TRMC Foundation awards Terry Arthur Physician Assistant Scholarship
Published 8:56 am Wednesday, August 6, 2025
- Fitzgerald native Marlaina Reaves was recently awarded with the Terry Arthur Physician Assistant Scholarship. (Submitted photo)
TIFTON — The Tift Regional Medical Center Foundation recently presented Marlaina Reaves with the third annual Terry Arthur Physician Assistant Scholarship.
“Since 2021, Marlaina has worked at Southwell as a physical therapy assistant. She is from Fitzgerald and is eager to help patients on their road to recovery,” said Mandy Brooks, executive director of the TRMC Foundation.
Reaves has been accepted into the Berry College Physician Associate Program for August 2025 and plans to graduate in August 2027, according to a press release from the foundation.
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This award is made possible due to contributions from area physician assistants. The award was named after Tifton’s first physician assistant and founding member of the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants, Terry Arthur. He graduated from UAB in 1973 and joined Tifton Medical Clinic, now known as Southwell Medical Clinic. Arthur currently works part-time in Tift Regional’s Heart and Vascular Center.
“Terry has been instrumental in training and mentoring physician assistant students and graduates,” Brooks said.
To learn more or to donate to the Terry Arthur Physician Assistant Scholarship call (229) 391-3310.
