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“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.”
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Board Member, Physicians for Social Responsibility
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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.
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"The classes at Bryn Mawr are intense, and sometimes we lose sight of the connection between the classes and practicing medicine. I volunteered at a women's health clinic in Philadelphia, and it was good to have hands-on experience. Volunteering was a good reminder of why I went to school to become a doctor."
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Swarthmore College, B.A. French 1998
Postbac Class of 2002
Yale University School of Medicine, Class of 2007
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After graduating from Swarthmore, Libby taught emotionally disturbed children for a year and then traveled to Katmandu, Nepal, where she spent another year helping rural people gain access to health care. Following completion of the postbac program, Libby spent part of her glide year in an intensive Spanish language program in Guatemala.
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"The postbac program emphasized community service from the very first day, and it provided specific contacts with organizations in the Philadelphia area. This commitment to community service wasn't only in words—Bryn Mawr even reimbursed part of our travel costs to and from the service site. I volunteered once a week at the Catholic Worker Free Clinic. It was inspiring to participate in the health care of underserved populations in a place that treated everyone with respect and compassion."
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Yale University, B.A. History 1996
Postbac Class of 2002
Brown University School of Medicine, Class of 2006
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Charles worked on the legislative staff of then-Senator Bill Bradley in Washington, D.C., and also on Bradley's presidential campaign. For two years, he worked in New York City at a small public interest law firm on child welfare, medical disability and police brutality cases. He has also taught English in Guinea, West Africa, and studied piano in Italy.
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"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."
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Faculty Adviser and Medical Director, Jeff HOPE,
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
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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.
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"What I remember most vividly about the Bryn Mawr postbac program is the strength of its students - a remarkable group of people from a variety of backgrounds who had been well into their first careers and then decided to become doctors. It was a lot of hard work, but we had a great year."
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Haverford College, B.A. Sociology 1986
Postbac Class of 1988
Brown University School of Medicine, Class of 1992
Residency: Emory University, Pediatrics
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Joel is co-founder and senior vice president for medical and public health programs at RedCell Associates, consultants in terrorism and disaster preparedness and response planning. Since 1995, he has advised the Centers for Disease Control, the Public Health Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services on these and other issues.
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