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Jonathan Wood: Tillman Scholar

Jonathan WoodJonathan Wood, a student pursuing a joint degree in medicine and business administration from the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, was named the 2016 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation. Mr. Wood, a US Air Force veteran, is the first PSOM student to receive this prestigious award recognizing US service members, veterans and military spouses for leadership and excellence by investing in their higher education.

Mr. Wood joined PSOM in 2013 at age 32 as the oldest member of his class. His ambitions to help lead a nationwide movement to inspire service-minded clinicians to practice in underserved urban communities in the United States motivated him to combine his medical degree with a master’s in business administration.

Before enrolling at Penn, Mr. Wood served as a US Air Force intelligence officer for eight years, including four deployments, and eventually earned the rank of captain.

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