Dr. Carolyn D. Runowicz is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in women’s health and gynecologic cancer. As a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Wertheim College of Medicine, Runowicz, now retired, recognized the importance of giving back and helping academically successful students achieve their dreams. In the last 10 years, she and her husband, Professor Emeritus Dr. Sheldon Cherry, have donated over $1 million to the medical school to support research and help ease students’ financial burden. Recently, the couple created a scholarship that will help the best and brightest FIU medical students complete their education with less financial hardship.
“It will help them reach for the brass ring,” Runowicz says. “They can go to the best residencies and follow their passions.”
The prestigious award will be conferred the next academic year.