Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Bryn Mawr College

	“Each year I talk to Bryn Mawr students about volunteering for the Adopt-a-School program of Physicians for Social Responsibility. My message is that there is more to medicine than the routine of providing health care in an office setting. I believe physicians also can serve as advocates for improving patients’ lives and improving our health care system. Bryn Mawr students are receptive to my message. They already have an interest in progressive causes and social justice issues.”

	Board Member, Physicians for Social Responsibility
	A retired primary care physician and nephrologist, Joel serves on the national and Philadelphia boards of Physicians for Social Responsibility. He also serves as a liaison for the Philadelphia chapter's Adopt-a-School program, which provides volunteer health educators/mentors to students in local inner-city schools.

	"By volunteering with Jeff HOPE, Bryn Mawr postbacs have a lot of opportunities to interact with medical students and faculty, but even more important, with clients. Hearing our clients' stories helps students to put medical care into a broader perspective of economic, social and political issues. It's my view that physicians have both professional and social responsibilities. Bryn Mawr students have a passion and desire to influence broader issues. They are bright, engaged and interested, their eyes are wide open, and they're fun to work with."

	Faculty Adviser and Medical Director, Jeff HOPE, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
	James is Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Director of the Community and Behavioral Health component of Jefferson Medical College's Masters of Science in Public Health program. He serves as Faculty Adviser and Medical Director of the Jeff HOPE program, through which Jefferson Medical College students provide primary health care and social advocacy to clients at Philadelphia homeless shelters and a needle exchange site.