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FROM THE STUDENT DIRECTORS
Now in its sixth year of operation, Shade Tree Clinic has
evolved into much more than a free clinic. The tireless
energy and enthusiasm of our volunteers has allowed us
to expand our patient care mission. Last year alone, 558
medical students, physicians, and community members donated
over 15,000 hours of service to the clinic.
(From the left: Sarah Scott, Isaac Chocron, Charissa
Kahue, Alon Peltz, Allison Ferreira, Paula Marincola,
Rachel Bloch, Brian Wright, and Anna Garcia.)
“Shade Tree offers our students
the opportunity to assist those
who may not otherwise have access
to health care, while learning
valuable skills in the process.”
Jeffrey Balser, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
and Dean of the Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine.
Over the past several years, our patients’ needs
have grown more complex. Many have chronic
conditions that require long-term care, and we
depend on your generous support to continue to
meet our patients’ increasingly complex needs.
While our mission remains the same, the ways in which
we strive to meet our patients’ needs and enhance our
medical students’ educational experiences have evolved.
Throughout the past year, we have focused on three
vital areas of growth:
(1) Extending patient care
(2) Enhancing education
(3) Engaging the community
We have expanded the scope of our Patient Health Education program to include
all 202 STC patients suffering from chronic illnesses including cardiovascular
disease, diabetes, and respiratory disease. Redesigned with a multi-disciplinary
mission, our PHE program places first and second year medical students in a
case-manager role. By working alongside social workers and dietetic interns,
our PHEs are able to support lifestyle change and health improvement for our
sickest patients.
Last year was the inaugural year of our longitudinal primary care elective for
fourth-year medical students, and it was tremendously successful. The elective
has facilitated an enhanced continuity-of-care model and re-energized our preclinical teaching effort.
We have also continued reaching out into the community through health fairs,
preventive health screenings, and health literacy and education classes. We
have begun offering our most popular classes in Spanish as well as created new
programs focused on encouraging safe and healthy lifestyle choices in children.
In 2012, we anticipate a move to a larger facility one mile from our current
Grace Street location. We are committed to serving all of our current patients,
and we look forward to utilizing the additional space to continue enhancing our
clinical and educational services. We thank you for your generous contributions,
which make Nashville a brighter and healthier place for so many people.
Allison Ferreira and Paula Marincola
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, SHADE TREE CLINIC
VANDERBILT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CLASS OF 2014
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The Leaders That Made It Happen
CLINIC LEADERSHIP
Executive Directors: Allison Ferreira and Paula Marincola
Director of Operations: Brian Wright
Director of Patient Health Education: Anna Garcia
Director of Pharmacy: Sarah Scott
Director of Social Work: Rachel Bloch
Director of Spanish Services: Isaac Chocron
Director of Community Outreach: Charissa Kahue
Director of Finance: Alon Peltz
Medical Directors: Robert Miller, M.D. and Michael Fowler, M.D.
Social Worker: Shannon Jordan, L.M.S.W.
PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
2010 - 2011: Benjamin Deschner and Ravi Patel
2009 - 2010: Adam Wegner and Jonathan Steer
2008 - 2009: Meredith Albin and Alon Peltz
2007 - 2008: Eve Henry and Caitlin Toomey
2006 - 2007: Sarah Dunn, Caroline Kim, Holly Hale,
Megan Herceg, Caroline Knox
2005 - 2006: Dana Guyer and Sara Horvitz
Co-Founders: Kristina Collins and Katie Cox
ADVISORY BOARD
Ronald Ballett (East Nashville Community)
Rachel Bloch (VUSM, Class of 2014)
Mary Bufwack, Ph.D. (UNHS)
Isaac Chocron (VUSM, Class of 2014)
Barbara Clinton, M.S.W. (Center for Health Services)
Neerav Desai, M.D. (VUMC)
Ben Deschner (VUSM, Class of 2013)
Robert Dittus, MD (VUMC)
Allison Ferreira (VUSM, Class of 2014)
Michael Fowler, M.D. (VUMC)
Dana Guyer, M.D. (VUMC)
Shannon Jordan, L.C.S.W. (VUMC)
Charissa Kahue (VUSM, Class of 2014)
Jon Kropski, M.D. (VUMC)
Lewis Lefkowitz, M.D. (VMC)
Paula Marincola (VUSM, Class of 2014)
Morgan McDonald, M.D. (VUMC)
Bonnie Miller, M.D. (VUMC), Sr. Associate Dean
Robert Miller, M.D. (VUMC)
Rob Nash, MBA, M.S.N., A.C.N.P., B.C. (VUMC)
Ravi Patel (VUSM, Class of 2013)
Alon Peltz (VUSM, Class of 2012)
Al Powers, M.D. (VUMC)
Scott Rodgers, M.D. (VUMC), Associate Dean
Beth Ann Sastre, M.D. (VUMC)
Sarah Scott (VUSM, Class of 2014)
Mavis Shorn, Ph.D., C.N.M. (VUSN)
Ernie Simms (East Nashville Community)
Amy Skye (East Nashville Community)
Jeff Stovall, M.D. (VUMC)
Lynn Webb, Ph.D. (VUMC)
Marilee Weingartner, M.S.N., F.N.P. (Franklin Road Women’s Health Center)
Jule West, M.D. (VUMC)
Brian Wright (VUSM, Class of 2014)
Center for Health Services: Barbara Clinton and Jill Flowers
Special Events: Sarah Woodall and Marcia Kelly
SENIOR ELECTIVE
STUDENTS:
Katie Ayers
Emily Cooperstein
Ryan Fritz
Christian Fuchs
Dustin Hipp
Kelly Kohorst
Brad Lindell
Justin Gregg
David Marcovitz
Jamie Robinson
Mazeyar Saboori
Morgan Walls
Adam Wegner
Michael Wolf
“Over the past six
years, the Shade Tree
Clinic has become a
cornerstone of the
Vanderbilt medical
school experience. It
is a source of pride for
the entire medical
center and for all of
Vanderbilt University.”
