Education
In order to improve health care in Latvia, LMF considered it important to complement the knowledge of Latvian doctors. The fund do this with travel scholarships to provide young doctors with opportunities to study abroad and bring new knowledge back to Latvia. The first fellows were orthopedic surgeon Valdis Zatlers and vascular surgeon Dainis Krievins. Scholarships became the main activity of LMF in 2002, when LMF founded a Zarins-Knight study travelling fellowship program. From 1992 to 2024 LMF has awarded 90 fellowships, totaling more than $410 000 (avarage < $5,000 each).
Zarins Educational
Fellowships
Currently, LMF Fellowships are divided into three categories:
- Zarins Fellowship for Residents and Young Doctors – for Latvian residents and young doctors to acquire medical knowledge from outside Latvia and bring it back to Latvia.
- Zarins Scholarships for Medical Students – for Latvian medical students to supplement their knowledge in foreign universities and scientific laboratories.
- LMF Andras Kalniņas Scholarships – for youths of Latvian origin who live outside Latvia to spend the summer in Latvia at one of the major hospitals.
Birnbaums, Jānis Verners, MD – 4 000 USD
Pāvulāns, Jānis, MD – 4 500 USD
Ratniece, Madara, MD – 4 500 USD
Ļeščinska, Anna Marija, MD – 4 000 USD
Žibenko, Pāvels, MD – 3500 USD
Garbarino, Magnolija, st. – 3 000 USD
Kalniņš, Viktors, st. – 3 000 USD
Zarins Fellowship for Residents and Young Doctors 2025
LMF Andras Kalniņas Scholarships 2025
Zarina Fellowship and Scholarship winners together with Bertrams Zarins, Kamena Kaidaka and Dainis Krieviņš at the Latvian Medical Association, 21 June, 2024