Student Organizations
Weill Cornell Community Service Program
Most student organizations at Weill have a
community service component in addition to their
social activities.
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.
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Association of Native American Medical
Students (ANAMS)
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Center for Discourse on U.S. Healthcare
Policy
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Jewish Students Organization of Cornell
(JSOC)
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Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)
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Minority Association of Pre-Health Students
(MAPS)
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Physicians for a National Health Program
(PNHP)
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Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)
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Q! Queer Health Alliance
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Student National Medical Association
(SNMA)
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Students for Equal Opportunity in Medicine
(SEOM)
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Women in Medicine
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.
Office of Community
Service
Weill Cornell Medical
College
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
For detailed program descriptions please visit our
website:
http://www.med.cornell.edu/education/student/com
_ser_pro.html
http://weill.cornell.edu/education/student/so_comm
_serv.html
"In every community, there is work to be done.
http://weill.cornell.edu/education/admissions/
comm_servc.html
every heart, there is power to do it."
In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In
-Marianne Williamson
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.
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.
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/
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Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)
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Geriatric Interest Group
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Camp Phoenix
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Heart to Heart
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Chemistry for Kids
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Internal Medicine Interest Group
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Cornell Kids
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Medical Students for Choice/ Reproductive
Health Initiative
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FNC Health Professions Mentorship Program
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Ophthalmology Interest Group
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High School Health Professions
Recruitment/Exposure Program (HPREP)
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Pediatric Interest Group (PedIG)
Kids in Chronic Support (KICS)
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Sports Medicine Interest Group
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Motivating Action through Community
Health Outreach (MAChO)
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Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights
(WCCHR)
Science and Medicine Enhancement
Program (SMEP)
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Weill Cornell Community Clinic (WCCC)
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Weill Cornell Youth Scholars Program
(WCYSP)
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Food Drive
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Clothing Drive
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Regional Pre-Medical Conference