On the Path to Helping Children

Scholarships helped open the door to Theiline Gborkorquellie, M.D. ’13 becoming a pediatrician.

November 12, 2021

Theiline Gborkorquellie, M.D. ’13, scholarship recipient in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

For Theiline Gborkorquellie, M.D. ’13, her path started when her mother, a nurse, died when she was only 11. The trauma of the event, along with the values of service and care that her mother had instilled in and modeled for her, set her on the path toward a medical career.  With the help of scholarships, today, Dr. Gborkorquellie is a pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital.

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