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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Email Your Physician Volunteer Opportunities to Editor@SDCMS.org SDCMS Foundation Project Access: Volunteer specialty physicians are needed for the following specialties: gynecology, pulmonology, urology, general surgery, ENT or head and neck, ophthalmology, GI, rheumatology, and endocrinology. We are seeking these specialists throughout all regions of San Diego. Commitment can vary by practice. The mission of the SDCMS Foundation’s Project Access is to improve community health, access to care for all, and wellness for patients and physicians through engaged volunteerism. Help us help the most vulnerable population seek care. For more information, please call Barbara Mandel at (858) 300-2780 or email Barbara.Mandel@SDCMS.org, or visit our website at www.SDCMSF.org. Interested in Becoming a Preceptor for Osteopathic Medical Students? Midwestern/AZCOM osteopathic medical school in Phoenix has third- and fourth-year medical students in San Diego looking for clinical rotations, particularly in pediatrics, psychiatry, general surgery, and OB/GYN. Requirements: Either MD or DO; physicians interested must commit to minimum one four-week rotation per year/or more as desired (2–3 preferable) and to FT hands-on training for each student as is reasonable
in memoriam MARGARET FARROW, MD, 41-year member of SDCMS-CMA, passed away on April 1, 2015, at the age of 73. NICK S.-C. HUANG, MD, one-year member of SDCMS-CMA, passed away on June 15, 2015, at the age of 48. PHILIP R. HUMBER, MD, seven-year member of SDCMS-CMA, passed away on June 5, 2015, at the age of 65.
for the duration of the rotation. Compensation and CME provided. If interested, please contact Dr. Kevin Considine at kconsidine@ sbcglobal.net for more information. Humanitarian Teams Need Medical Volunteers for Haiti: We are looking for physicians and mid-level providers for one-week primary care medical clinics in rural Haiti in February and June 2016. This is a rewarding opportunity to work with the people of Haiti and provide care in a very austere environment in a medically underserved area. Seattle-King County Disaster Team — a U.S.-based nonprofit — has been operating these clinics since 1998. We coordinate all in-country travel and logistics. Please contact Bob Downey at (619) 905-7157 or at labboy@earthlink.net if you are interested in applying. Visit www.skcdteam.org for further information. Physician Volunteer Opportunity: Established in 2011, Flying Samaritans of SDSU provides free healthcare to the underserved community of Ejido Matamoros, Mexico (15 minutes away from the border) through monthly medical and dental clinics (every second Saturday of the month), seeing 60–80 patients/medical clinic and 10/ dental clinic. Visit www.sdsuflyingsamaritans. org for details, or email FlyingSamaritansSDSU@gmail.com.
NORMAN W. PINCOCK, MD, 38-year member of SDCMS-CMA, passed away on May 31, 2015, at the age of 77.
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THOMAS E. WILSON, MD, 22-year member of SDCMS-CMA, passed away on May 25, 2015, at the age of 82. JOSEPH H. WOOD, JR., MD, 36-year member of SDCMS-CMA, passed away on March 7, 2015, at the age of 84. Endorsed by
PHILIP E. YOUNG, MD, nine-year member of SDCMS-CMA, passed away on Feb. 4, 2015, at the age of 75.
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