Bonnie Miller, M.D.
Sr. Associate Dean
FROM THE MEDICAL DIRECTORS
With each year of operation, Shade Tree has grown and
evolved as an organization. Its patients have become more
complicated, the needs of the community have become more
noticeable, and more people and community organizations
look to Shade Tree as a resource.
The clinic is small, crowded, and hectic. Patients fill a
small waiting area while 20+ students and faculty crowd
into an equally tight treatment area. It is common for
patients to drop in with acute problems.
One Saturday, a patient dropped in with an acute problem
that challenged the clinic’s providers and demonstrated
the extraordinary capabilities of our students. The patient was well known
to the clinic when he noted the onset of chest pain. He insisted on coming
to Shade Tree, not an emergency room. He said that he knew the clinic and
trusted they would take good care of him. He presented to the registration
window and the students immediately recognized that he was acutely ill. They
put him into an examination room, took a brief history, performed a limited
examination and ran electrocardiogram. Within minutes, they determined
that he was having an acute myocardial infarction. With this assessment,
they instituted appropriate protocols, aspirin, nitroglycerin, and a call
for paramedics. They notified the Vanderbilt ED which activated the cardiac
catheterization lab. Upon arrival he was found to have a coronary stenosis,
which was successfully dilated and stented. All of this was done with
remarkable efficiency and the patient did very well.
Students and faculty visited the patient the next day and were pleased to
see him feeling well, sitting in a chair and joking. For the next week,
the students were frequently greeted and congratulated for their work,
professionalism, and skill. As directors, we also felt proud of how our
organization had functioned under challenging circumstances.
The students caring for this patient were part of a system, which worked
well that Saturday afternoon. They were not working in a state-of-the-art
structure, but had the knowledge and motivation to make a difference. They
had created a system, not just a clinic. We believe that their time at Shade
Tree is a very valuable part of making them better physicians.
Robert Miller, M.D.
Michael Fowler, M.D.
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Helping the Knights Manage Diabetes
Jimmy Knight knew exactly how hard it was to raise
a family. When he was very young, his family moved
to Nashville after his father’s death, leaving him to
support them on his own. Eventually he met and
married Diane, and the pair made a comfortable life
in Nashville for over 40 years.
But after Jimmy Knight lost TennCare insurance and developed a staph infection on his leg, they had no place to turn. When they sought healthcare
services in 2005, they were referred to Shade Tree.
“I thought, ‘Shade Tree? What is that?’” said Jimmy Knight. “But now I
don’t know what we would have done without Shade Tree.”
Both Jimmy and Diane have diabetes, and when they lost
TennCare, they had few options for medicine and help with
“I don’t know
healthy lifestyle choices.
what we would
“We wanted to be healthy. We didn’t know we could physicalhave
done without
ly do that before Shade Tree,” said Diane Knight, an ovarian
Shade Tree.”
cancer survivor. “The minute you come here that fear is lifted
off your shoulders. …They’re listening to everything you say.”
The Knights joined the Diabetes Alliance, a program that
helps diabetic patients understand their medicines, meet
people with similar conditions and change their lifestyle for better health
in the long run.
What truly stood out to the Knights at Shade Tree was dealing with
students. At Shade Tree, students are intimately involved with patient care.
They interact with patients; they discuss diagnoses and treatment with experienced physicians; and they prescribe vital medications.
“The most important thing is having someone listen and work with you
to help solve problems,” said Jimmy Knight. “We’ve learned a lot. All the
doctors have been really good, all the time. I can’t say anything bad about
it. I’m proud of the students.”
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Turning a Life Around
Sometimes it takes a while for a patient to find
Shade Tree. For Patricia Parrott, it was more than
worth the wait.
After moving to Nashville from Greenville, Miss., to live with her adult son,
she got by with inadequate health care for almost three years. Her medical
conditions began to spiral out of control.
“I was overweight and had an irregular heart beat,” said
Parrott, who has diabetes and chronic hypertension. “I couldn’t
“The students
afford my medications or the doctors to come see me.”
are
really interested
That changed when Parrott found Shade Tree. After regular
in the patients and
appointments with medical students and Robert Miller, M.D., the
are very sincere.”
Co-Medical Director of the clinic, she says she’s found the care
she needs.
“Dr. Miller is a very good doctor,” she said. “He seems very interested in his patients. The students answer all my questions,
give thorough exams and always get experts if they need them.”
The Patient Health Education (PHE) program is a boon for patients like
Parrott who have chronic illnesses. PHEs make sure patients are eating
healthy foods, regularly checking blood sugar and taking medicine as prescribed. A pharmacy stocked with free medicine and advice from students
empowers patients like Parrott to manage hypertension and diabetes.
