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....
by smiphilly | Jul 12, 2019 | SMI 2019
In the two weeks that I have spent living and serving in North Philly, I have been so deeply blessed and yet deeply challenged as well. Our medical team has already spent many hours in Kensington and the surrounding area knocking on doors and meeting people on...
by smiphilly | Jul 10, 2019 | SMI 2019
From left to right: Brian Schonewald, Nadeen Kamel, Jessica Bedele How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God...
