of $50,000 for an endowed scholarship, the scholarship will be awarded the next fiscal year.

Thereafter, each year, the fund will pay out at a rate of 5.3 percent in income for a student scholarship in perpetuity.

Will we be asked again next year?

If you make a pledge commitment, you will receive a pledge reminder based on the schedule that you have specified until your commitment has been fulfilled. You can expect annual updates on the fund from your reunion committee/class agent(s), which will include a reply card to offer you the option to make an additional gift, if you wish.

Dean’s Leadership Circle

Alumni and friends who support the academic mission of Wake Forest School of Medicine with gifts of $1,000 or more annually are recognized in the Dean’s Leadership Circle. Such gifts include those that support the MAA Annual Fund, endowed scholarship funds, faculty funds including endowed chairs and professorships, research funds, resident education funds and other programs.

Dean’s Leadership Circle recognition is at the following levels:

$10,000-plus: Dean’s Order
$5,000 - $9,999: Dean’s Society
$2,500 - $4,999: Dean’s Council
$1,000 - $2,499: Dean’s Division

GOLD alumni – graduates of the last decade – are recognized in the Dean’s Division for annual giving of $500 to $2,499.