Parrott says her family and friends have noticed how much she enjoys
coming to Shade Tree, how much better she appears mentally, and physically, and how her zest for life has increased.
“The students are really interested in the patients and are very sincere,”
she said. “They’re willing to listen to my medical problems and my personal
life. As long as they keep letting me come, I’ll come!”
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Social Services Provided
25 RENT/UTILITY ASSISTANCE
34 HEALTH INSURANCE APPLICATIONS
38 MENTAL HEALTH REFERRALS
19 FOOD PACKETS DISTRIBUTED
8 SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES
28 HOUSING APPLICATIONS
35 LEGAL ASSISTANCE
35 DENTAL REFERRALS
3 HEARING AIDS
26 VISION REFERRALS
7 HOMELESS SERVICES
“The Shade Tree Clinic
is such an integral part
of the VUSM learning,
leadership, and service
experience that it is
hard for these recent
graduates to even
contemplate VUSM,
pre-Shade Tree.”
Ann H. Price, M.D.
Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs
Shade Tree began as a medical
outreach program, but it has also
expanded as a social force within
the community. Under
the growing social work
program, the clinic has
helped patients find
resources to fight hunger,
Social
domestic violence and
homelessness.
Under the guidance
of Shannon Jordan,
L.M.S.W., and Rachel Bloch, director of social work, the program has
helped patients in all these areas as
well as in mental health, dentistry,
vision and physical therapy.
Social work appointments comprise 12 percent of additional
care visits at Shade Tree. With
TennCare providing for many
people in the neighborhood,
social work helps patients navigate
the landscape of public resources
to find adequate care.
Work
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Clinic Visits
Patients
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The Clinical Care
Leader (CCL) Program
July '10 to June '11
Clinic Visits: 1,945
Patients: 388
Average Visits Per
Patient: 5.0
1,800
1,500
The number of visits per
year, as well as the actual
number of patients seen,
increased annually from the
clinic’s inception until 2008.
1,200
Recently, patient visits have
increased as unique patients
seen has plateaued or
decreased; observationally,
we postulate this may be due
to the increased complexity
of our patient population.
900
600
This marks the second year that 14 of our
dedicated physician and nurse practitioner
volunteers served Shade Tree as Clinical Care
Leaders (CCL).
Real-World Experience
in the Curriculum
◼ As Shade Tree has evolved to offer safer and higher
300
quality patient care, we have also founded education programs to formalize what has been an informal curriculum,
leading to more responsible patient care in the long run.
JULY '06 –
JULY '07 –
JULY '08 –
JULY '09 –
JULY ‘10 -
JUNE '07
JUNE '08
JUNE '09
JUNE '10
JUNE ‘11
Primary Reason
for Visits
45%
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
29%
ACUTE
CONDITION
7%
LABS ONLY
7%
OTHER
12%
MEDICATION
“One of the most fantastic
things about Vanderbilt
is that so many of the
physicians, other students,
and administrators still
hold onto the idea that
anything is possible
with hard work and
enthusiasm.”
Katie Johnson, M.D. and
Kristina Collins, M.D.,
Co-Founders of Shade Tree Clinic
This year, we continued our training program for all firstyear medical student volunteers. The program touched on
taking vital signs, giving shots, drawing blood, interviewing patients, writing clinic notes and discussing sensitive
topics. All of these topics are covered in a manual given to
each first-year student.
Of course, all of these skills can’t be covered in single halfday session; the purpose is to introduce the students to
the clinical skills they will need to succeed, and to create a
foundation for learning from our experienced third and
fourth year students at Shade Tree.
We also founded a fourth-year program that turns the
Shade Tree experience into a VMS elective credit. Participating students volunteered at 20 clinic sessions and
attended six lectures on teaching methods, social work
resources, quality improvement techniques and evaluation
of programming.
At least one CCL attends each clinic session to
lead learning sessions with students and instruct
new volunteers. CCLs also follow some of our
more complicated patients, and they offer feedback on to how to improve clinic flow, patient care
and student education. This kind of diversity from
many different fields helps when we must refer
patients to specialists or obtain second opinions.
2011-2012
Clinical Care Leaders:
Jane Case, N.P.
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
Neerav Desaiv, M.D.
ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
William Gregg, M.D.
INTERNAL MEDICINE AND BIOINFORMATICS
Oscar Guillamondegui, M.D.
TRAUMA SURGERY
Paula Hermann, M.D.
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Lewis Lefkowitz, M.D.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Robertson Nash, N.P., Ph.D., MBA
ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER
Camiron Pfennig, M.D.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
James Powers, M.D.
GERIATRICS
Trent Rosenbloom, M.D.
INTERNAL MEDICINE AND PEDIATRICS
Tony Ross, M.D.
FAMILY PRACTICE
The program delves into treating the whole patient, and it
helps students improve the continuity of care for safer and
higher quality treatment.
Beth Ann Sastre, M.D.
This year, in response to the overwhelming success of the
fourth-year elective program, we are proud to announce
the initiation of a parallel second-year elective.
Roy Zent, M.D.
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Doug Sawyer, M.D.
