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FEATURE (from page 169)<br />
and quarterly meetings that include an educational<br />
lecture and dinner to round out the year’s activities.<br />
Gateway <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization,<br />
has just deployed a newly updated website<br />
(www.gatewaymedicalsociety.org), including a donate<br />
now feature for like-minded individuals who agree with<br />
the importance of our programs and wish to help<br />
financially. Each year our academic mentorship program<br />
grows by 15-20 students. We are approaching 60 students<br />
at present and, in three years when our pipeline<br />
has students in all six phases, we will have approximately<br />
120 students each year. Because our students are in<br />
schools that do not have a full array of advanced placement<br />
courses, our goal for the future is to partner with<br />
CCAC to enable our students to take those courses<br />
during phases IV, V or VI. If possible, our students will<br />
not only get the necessary building blocks to be a strong<br />
candidate for colleges or graduate programs, they will<br />
graduate from high school with college credit, knowing<br />
that they already can handle the rigors of college courses.<br />
Our critical need is for physician mentors and doctors<br />
who are willing to teach in any of our simulation sessions.<br />
Also, as our students start phase III (ninth graders)<br />
and partner with Investment Now for math and science<br />
tutoring and PSAT and SAT prep, laptops are badly<br />
needed. I truly thank those who have donated refurbished<br />
laptops and promised to buy new ones; I encourage<br />
anyone else thinking of buying a new laptop for<br />
themselves, to donate their old ones to ACMS to be<br />
refurbished for our students. Again, we thank <strong>Allegheny</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong> for providing this forum for<br />
Gateway <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong> to highlight some of the work<br />
the society does that could have broad-based appeal and<br />
far reaching effect on our community.<br />
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William Simmons, MD, is president of the Gateway <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
He can be reached at (412) 281-4086 or wsimmonsmd@mac.com. For<br />
more information on GMS, visit www.gatewaymedicalsociety.org.<br />
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April 2012 : Bulletin<br />
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