MED2028 Volunteer opportunity - Housecalls for the Homeless

[Lori Ferguson]

Hello Students,



Housecalls for the Homeless is looking for student Volunteers. Below is more information on our program as well as the link to sign up for volunteering.



Sign up link for current openings:



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BACKGROUND

HouseCalls for the Homeless is an Upstate program co-founded by Dr. David Lehmann and Mia Ruiz-Salvador in the summer of 2018. Developed within the framework of other urban initiatives within the United States, our program provides direct medical care to individuals living on the streets of Syracuse, in partnership with SUNY Upstate and, In My Father’s Kitchen, a faith-based organization whose purpose is to feed people spirit, soul, and body; using food distribution and supplying material necessities to break down barriers, build relationships, and bring hope to those who feel invisible.



The goal of our program is to fill the gaps in medical, psychiatric, and addiction care to provide the requisite base of health care in support of the larger social safety net services. To meet this goal, acute and preventive care is provided at point of contact. We provide medical care such as treatment of infections, wound dressing, footcare, and initiate suboxone therapy while bridging individuals to addiction services. Chronic conditions such as hypertension, COPD, and diabetes are monitored, and individuals receive counseling on how to manage their care.



Housecalls is working on expanding services back into local shelters (post-covid), and this past summer opened up clinic hours to serve the women at the Salvation Army Women’s Shelter & permanent supportive housing units upstairs.





STREET MEDICINE



HOUSECALLS MEDICAL STUDENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

  1.  Syringe Exchange with OCHD & IMFK Team at Samaritan Center

(MONDAYS @ Time: 12:45-2:45)

2 STUDENT SLOTS AVAILABLE

This street outreach experience will entail accompanying Dr. Lehmann and street outreach team in the medical van to a needle exchange street outreach location run by the OCHD. Housecalls provides medical support to those individuals utilizing their SEP (Syringe Exchange Program).



  1.  Street Outreach on the van with IMFK

(TUESDAY & THURSDAYS @ Time: 11:15-2:15)

1 STUDENT SLOT AVAILABLE

The Street Outreach w/ In My Father’s Kitchen (IMFK) team experience entails riding along with IMFK care managers and a medical provider meeting patients on the streets, while providing meals, clothing, and medical support.



  1.  Salvation Army Women’s Shelter and PSH units with Madeline Frank, PA

(EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY @ 10:00AM-12:00PM)

1 STUDENT SLOT AVAILABLE

This experience entails meeting our medical team* at the women’s shelter to address acute medical needs (uti’s, cysts, rashes, earaches) and chronic care needs (medication reconciliation and bridging patients to pcps or referrals to specialists).  All the women sheltered and housed at this location have mental health issues and have experienced trauma, which is why we use an all-female medical team to serve this particular population.



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Here is the link to our Upstate webpage: https://www.upstate.edu/outreach/housecalls-homeless/index.php





Jilliane Tivnan

Phone: (315) 464-9825

Fax: (315) 464-5776

E-mail:  Tivnanj at upstate.edu<mailto:Tivnanj at upstate.edu>



Housecalls for the Homeless Program Coordinator for:

  David Lehmann, PharmD, MD

  SUNY Distinguished Service Professor

  Department of Medicine   Clinical Pharmacology

  Chair, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee

  Medical Director, Housecalls for the Homeless - Upstate



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