Giving Back – MICA Medical Foundation

MICA Medical Foundation has committed to funding four-year residency positions in the Obstetrics/Gynecology Combined Residency Program at Dignity Health’s St. Joseph's Hospital and Maricopa County Medical Center.

MICA Medical Foundation Selected Residents

• Isiah Angel Romo, University of Arizona College of Medicine, M.D. (2023)
• Nicholas Balbi, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, M.D. (2022)
• Nicole Segaline, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, M.D. (2021)
• Diane Light, Creighton University School of Medicine, M.D. (2020)

• Jessica Worthington, University of Arizona College of Medicine, M.D. (2019)

• Chloe Wood, Creighton University School of Medicine, M.D. (2018)
• Taylor Jenkins, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, M.D. (2017)
• Meisje Burton, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, M.D. (2016)

MICA Medical Foundation works with the University of Arizona, AT Still University, Midwestern University, and University of Arizona – Phoenix, to provide scholastic achievement awards for medical students. The prestigious Robert F. Crawford Scholastic Achievement Award goes to the top-ranked medical student in each program. To be eligible for grant funding, programs and initiatives must focus on improving patient safety, quality of care, reducing medical errors, and/or physician education and training.

• 25th Annual Michael Grossman Academic Excellence Day
• Three UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Students Receive MICA Scholarships

Organizations seeking funding must qualify as exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Activities must have a primary impact in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and/or Utah, and are typically centered on:

• The education and training of physicians
• Development, implementation, or changes in healthcare-related systems, tools, and processes that improve outcomes
• Pilot programs designed to improve medicine

*MICA Medical Foundation does NOT fund the following:

• Political organizations, campaigns, and lobbying efforts; religious organizations; endowment campaigns; societies and fraternal organizations; telephone solicitation; construction or repair of facilities; capital campaigns; projects that benefit individual applicants or serve a limited audience