by Laura | Mar 31, 2023 | Blog
CommunityHealth shines the Volunteer Spotlight on Cici Gazder during March. Cici began volunteering with CommunityHealth in August of 2021. She served 195 hours as a lab technician, conducting blood draws for testing and comforting patients during lab work. For her...
by Laura | Mar 24, 2023 | Blog
CommunityHealth is celebrating our 30th anniversary this year. Since 1993, our clinic has provided high quality health care to uninsured individuals in Chicago. Our founder, Dr. Serafino Garella, built CommunityHealth from his belief that quality health care is a...
by Laura | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog
The Future of Health is in the next generation of health care providers. The Student Run Clinics (SRC) at CommunityHealth train medical students and residents in primary, specialty, pharmacy, dentistry, and nursing care with a focus on cultural competency. Our...
by Laura | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog
March is Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, the United States honors the advancement of gender rights, accomplishments by female innovators, and the space for growth we face with gender equality. But CommunityHealth celebrates gender equity everyday....
by Laura | Mar 3, 2023 | Blog
As one of the largest free clinics in the country, CommunityHealth relies on volunteers to provide health care services at no cost to patients. Over 40% of CommunityHealth’s volunteers are from our Student Run Clinics with community partners such as Rush University...
by Laura | Feb 24, 2023 | Blog
Dr. Lauren Sullivan, DO, began volunteering with CommunityHealth in 2016 and has served over 244 hours throughout the past 7 years. As a doctor of internal medicine, Dr. Sullivan not only diagnoses complex illnesses but also supports overall well-being in her...
by Laura | Feb 17, 2023 | Blog
CommunityHealth celebrates our lab technicians during Phlebotomists Recognition Week from February 13-17. To learn more about phlebotomy, we talked to Jazmin Ascencio, our beloved Clinic Support Coordinator who has been with CommunityHealth for two...
by Laura | Feb 10, 2023 | Blog
February is American Heart Month. CommunityHealth advocates heart-healthy living year-round. Heart disease is considered the number one cause of death in the United States. American Heart Month addresses the risk factors and celebrates daily habits that strengthen...
by Laura | Feb 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
CommunityHealth volunteer, Margaret Bavis, DNP, was featured on American Medical Association’s STEPS Forward Podcast ® about “The Importance of Screening for Social Determinants of Health,” published on February 1 2023. Bavis discusses how...
by Laura | Feb 1, 2023 | Press
[From AMA Steps Forward Podcast] Margaret Bavis, DNP and Assistant Professor, Rush University College of Nursing, discusses how CommunityHealth, one of the largest volunteer-based health centers in the nation, assesses and optimizes social determinants of health to...
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