Colorado Health Service Corps Awards $600,000 in Loan Repayment Program for Healthcare Professionals

The Primary Care Office at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has awarded $600,000 in loan repayment funds for healthcare professionals serving Colorado’s medically underserved. The Colorado Health Service Corps has granted loan repayment to health care professionals in some of the state's most underserved communities. This round of awards included:

• Jess Adams, a dentist at Peak Vista Community Health Center in Colorado Springs
• Eric Scotland, a dentist at Sunrise Community Health in Loveland
• Sonia Grewal, a dentist at High Plains Community Health Center in Lamar
• Nicholas Gagner, a dentist at Sunrise Community Health in Greeley
• Terrance Wolbaum, a dentist at Sunrist Community Health in Greeley
• Peter Marshall, a family physician at Pagosa Mountain Clinic in Pagosa Springs
• Fiona Horgan, a physician assistant at Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics in Thornton
• Daniel Hammond, a nurse practitioner at Centennial Mental Health Center in Sterling
• Christie Wilson, a licensed clinical social worker at the Midwestern Center for Mental Health - Olathe Clinic in Montrose
• Laine Covington-Goren, a licensed professional counselor at the Sterling Correctional Facility in Sterling
• Erin Bennett, a licensed professional counselor at The Center for Mental Health in Gunnison
• Darren Lish, a psychiatrist at the Department of Corrections/University of Colorado in Denver

Primary care physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, licensed mental health professionals and oral health professionals may be eligible for significant educational loan debt forgiveness of up to $105,000. To participate in the Colorado Health Service Corps, health professionals must be employed or seeking full-time employment, in an outpatient primary care practice in an area of Colorado with a health professional shortage. Successful applicants will demonstrate a commitment to caring for underserved people and agree to a term of service of two or three years.  Primary health providers who practice in rural and urban underserved communities may qualify.  The new applications period will begin November 1.

For more information on specific eligibility requirements and to complete the online application, visit http://www.coloradohealthservicecorps.org/ or call 303.692.2466.