CARDIOLOGY
NEPHROLOGY
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◼ As STC service-learners, pre-clinical student
volunteers have the opportunity to serve the
community while learning valuable clinical skills
outside of the standard medical school curriculum. In addition to facilitating early clinical exposure, our educational mission this year is focused
on fostering essential clinical problem-solving
skills with workshops and brown-bag lunch
TOTAL REVENUE FOR FY2010-2011
Foundations/Corp/Grants
Individuals
Program Income
Special Events/Other
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
TOTAL REVENUES
$
$
22,481 00
24,729 00
420 00
41,942 00
15,000 00
104,572 00
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR FY2010-2011
* Administrative/ Program Expenses
Grants Manager Salary & Fringe
Computer/Printer and Supplies
Meetings/Volunteer Expenses
Travel Students
Special Events
Indirect Expenses
SUBTOTAL
* Patient Care
Social Worker Salary & Fringe
Telephone
Community Projects
Instructional Supplies
Lab Supplies
Medical Supplies
Pharmacy
Outpatient Costs
Insurance
Patient Transportation
SUBTOTAL
TOTAL EXPENSES
$ 16,359 00
8,518 00
4,658 00
229 00
798 00
2,491 00
$ 33,053 00
$
$
$
13,904 00
468 00
2,789 00
740 00
1,216 00
11,265 00
54,616 00
2,149 00
352 00
2,290 00
89,789 00
122,842 00
Bringing Clinic
Back to Campus
Empowering
Student
Case
Managers
In 2008, STC introduced the Patient
Health Education (PHE) program, a comprehensive case-management program
specifically designed to improve health
literacy and disease management in our
diabetic population. The PHE program,
sponsored largely by a grant from the
Baptist Healing Trust, trained first and
second-year medical students to coach
patients on disease management, has
resulted in marked improvement in
patient outcomes. Over the past year,
74% of diabetics working with a case
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discussions. Students will learn basic lab value
interpretation, preventive medicine guidelines,
and how to approach tough conversations with
patients, among other topics.
Simultaneously, we strive to stimulate discussion
between STC service-learners and the greater
VUMC community about the practice of compassionate community medicine and the socioeconomic barriers to maintaining health in the
resource-limited setting of uninsured healthcare delivery. At the Lefkowitz Hour, Shade
Tree’s Clinical Case Conference, students
interact with faculty, staff, and the Vanderbilt
community as they discuss complex cases from
our clinic. Students bring their knowledge of
social work resources, community partnerships
and patient histories to the table, while faculty
members facilitate discussion on improving
clinical medicine.
Finally, Shade Tree inspired the creation of The
Advocate, an informational booklet containing generic drug lists, social work resources
and community agencies. With this resource,
we have enabled our students and providers to
deliver more comprehensive care to our uninsured population.
manager showed improved glucose levels
or were already at a target level. This year,
again with generous grant support from
BHT, we have prioritized maximizing the
impact of the PHE model by expanding
the PHE program to include patients
with chronic illnesses like cardiovascular
disease, COPD, and asthma
In addition to empowering patients
to self-manage their chronic illnesses
through health education and motivation,
the longitudinal partnership between patient and PHE greatly enhances continuity
of care in our volunteer-based clinic. As
the PHE program has matured, we have
learned that out-of-clinic follow-up and inclinic care coordination are the most important contributions of PHEs to patient
care; fundamentally, PHEs are patient advocates who help our providers facilitate
coordinated, comprehensive medical care
while simultaneously motivating patients
and helping them navigate the complex
medical landscape. The 1:1 relationship
between PHEs and their patients has
enabled identification and resolution of
unmet medical and social needs.
The patient advocacy that has emerged
from the PHE-patient partnership has led
us to develop a complementary social
work case-management program. This
program pairs medical student social
workers, trained in social services and
public resource management, with
patients who need social service support.
Fourth-year elective students, PHEs, and
social work case managers work together
to ensure that all STC patients receive
comprehensive care.
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Beyond
the Trailer:
Branching
Out
◼ Shade Tree’s third major focus continues to
be on community outreach programs throughout the greater Nashville area. These programs
began as an attempt to reach beyond our
patient base and improve the health conditions
of homeless and low-income individuals in the
greater Nashville area. Shade Tree has offered weekly vaccine clinics at
community centers and homeless shelters in the
Nashville area, where medical and graduate nursing students collaborate to offer Influenza, TDaP
and Pneumovax vaccinations free-of- charge.
As of the end of 2011, Shade Tree has provided
nearly 4,000 vaccinations to the homeless.
Health Fairs and Screenings
The Shade Tree Outreach Program offers blood
glucose and hypertension screening exams at
many community events. The Outreach team
also organizes an annual community fair for
residents in underserved neighborhoods. More
than 200 people attended the 2010 fair, where
numerous student organizations collaborated to
provide vaccines, social work information, and
screenings for body mass index, hypertension,
diabetes, head/neck cancer, hearing and vision.
Health and Nutrition Education
Shade Tree continues to partner with the Vanderbilt Educational Garden Initiative (VEGI), which
runs a community garden in the McFerrin Park
neighborhood that Shade Tree serves.
Vaccine Clinics
There are an estimated 2,200 homeless living
in Nashville, all of whom are at an increased
risk for contracting communicable diseases.
