| |
Director
Position |
Education |
How I
got
involved |
Plans
for
2008-2009 |
Hobbies |
Contact
Regarding |
Hosted
Events |
|
Sara
Smolinski |
Community
Healthcare/
Outreach |
Kalkaska
HS
Grand
Valley
State
07 |
Volunteering
at
Covenant
Community
Care
and
working
with
underserved
communities |
Organizing
sign
up
and
logs
for
clinical
outreach
work
of
Amigos
student
members |
Reading,
tennis,
movies |
Volunteering
at
Covenant
Community
Care
(CCC) |
Clinical
Skills
Night |
|
Scott
Selle |
Community
Outreach |
Midland
U.
Michigan |
Trip
organizer
at U.
Michigan,
helped
train
student
trip
leaders
and
other
volunteers |
Educating
others
about
the
need
for
medical
Spanish
interpreters
and
providing
students
with
the
opportunity
to
use
their
Spanish
Skills |
Sports,
golf,
Frisbee,
outdoors,
camping |
Networking
with
community
organizations,
training
for
CHASS
and
other
community
outreach
events |
Amigos
cultural/
social
events,
CCC,
CHASS
Clinical
opportunities |
|
Chelsey
Forry |
Spanish
Language-
advanced |
Livonia,
Mi
U of
M Ann
Arbor |
Traveling
to Latin American
countries, undergraduate
experience
as
paid
tutor,
mentor,
etc... |
membership
year
long
commitment
all
students
who
attend the language
sessions
faithfully
will
be
competent
in a
basic Spanish
patient
interview. |
Dance,
figure
skating,
hanging
out
with
my
great
dane
called
Duke |
Dir
Spanish
language |
language
seeeions,
cultural
events,
conversation
hours,
seminars
and
coordinating
events
with
other
student
orgs. |
|
Sarah
Kenning
 |
Presidente |
I'm
from
Warren,
MI.
I
attended
Western
Michigan
University
where
I
majored
in
biomedical
science
and
Spanish. |
I have
been
involved with
Amigos
ever
since
I
started
medical
school.
I
volunteer
regularly
at
Covenant
clinic,
and
went
on
the
Amigos
trip
to
Mexico
over
spring
break.
I've
had
several
opportunities
to
travel
to
Spanish-speaking
countries
in
the
past
- I
studied
in
Spain
for 3
months,
did
clinical/healthcare
research
in
Guatemala
for 1
month,
and
most
recently
traveled
with
Amigos
to
Mexico
over
spring
break. |
In
the
2008-09
year,
I
hope
to
see
Amigos
continue
its
tradition
of
providing clinical,
educational,
and
research
opportunities
to
medical
students.
I
would
also
like
to
see
Amigos
grow
as an
organization,
branching
out
into
community
service,
bringing
in
more
speakers
to
give
presentations
on
medical
issues
relevant
to
the
Hispanic
community,
and
introducing the
members
to
more
cultural
events. |
For
fun I
like
to
play
the
piano,
read,
watch
movies,
sleep,
etc... |
My
responsibilities
with
Amigos
include
planning the
yearly
calendar,
planning
and
running
the
board
meetings,
and
working
with
the
other
board
members
to
make
sure
Amigos
accomplishes
all
of
its
goals. |
Any
questions
they
have
about
Amigos. |
|
Karin
Reed
|
VP/
Research |
Surfside, CA Washington
University in St. Louis
|
Majored in Spanish Language and Literature
in Undergrad, have always been invested and interested in hispanic culture and
language. Also enjoy working with and trying to increase healthcare
opportunities for underserved communities.
Served as a 1st year representative on the Amigos Medicos
board last year and planned and coordinated the first year trip to Mexico, as
well as attended the National Hispanic Medical Association annual conference.
I have also volunteered at Covenant clinic, |
In addition to continuing to reach it's goals, I
hope that amigos can grow as an organization, and provide even more
opportunities to medical students for service and learning. I also hope
that the general body members and the board can create a cohesive group to
accomplish even more. I am also working to begin health-related public
service announcements on local spanish radio stations. |
Dancing, anything outdoors, movies, traveling and
exploring, and speaking spanish! |
Be Sarah's #2 man. |
Amigos Trip to Mexico. I have also traveled to Chile,
Spain, and Argentina.
|
Stephen
Estime
|
Treasurer
/
Trip
Coordinator |
Southfield,
Michigan
and
attended
the
University
of
Michigan |
Drawn
to
the
organization
because
smaller
and
more
intimate
feel,
clinical
skills
night
was
amazing
and
participating
in
the
South
Carolina
trip
reinforced
my
desire
to
make
Amigos
great.
-Studied
abroad
in
Dominican
Republic
3
years
ago |
I
hope
the
make
Amigos
a
force
to be
reckoned
with
next
year
: 0 )
I
will
travel
to
Ecuador
this
summer
for 5
weeks
|
sports
(esp
basketball
&
tennis)
reading
and
traveling |
Oversee
the
budget
for
our
year,
submitting
budget
proposals
through
main
campus
&
student
affairs,
reimbursing,
managing
funds. |
Planning
events
(social,
e-board
to
general
body
meetings),
fundraising,
general
questions
about
state
of
affairs
w/
money |
|
Lesley Lawrenson
 |
Founder
/
webmaster 2008 |
Hometown
of
San
Francisco,
CA
Undergrad,
masters
at
sunny
UC
San
Diego |
Volunteer
Interpreter
Tiajuana
border
clinic,
ER
technician
Scripps
Mercy,
San
Diego |
obtaining
non-profit
status
for
Amigos,
maintaining
the
Amigos
website,
helping
event
plan
with
other
members |
triathlon,
cycling,
outdoor
stuff |
website |
bringing
new
ideas
or
changes
to
the
board |
|
Sherene
Arbabi
|
community
outreach |
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|
Ernest
Retland III
|
Advanced
Spanish/CHASS
coordinator |
Detroit (west side)
University of Michigan-Dearborn
|
I minored in and tutored Spanish while in undergrad. I
also taught Spanish at the
PULSE
Academy (an umbrella organization of the Black Medical Assn).
In my first year with Amigos I was an active participant
of the language sessions and I
shadowed
doctors at CHASS clinic. |
I believe that learning
Spanish is definitely one of the ways to increase a physician’s
accessibility with diverse patient populations. I want to create a
solid and consistent language curriculum in an open environment for students
that are eager to learn or further their medical Spanish. |
Drawing/painting, moderate weight-lifting, studying
Spanish
|
I will teach/lead language sessions as well as coordinate
scheduling for students interested
in shadowing doctors at CHASS Clinic.
|
Language sessions & questions about CHASS Clinic |
