Penny E. Figas Future Physician Scholarship

The Humboldt/Del Norte County Medical Society, component of the California Medical Association, was founded in 1886 to represent physicians on the north coast. The purposes of the Society are to promote the science and art of medicine, the care and well-being of physicians, the protections of the public health, and the interests of the medical profession; to cooperate with other organizations of like purposes; and unite with similar societies in the State of California as component societies of the California Medical Association. Humboldt and Del Norte Counties have always faced issues with recruitment and retention and is committed to programs that help develop pipelines for future physicians interested in living and working in our beautiful area. Hoping to build this fund into an Endowment Fund and be sustainable into the future, this fund was created as another way physicians and our community can be involved in helping to recruit and retain physicians here on the north coast.  The scholarship was renamed Penny E. Figas Future Physician Scholarship Fund in honor of her 45 ½ years of dedicated service as Executive Director of the Humboldt-Del Norte County Medical Society (1978-2023) and her commitment to physician workforce development.