Additionally, once a homeless person gets sick,
it takes significantly longer to get better due
to unstable and substandard living conditions.
Research has shown that those who lack consistent access to medical care are less likely to
get vaccinated against common illnesses. They
are also more likely to delay seeing a healthcare
provider for infections and other acute illnesses.
As a result, they are more likely to suffer serious
complications or even die from preventable and
treatable illnesses.
For the past three years, thanks to the generous
support of The Boulevard Bolt Foundation,
The Shade Tree Resources in Diabetes Education (STRIDE) and Shade Tree Trim weight
management classes are now entering their third
year of existence. STRIDE is an eight-week class/
support group that teaches those with and at-risk
for diabetes about the disease and how to manage it in a fun, friendly atmosphere. Both classes,
now offered in both English and Spanish, incorporate nutrition education and exercise lessons
into each weekly class session.
Established in partnership with Caldwell Elementary, a local school in the McFerrin Park
area, our newest outreach program (Swim Safely
East Nashville!) fosters healthy lifestyles by offering swimming lessons for grade-school children.
This medical-student-run program will educate
children on fundamentals of water safety while
providing after-school education on healthy
nutrition and exercise in hopes of tackling increased risks of pediatric drowning and obesity
in the East Nashville community.
Attending Providers
James Felch
Karen Joos
Bonnie Pilon
Marisa Adelman
Josh Fessel
Shannon Jordan
Alvin Powers
Wura Adesinasi
Jim Fiechtl
Sarah Kantrow
James Powers
Anita Agarwal
A. Reid Finlayson
Ashley Karpinos
Jan Price
Ted Anderson
Michael Fowler
Adetola Kassim
David Raiford
Federica Angel
Joseph Fredi
Tamara Keown
Geri Reeves
Amir Arain
Eitan Friedman
Garrett Key
Derek Riebau
Jeff Balser
Catherine Fuchs
Sunny Kim
Althea Robinson
Travis Bowles
Howard Fuchs
Jon Kropski
Dan Roden
Anne Brown
Gaelyn Garrett
Matt Landman
Scott Rodgers
Nancy Brown
G. Waldon Garriss
Anthony Langone
Jud Rogers
Taylor Brownlee
Olivia Giddings
Thomas Lavie
S. Trent Rosenbloom
Andrew Bryant
Mark Glazer
Patrick Lavin
Tony Ross
Lonnie Burnett
Karen Gold
Lewis Lefkowitz
Charles Rush
Brenda Butka
Michael A. Gold
John Leonard
Neil Sanghani
Christina Cain-Swope
Thomas Golper
Julia Lewis
Elizabeth Sastre
Mary Carroll
Meghana Gowda
Chris Lind
Shane Savage
Jane Case
Jennifer Green
Elizabeth Lindsey
Douglas Sawyer
Keri Cavanaugh
William Gregg
MacRae Linton
Heidi Schaefer
David Choma
Michelle Griffith
Kim Lomis
Beth Scholz
Brian Christman
Oscar Guillamondegui
Matt Luther
Mavis Schorn
Keith Churchwell
Dana Guyer
James Madden
Gerald Schulman
Elizabeth Clark
Kevin Haas
Beth Ann Malow
Matt Semler
Barbara Clinton
Elias Haddad
David Maron
John Sergent
S H A D E
T R E E
C L I N I C
V O L U N T E E R S
Jennifer Clune
Joseph Hall
Morgan McDonald
Bruce Shack
Alison Cohen
Cara Hammonds
Sam McKenna
Edward Siew
Bryan Collier
Ray Harris
Mark Melson
Allen Sills
Marta Crispens
Jacob Hathaway
Kayvon Modjarrad
Robert Sinard
Howard Curlin
Alric Hawkins
Bonnie Miller
Terrence Smith
Julie Damp
David Haynes
Robert Miller
Barbara Snell
Richard D’Aquila
Benjamin Heavrin
Derek Moore
Anderson Spickard III
Jeff Dattilo
Celeste Hemingway
Sandra Moutsios
John Stafford
Tom Davis
Paula Herrmann
Allen Naftilan
Aaron Stayman
Amber Degryse
Tim Hinton
Robertson Nash
