PCO's Asef Chowdhury ‘26OD is the 2024 Toland Scholarship Winner
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PCO's Asef Chowdhury ‘26OD is the 2024 Toland Scholarship Winner
Asef Chowdhury ‘26OD was on a Zoom call when he found out he was named the 2024 Joseph C. Toland Memorial Scholarship winner for the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO), Salus at Drexel University.
He was so excited he pumped his fist so hard that he almost fell out of his bed.
“I felt extremely embarrassed because I realized I just did that with my camera on, over a Zoom call that the entire staff of PCO was attending. I hope no one saw that,” said Chowdhury.
The $2,000 scholarship, Chowdhury said, was an affirmation for him that he made the right career decision.
“Asef is the epitome of what we are looking for in the recipient of the Joseph C. Toland Scholarship,” said Maria L. Parisi, OD, FAAO, associate dean of Optometric Clinical Affairs at PCO. “He is also a stellar PCO optometric student — the perfect recipe for a successful clinician.”
The Toland Scholarship is awarded to a second-year Doctor of Optometry student(s) who has demonstrated exceptional clinical promise during their early patient care assignments, while also demonstrating kindness and compassion in the delivery of care, those personal qualities that epitomized the compassionate care and kindness representative of Dr. Toland.
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