Community Service Brochure - Weill Medical College - Cornell ...

Student Organizations
Most student organizations at Weill have a
community service component in addition to their
social activities.
• Center for Discourse on U.S. Healthcare
Policy
• Cornell LGBT People in Medicine/Q!
• Jewish Students Organization of Cornell
(JSOC)
• Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)
• Minority Association of Pre-Health Students
• Physicians for a National Health Program
(PNHP)
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Student National Medical Association
(SNMA)
• Students for Equal Opportunity in Medicine
(SEOM)
For detailed program descriptions please visit our
website:
http://www.med.cornell.edu/education/student/com
_ser_pro.html
Weill Cornell Community Service Program
Since 1989, when Cornell University Medical College
received the only graduate level federal grant for
community service from the Fund for Improvement
of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), student initiated
volunteer projects in New York City have been a
major feature of extra-curricular life at the Medical
College. The Weill Cornell Community Service
Program (WCCSP) exists to help students best serve
the community.
The mission of the program is two-fold: one, to
channel the talents and creativity of the medical
students into existing public and private non-profit
organizations and, two, to help student groups
develop innovative approaches to education and
health care. The Office of Community Service aims to
provide a wide range of service opportunities for the
medical students with the hope of making their time
at Cornell as rich and meaningful as possible.
Over seventy-five percent of the members of the
first and second year classes are involved in one or
more community service projects. Even MD/PhD,
third, and fourth year medical students find some
time to participate in community service activities
and/or to teach clinical skills to the first and second
year students. We believe that students who are
exposed to the needs of their community during
medical school will ultimately become more
compassionate and aware physicians.
Ms. Sahira Torres
Coordinator
Office of Community Service
445 East 69th Street
Room #208
New York, NY 10021
(212) 746-3390
sjt2003@med.cornell.edu
http://www.med.cornell.edu/education/student/com
_ser_pro.html
http://weill.cornell.edu/education/admissions/
comm_servc.html
Office of Community
Service
Weill Cornell Medical
College
"In every community, there is work to be done.
In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In
every heart, there is power to do it."
-Marianne Williamson

Child and Adolescent Outreach &
Education Projects
Many of the Weill Cornell community service projects
work to serve a very special population-the children
and adolescents growing up in New York City.
Today's youth face many challenges and have many
different needs; the medical students' strive to
address these challenges. The student commitments
are evident from the depth and breath of the
services provided. The projects are all ambitious,
scopes varying within the population served, length
of intervention, clinical/non-medical nature of the
project, etc. Some volunteers spend their time
educating area students about childhood obesity;
others act as mentors, while yet others aim to
connect our youth with both information about and
access to health care. While the specific goals of
these projects may differ, Weill medical students
bring meaningful elements to all of the projects --
inspiration, guidance, encouragement, support,
empowerment and education.
• Big Buddies
• Camp Phoenix
• Cornell Kids
• Health for Life
• High School Health Professions
Recruitment/Exposure Program (HPREP)
• Kids in Cancer Support (KICS)
• Motivating Action through Community
Health Outreach (MAChO)
• Weill Cornell Youth Scholars Program
(WCYSP)
Adult Outreach Projects & Interest Groups
For over a decade, Weill Cornell medical students
have served the transient community of New York
City. Medical students strive to provide basic first
aid, health education, referral services - and most
importantly, the precious gift of time and caring in
overpopulated and understaffed homeless shelters.
The Weill Cornell Community Clinic is another
successful endeavor in addressing the problem of
lacking medical resources in New York City. It is a
student-run clinic that offers primary medical care to
uninsured patients at little or not cost. This clinic
has been a tremendous contribution to the
community around the city and we welcome you to
visit the website for more information.
http://wccc.med.cornell.edu/
• Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)
• Geriatric Interest Group
• Grand Central Neighborhood Clinic
• Internal Medicine Interest Group
• Medical Students for Choice/ Reproductive
Health Initiative
• Ophthalmology Interest Group
• Pediatric Interest Group (PedIG)
• Sports Medicine Interest Group
• Weill Cornell Community Clinic (WCCC)
One-Day Volunteer Events
One of the goals of the Weill Cornell Community
Service Program is to provide the students with a
broad spectrum of volunteer opportunities. Events
vary greatly in population served, time commitment
needed, and student planning involved. But most
importantly, these events represent the incredible
degree of student commitment to community service
for each project is created, organized, and
implemented by students.
• Bone Marrow Drive
• Food Drive
• Clothing Drive
• Regional Pre-Medical Conference
• Settlement Health Fair