Jeff Stovall
Terence Dermody
Rich Hock
William Nealon
Cecelia Theobald
Neerav Desai
Ginger Holt
Melinda New
Brian Thompson
Robert Dittus
Julie Hudson
John Newman
James Tolle
John Dixon
Adriana Hung
Mark Newton
Uyen Tran
Tracy Dozier
Alp Ikizler
Bridget Ory
Andrea Utz
Wonder Drake
Mark Jacokes
John Peach
Michael Vaezi
Sarah Dunn
Siddharath Jain
Brent Pennington
Kim Vinson
Jamie Dwyer
David Janz
Roman Perri
Mary Vu
Esther Eisenberg
Juan Jaramillo
Hamilton Peters
Eric Wallace
Roy Elam
Jim Jirjis
Josh Peterson
Emily Ward
Wes Ely
Joyce Johnson
Andrew Pfeffer
Ken Watford
Emily Eckert
Katie Johnson
Camiron Pfennig
Lynn Webb
Sergio Fazio
Howard Jones
Michael Pilla
Katherine Wells
SHADE
TREE
CLINIC
Jule West
Fayrisa Greenwald
Matthew Puccetti
Mary DeAgostino
Walker Plash
Neil Bansal
Opal Lin-Tsai
Thuy Tran
Steve White
Katherine Guess
Mythri Reddy
Alejandro DeFeria Alsina
Kristen Ploetze
Arter Biggs
Tim Lockney
Colby Uptegraft
Mark Wigger
Melissa Harintho
Charles Rodriguez-Feo
Jake DeVolder
Brittney Pryor
Joshua Bilsborrow
Rajshri Mainthia
Francys Verdial Argueta
Jamie Wiggleton
Brendan Hayes
Meredith Rogers
Kate Doherty
Cristin Quinn
Richard Boyer
Neil Manus
Molly White
Anne Wise
Brian Heiniger
Pooyan Rohani
Ilyas Eli
Jenny Raab
Andrea Brock
Jake McClure
Walter Winders
Paul Wise
Catherine Higham
Tulsi Roy
Lani Feingold-Link
Jennifer Rahn
Stefan Bumol
Abby Meyers
Jesse Wright
Kathleen Wolff
Merla Hubler
Richard Samade
Allison Ferreira
India Reddy
Katie Burns
Lauren Mioton
Audrey Ye
Amanda Yunker
Tenisha James
Chelsea Samson
Anna Garcia
Quentin Reuter
Kevin Carr
Puneet Mishra
Zachary Yoneda
Roy Zent
Lillian Johnson
Vasanth Sathiyakumar
Silmon Ghebreyesus
Michael Reyes
Michael Casner
David Moore
Li Zhou
John Zic
Deepa Joshi
Calvin Sheng
Andrew Gordon
Nicole Roberts
Jason Chen
Melissa Mueller
Daniel Kashima
Arnold Silverberg
Phillip Gorrindo
Carmen Rodriguez
Tyffany Chen
Rishi Naik
Class of
2015
Rebecca Kasl
Ciaran Smolinsky
Kim Grelli
Megan Ryan
April Christensen
Jill Neely
Class of
2012
Patrick Kelly
Kristin Stevens
Calvin Gruss
Nishma Sachedina
Erin Ciampa
Kathleen Nemer
Carmen Adams
David Amsalem
Lucy Kennedy
Matthew Stier
Josh Gutierrez
Sina Salehi Omran
Katie Collins
Natalie Nesmith
Nneamaka Agochukwu
Oluwaseun Arije
Bharat Kilaru
Kenneth Taubenslag
Paul Hinchey
Sarah Scott
Jessica Cornett
Van Nguyen
Amil Allen
Daniel Arteaga
Shannon Koh
Matthew Taussig
Grace Ho
David Shau
Stephanie Couch
Kathy Niu
Gabriela Andrade
Daniel Balikov
Rosalynne Korman
Diana Thiara
Nina Hu
Monique Simpson
Jennifer Dang
Baldeep Pabla
Jennifer Andresen
Kevin Bersell
Chirag Kulahalli
Robert Turer
Neil Issar
Priya Sivasubramaniam
Ben Deschner
Devin Patel
Rachel Apple
Nathaniel Bloodworth
Gregory LaChaud
Ato Wallace
Karola Jering
Shannon Skinner
Stacey Doran
Ravi Patel
Jacob Ark
Kelly Bouquet
Travis Ladner
Lu Wang
Pawina Jiramongkolchai
Nicholas Smith
Carol Duh
Klint Peebles
Katie Ayers
Jana Bregman
Danielle LaMorte
Kathleen Weber
Rishin Kadakia
Jessi Solomon
Ryan Durk
Michael Pelster
Brian Barnett
Vanessa Buie
Richard Latuska
Kelly Williamson
Charissa Kahue
Blair Stocks
Brent Evans
Laura Peterson
Edem Binka
Spencer Carter
Margot Lazow
Denise Ye
Barry Kang
Ilana Stol
Anna Fahy
Natalia Plotnikova
Marissa Blanco
Brian Cash
Young Lee
Emily Zern
Natasha Kassim
Daniel Sun
Daniel Fishman
Michael Poku
Sarah Bourne
In 2010, over 100
provider volunteers and over 500 student volunteers
donated over 15,000
volunteer hours to Shade Tree Clinic and its programs.
