LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Lake County native and graduate of Clear Lake High School has graduated from the University of California, Davis School of Medicine with honors.
Stephanie Rasmussen, 29, formerly of Lakeport, received the school’s highest academic and leadership medal at its commencement ceremonies on May 13.
The School of Medicine Medal is presented to the student who best displays the qualities of leadership, scholarship and respect for human life necessary to fulfill a physician’s pledge to be of service to humanity.
Rasmussen was a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, received the AMWA Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement, and was selected as the outstanding student in both gastroenterology and pharmacology.
She was among the 126 candidates in the class of 2022 receiving the Doctor of Medicine degree.
The 51st commencement ceremony took place at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for Performing Arts in Davis, the first in-person commencement since 2019.
The daughter of Lakeport Chief of Police Brad Rasmussen and Karyn Rasmussen, Stephanie Rasmussen graduated from Clear Lake High School in 2011 as the valedictorian of her class, where she served as student body president and a member of the Interact Club, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lakeport.
Her extracurricular activities included 15 years of studies and performances with Antoinette’s School of Dance.
“The educational support from teachers and the programs in the Lakeport schools, particularly Clear Lake High School, helped set me up for success in both college and graduate school,” she noted in attributing her academic success.
Rasmussen’s higher education began with a scholarship to Dominican University of California where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 2014. Her Master of Science degree in biology from Dominican was awarded in 2017.
With a focus on malaria research during her six years at Dominican, Rasmussen spent three summers in Uganda studying mechanisms of antimalarial drug resistance. She continued her work until entering medical school in 2018.
Rasmussen will begin her residency program at New York University Grossman School of Medicine in June.
Her primary work will occur at Bellevue Hospital, the oldest hospital in the United States, founded in 1736. The hospital provides health care for individuals regardless of their ability to pay, handling over one million visits per year.
The commencement ceremony can be watched here. Rasmussen’s award is given at the 1:01:45 mark in the video.
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