The Edward M. Chester, M.D. Summer Scholars Program awards fifteen collegiate undergraduate students the opportunity to spend ten weeks over the summer in clinical laboratory research settings at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Established in 1981, The Chester Summer Scholars Program is an opportunity for pre-medical and scientifically-oriented students to explore the potential for a career in medical research or academic medicine. The program has become nationally recognized. Students from over forty colleges and universities across the United States have participated in this innovative program.

Scholars are assigned to a MetroHealth medical staff researcher who has developed the project on which the Scholar will work and who will supervise the progress of the Scholar's learning experience.

Scholars spend the better part of each weekday participating directly in the research project activity. There are also opportunities for observation of surgery, hospital rounds, and other experiences at MetroHealth that are an integral part of the program. At the end of the ten-week experience, the Scholars are required to prepare a project report for presentation.

A 1986 Chester Summer Scholar was a recipient of a Time College Achievement Award from Time Magazine.  Many scholars have been published as a result of research done during the summer program. A Fulbright Scholarship was awarded to a 1995 Chester Summer Scholar. The majority of Scholars go on to medical school and pursue a career in medical research or academic medicine.

For further information see the application information page and/or contact:

Edward M. Chester, M.D. Summer Scholars Program
Division of Neonatology
Research Building 2nd Floor
Attention:  John J. Moore , MD
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, Ohio 44109-1998
(216) 778-5940