V OLU NTEERS
Jeremy Chan
Marguerite Lloyd
Lilly Zhu
Carmela Kiraly
Matt Surdel
Suzanne Fox
Sarah Proffitt
Nick Burjek
Sean Chester
Michael Maggart
Yuantee Zhu
Harish Krishnamoorthi
Ariana Tabing
Erin Fulchiero
Maria Prom
Daniela Buscariollo
Sarah Coggins
Jasia Mahdi
Monica DaSilva
Alexandra May
Tyler Davis
Anupam Kumar
Pratik Talati
Nick Giacalone
Meera Reddy
Michael Chi
Haerin Lee
Charles Terry
Everett Gu
Vishruth Reddy
Chuks Chiaghana
Benjamin McCormick
Class of
2014
Will Lee
Analise Thomas
Scott Hagan
Gretchen Roth
Yash Choksi
Matthew De Niear
Ian McGuinness
Anna Ahn
Yan Li
Dan Tilden
Alison Hanson
April Seay
Ankeet Choxi
Gadini Delisca
Will McKenna
Annie Ahn
Michele Luhm Vigor
James Tsahakis
Amanda Harris
Meredith Sellers
Jacqueline Clauss
Shyam Deshpande
Monique McKiever
Vignesh Alamanda
Paula Marincola
Uzoamaka Ugochukwu
Laila Hassam-Malani
Lara Seltz
Emily Cooperstein
Andrew Dornan
Ashley Morgan
Tiara Aldridge
Irene Mathieu
Bim Vacharathit
Dana Hipp
Tina Shah
Sarah Deery
Stephen Dorner
Clinton Morgan
Jon Andereck
Scott McCall
Carla Valenzuela
Stephanie Hsu
Craig Sheedy
Sravan Dhulipala
Stessie Dort
Tejaswi Mudigonda
Niki Arinze
Richard McClure
Prakash Vempati
Aubrey Hunt
Nakul Shekhawat
Alia Durrani
Magdalena Dorvil
Bushra Mushtaq
Laura Armstrong
Matt McDonald
Magarya Waitara
Vanessa Hux
Casey Shepherd
Kimberly Edwards
Adeline Dozois
David Neblett
Laura Ballenger
Ryan McGrath
Jonathan Wolfe
Laurence James
Ashley Simmons
Daniel Eshaghian
Hillary Drexler
Matthew Ning
Scott Beeler
Catherine Meador
Brian Wright
Vanessa Johnson
Michael Siuta
David Eskind
Sarah Eckhardt
Mitchell Odom
Elizabeth Berry
Andrew Medvecz
Andrew Wu
Femi Kassim
Lakshmi Sivarajan
Dave Friedlander
Gretchen Edwards
Mobola Oyefule
Jennifer Best
Stephen Mendenhall
Soo Ryum Yang
Elliott Kim
Enoch Sizto
Ryan Fritz
Cristina Farkas
Trisha Pasricha
Rachel Bloch
Tyler Merceron
Simeon King
Michael Spinner
Chris Fuchs
Shanik Fernando
Neelam Patel
Isaac Chocron
Elliot Min
Michael Stockin
Adrian Furman
Chengwei Peng
Javier Cifuentes
Kelli Money
Class of
2013
Katrina Korhonen
Stephen Gadomski
Pam Krajewski
Michael Stoker
Matthew Gartland
Kelly Garcia
Alejandro Perez
Matthew Clark
Abbie Necessary
Katie Allen
Katherine Kudyba
Taylor Sundby
Eryka Gayle
Glynnis Garry
Daniel Pipilas
Jordan Cohen
Brian Palmisano
Andy Alsentzer
Ryan Lang
Maria Tamborski
Kassatihun Gebre-Amlak
Zain Gowani
Daniel Pomerantz
Alicia Cutillo
Rachna Patel
Tyler Armstrong
Weston Langdon
Brittany Taylor
Justin Gregg
Elizabeth Green
Mike Powers
Thomas Davis
Marta Perez
Natalie Ausborn
Alana Lewis
Laura Tortora
Parker Gregg
SHADE
TREE
CLINIC
Nicole Hames
Grace Shih
Tanner Freeman
Elizabeth Sullivan
Denean Wells
Milton Moore
Nicholas Hackett
Rimal Hanif
Adam Shpigel
Curtis Gabriel
Crystan Van Meter
Katie Wright
Chenai Nettey
Laura Harper
Catie Hawley
Kaartiga Sivanesan
Britney Grayson
Kristen Noble
Lillian Johnson
Dustin Hipp
Jason Smith
Brian Grieb
Vanderbilt School of Nursing
Meharry Medical College
Osarumen Okunbor
Shaun Kahler
Blake Hooper
Jenna Sopfe
Shobhana Gupta
Ashley Allen
Tirsit Adane
Sylvia Onyensoh
Maneesh Kanal
Emory Hsu
Shannon Stallings
Kate Gurba
Elisa Barfoot
Jessica Akunna
Antoinette Otoo-Boameh
Patra Katsigiannis
Tendi Hungwe
Jonathan Steer
Kevin Ha
Rebecca Beardsley
Whitney Alston
Carlos Pacheco
Paul Knoll
Clauss Jacqueline
Billy Sullivan
Alison Hanson
Immaculata Bramlage
Deepa Asokan
Rebecca Pfaff
Katie Lee
Christine Kirlew
Merina Thomas
Indriati Hood
Mary Coleman
Richard Benson
Rosalyn Pillow
Kaleigh Lwin
Stephen Kappa
Alex Thurman
Aubrey Hunt
Janeen Cook
Danielle Berry
Emerald Screws
Tiara Mahoney
Joe Knadler
Erin Toaz
Walter Jermakowicz
Chelsea Everley
Kevin Blythe
Alyssa Small
Monique Marshall
Peter Knowlton
Artour Torossian
Jacob Kaufman
Amanda Fitch
Whitney Boon
Eni Smith
Lauren Martin
