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American Specialty Health Awards Scholarship to Acupuncture Student
SAN DIEGO (August 29, 2005) – American Specialty Health (ASH), the nation’s leading complementary health care benefits organization, announced the winner of its 2005 scholarship award for students pursuing careers in acupuncture.
The scholarship winner is Donald Matesz, a student from the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture in Arizona. He will receive $5,000, which will be applied toward further studies in acupuncture.
Criteria for the scholarship included grade point average, financial need, and participation in various professional activities. Applicants were also required to submit a written essay on their studies in complementary health care. Matesz submitted an essay titled “How Oriental Medicine Can Help Resolve America's Health Care Crisis.”
“American Specialty Health is proud that Mr. Matesz is committed to pursuing a career in complementary health care,” said George DeVries, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of ASH. “This scholarship is a sign of our commitment to and encouragement of students who will become future complementary health care providers.”
Each year, students pursuing careers in various aspects of complementary health care may apply for scholarships totaling $41,000 through the American Specialty Health scholarship program. Qualifying students are those studying chiropractic, dietetics, naturopathy, massage therapy, or acupuncture at any accredited institution in the country.
The deadline for the 2006 scholarship for acupuncture students will be announced later this year. For information about ASH scholarships and future deadlines for students, please visit ASHCompanies.com/Providers/Scholarship.
American Specialty Health, Incorporated (ASH) and its subsidiaries are the nation's leading specialty benefits organization for complementary health care-providing benefit, health education, and affinity network programs to health plans, insurance carriers, employer groups, and trust funds nationwide. Its subsidiary American Specialty Health Plans of California, Inc., which operates in California, is the nation’s first and largest specialty health plan for chiropractic and acupuncture. Based in San Diego, ASH has more than 500 employees and more than 12.1 million members in benefit programs nationwide. For more information about ASH, visit us online at ASHCompanies.com.