by smiphilly | Oct 26, 2021 | SMI 2021
A Report of the Philadelphia Summer Medical Institute, June 26-July 17, 2021 By Holly Favino, Summer Program Director Who would imagine that a vaccination effort to combat a 1991 North Philadelphia measles outbreak would adapt and continue today as the...
by smiphilly | Jul 31, 2021 | SMI 2021
by Trevor S. We come into this place with good intentions, energy, excitement, and passion for positive change and spiritual development. We enter with various levels of experience, understanding, and history. We represent a mix of diverse faith...
by smiphilly | Aug 6, 2020 | SMI 2020
By Tolulope I The Summer Medical Institute (SMI Philly 2020) is over and here I am reminiscing on the experiences I gained throughout the course of the program. The image of paintings on the wall of the conference room where I worked still lingers in my memory....
by smiphilly | Aug 6, 2020 | SMI 2020
By Katie V The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Philadelphia Summer Medical Institute (SMI) to be different this year. Instead of going door-to-door to provide health screenings, we worked with Esperanza Health Center (EHC) to complete some clerical and...
by smiphilly | Jul 12, 2019 | SMI 2019
Top row, left to right: Elizabeth Centurión, Larissa Dean, Tiffany Wang, Jessica Bedele; Bottom row, left to right: Abby Weems, Juliana Bonilla, Nadine Kamel, Sosela Rrusho I have no words for describing how grateful I am for being part of this huge...
by smiphilly | Jul 12, 2019 | SMI 2019
Hi everyone! My name is Kai Inguito, and I’m a rising second year medical student at Jefferson. I would like to share about my time SHADOWing at SMI. One of my career interests in medicine is to become a primary care physician who works and lives in the community....
