Term Scholarship Donor

Ken Levistky, M86, experience a memorable mix of déjà vu and catharsis one day in 1988. It was early in his orthopedic residency at what is now Tufts Medical Center, two years after graduating from Tufts University School of Medicine. Walking up the stairs at his medical alma mater, he got "a really good feeling just being there," realizing that it was because of Tufts School of Medicine that he was now a doctor. "That little moment has stuck with me for the longest time," says Levistky, an orthopedic surgeon in a multi-specialty orthopedic practice in norther New Jersey.

"Being a doctor defines me greatly," he explains. "I get tremendous personal satisfaction from being a physician, taking care of emergency patients who need care, being a team doctor for a local high school, and changing people's lives by putting their bones back together."

Feeling a debt of gratitude to the medical school that launched his career as well as his identity, Levitsky recently decided to step up his support of Tufts School of Medicine. A firm believer that "higher education is our future," Levitsky recognizes that "tuition aid is Tufts School of Medicine's true need... and a perfect fit" for him. With that in mind, he established a term scholarship to provide financial aid to one or more students for a specific time periods. "I felt good about [making the gift] to begin with," says Levitsky. "After meeting Tess, I feel great about it."