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What's New?
Sept 8th, 1966
The Old Orleans County Board of Supervisors created and authorized the Orleans County Medical Scholarship Board to help insure practicing Doctors for Orleans County's future generations.
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CurrentNews
Training Doctors
In 1966 Medical School cost $1,600.00 per year. Now the Cost of Medical School is often more than $40,000.00 per year. This is quite a debt to incure to be trained. The Legislature amended the OCMSB directives increasing the Scholarship to $36,000.00 effective March 2011.
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RecentNews
February 2011
The Orleans County Legislature amended the Scholarship, $18,000 to $36,000 reflecting the increase tuition costs to Train A Physician. A Doctor in training attends pre-med college four years, then four more years in Medical School. (a total of eight so far) Then a year of internship (thats nine years). Any speciality is added on; Eye 3yrs, Surgeon 4yrs, Internist 3yrs, CardiacSurgeon 11years. You are 30 years old and still training!
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How are we doing?
- OCMSB was formed in 1966
- Arthur W Mruczek Sr MD
- Frank L. Cutson MD:
- Joseph M. Misiti MD:
- Deborah A. Preishel White:
- Eric Johnson, MD:
- Testimony for the WebSite?
- and has successfully helped insure the return to the County of six physicians. On all the money advanced, The Board has successfully recovered all funds advanced to participants deciding not to return for the Practice of Medicina. As of 2010, the return ration is 35% (6 returned of 17 participants.) It is a nice way to "keep em down on the farm after they've seen Paree!" said founding father Dick Bloom.
was the first recipient of the program. He  attended Undergraduate College at Syracuse University finishing in 1969 then was accepted by SUNY at Buffalo. After four years, was recruited and accepted at the University of Buffalo Ophthalmological Training Program. He met with the board and noted there were no Eye Surgeons serving the County. The board allowed him to continue study in Eye and released him from the "Primary Care Practitioner" recommendations in his contract arrangement with the county. Mruczek later joined the Scholarship Board and has served as President since 1979. He practices at the Lake Plains Eye Center in Medina since 1976 and taught at SUNY Buffalo Dept of Ophthalmology 1980-1999. "Really think this works! I would have stayed in Buffalo where I was trained but came back to a nice life in Orleans County. It would not be on my 'consider' list if not for Dick Bloom and George Wolfe who directed me in my decision to sign up as the first recipient' said Mruczek in a newspaper interview.
became the fourth Recipient of the Medical Scholarship when he was accepted at New York University School of Medicine. He accepted four years of scholarship. He joined the Arnold Gregory Staff in Marcy of 1979 and successfully had a Family Practice in Orleans County until September of 1983. Dr. Cutson died in 1984.
enrolled as a recipient of Scholarship when he was accepted at SUNY @ Buffalo School of Medicine. He returned to Orleans County as a General Surgeon and continues his Practice at Medina Memorial Hospital. His office is at 11075 West Center Street, Medina New York. Dr. Misiti served on the Medical Scholarship Board from 1990 - 1996.
enrolled to SUNY @ Buffalo Medical School in 1983. Dr. White came to Orleans County and joined the practice of Dr. David Stall. Doctor Deb White died in an tragic auto accident along with her husband and child in February 1999.
enrolled to SUNY @ Buffalo Medical School in 1984. Dr. Johnson joined the Medina Memorial Hospital Staff in 1994 and has practiced General - Vascular Surgery in Orleans County thru the Present. His offices are 300 Ohio Street, Medina, NY 585-798-2200 and 156 W. Ave, Suite 206, Brockport, NY 14420. Eric has a special project in Grenada, organizing an annual medical help visit and many local doctors travel to offer assistance to this impoverished area each year.
The board has started this website to improve communication and 'get the word out'! If you have any comments, wish to volunteer or serve on this worthwhile indeavor, please contact one of the board members or send an email to the legislature. Thank you.
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