Medical student Tobin Carson profiled in Kennebec Journal

Tobin Carson, MSI, College of Osteopathic Medicine, who was awarded a $25,000 Doctors for Maine's Future scholarship, was the subject of a feature story in The Kennebec Journal and Central Maine Morning Sentinel Nov. 2, 2009. Carson is a mother of two who dropped out of high school at age 15."Tobin Carson is a very articulate, well-spoken woman who is going to represent her patients as a very strong advocate and represent her profession as a physician and as an osteopathic physician in an exemplary manner," Patricia Kelley, COM dean of students, told the reporter.

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