Daniel Koehler
Stephen Tourjee
Byron Knowles
Kara Fur
Brittany Burns
Micheca St. Hilaire
Will Matloff
Kelly Kohorst
Aaron Tustin
Caroline Lai
Emilie Garcia
Antwon Chavis
Earl Stewart
Eric Mendenhall
Julia Kutaka
Megan Vucovich
Lucy Lu
Kirkley Griffeth
Lakeisha Chism
Courtney Tafesse
Mina Mousa
Brad Lewallen
Morgan Walls
Nick Markham
Brittany Hay
May Cho
Hong Tran
Karishma Nathani
Elizabeth Lio
Adam Wegner
Jude McElroy
Lauren Hansen
Ellis Christian
John Tran
Kenitra Newsom
Carol Logan
Ashley Weiner
Julia McHugh
Hallie Jefferson
Juan Claros-Sorto
Ogonna Umeh
Camila Ortiz
Zurabi Lominadze
Clayton Wilburn
Leslie Meenderink
Kasey Kohring
Tamika Cross
Andrea White
Michelle Park
Rajshri Mainthia
Michael Wolf
Joel Musee
Lauren Lakvold
Tonya Dixon
David Marcovitz
Kel Vin Woo
Melissa Musser
Tracey Leff
Eamon Felton
Volunteers
Briana Perry
Jolene Mariotti
Danielle Wright
Bill Nobis
Amy Ledvina
Teri-Lee Foster
Mohamed Al-Hendy
Ryan Planchard
Allison Martin
Victoria Wurster
Ana Luisa Perdigoto
Courtney Massaro
Azza Gasmelseed
Alexandra Arnold
Jevon Plunkett
Emily Maston
Irving Ye
Al Powers
Jade Morales
Yanglin Guo
Abimbola Ayangbesan
Ashley Pruitt
“Shade Tree Clinic has been one of the most
dramatic, most inspirational, and
Neelam Patel
most unexpected success stories of the medical school. “
S C O T T R O D G E R S , M . D . , A S S O C I AT E D E A N
V OLU NTEERS
Shannon McConnaughey
Matthew Zackoff
Rachel Reinert
Sarah McCullough
Christina Hardaway
Mary Beth Booker
Tara Ramaswamy
Mistry Mistry
Scott Zuckerman
Jennifer Rosenbluth
Sarah McKinley
KeVan Harris
Tracy Branding
Patrick Roth
Ryan Moore
Katie Ryan
Lindy Mason
Maya Hills
Alexandra Byrne
Robert Rutherford
Conrad Myler
MSTP Students
Jennifer Rymer
Annie Moore
Christopher Hom
Kelsey Caffy
Tommy Saborido
Niraj Nathan
Omo Aisagbonhi
Fyza Shaikh
Sarah Murton
Alana Hughes
Bryan Cawthon
Nida Safdar
Nathan O’Brien
Eric Armour
Angela Shields
Amanda Noblett
Candy Ideozu
Meghana Chalasani
Marion Sauer
Rejoice Opara
Jeffrey Bennett
Michael Siuta
Joseph Ojibway
Joy Iguobadia
Lindsay Chatfield
Elizabeth Shields
Fernando Ovalle
Mica Bergman
Rafal Sobota
Jamie Pickering
Nwakaego Inyamah
Priya Chaturvedi
Aeron Small
Anita Pai
Magda Bokiej
Christina Speirs
Lauren Powers
Rochelle Jagdeo
Patrick Cleeton
Mary Ellen Smith
Ravi Parikh
Carrie Buchanan
Jarred Tanksley
Jennifer Prager
Anderson Janelle
Scott Coppel
Melanie Spector
Samit Patrawala
Michael Burns
Thuy Tran
Angela Quinn
Andrei Javier
Reaves Crabtree
Christa Szabo
Alon Peltz
Courtney Campbell
Obi Umunakwe
Heather Reed
Keyonna Jenkins
Yan Cui
Estzer Szentirmai
Daniel Pennington
Frances Cheng
Jacob VanHouten
Annie Richards
DeOnna Johnson
Anna Das
Ruben Tavakalov
Sabrina Poon
Erin Ciampa
Nichelle Winters
Alicia Sattler
Khaisha Johnson
Douglas Denniston
Jason Theobald
Joe Real
Megan Culler
Danielle Smith
Claudine Jones
Kim Dierkes
Rachel Townzen
Jamie Robinson
Gus Davis
Nutrition Care Planners:
Stefanie Stafford
Erica Judge
Julie Dunlap
Sneha Venkatraman
Rachel Ruiz
Benjamin Dean
Kristen Lazaroff
Samatha Stearns
Jenny Le
Erica Eggers
Gerald Wakefield
Mozzy Saboori
Elizabeth Dong
Sarah Lewis
Heather Stone
Ricardo Lugo
Aladine Elsamadicy
Suzanne Ward
Carla Sandler
Katy Eby
Lisa MacPherson
Danielle Stuart
Christina Marbrey
Erin Fahey
John Williams
Asmitha Sathiyakumar
Kristen Eckstrand
Stacy Rahat
Melissa Troncale
Brittany McCowan
Amina Farooq
Thomas Williams
Alexandra Schmidt
John Erickson
Bekah Regenfuss
Jordan Vaughan
Chantal Mendes
Catherine Garvey
Austin Woolard
Rachael Schulte
Stephanie Flavin
Tracie Rohal
Heather Whaley
Dalia Moghazy
Preiyaa Gopinath
Min hui Xie
Cameron Schlegel
Aliya Frederick
Jillian Scott
Katherine Waldrop
Idoreyin Montague
Nicole Gunasekera
Shuai Yuan
Shade Tree Clinic, 2011-2012
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