Volume 26 • No. 2 • FEBRUARY 2002
Medical
students ask physicians to volunteer at Arbor Free Clinic
Stanford medical students are appealing to Stanford-affiliated physicians
to volunteer their time at the Arbor Free Clinic.
The clinic is run by Stanford medical students concerned about the need for free medical care in the community. Arbor volunteers provide a range of basic services, including physical exams, tuberculosis skin tests, pap smears and other screening tests.
The clinic is housed in the Menlo Park Veterans Affairs facility at 795 Willow Road. It is open every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Patients are accepted on a walk-in basis, and there are no fees assessed for clinic services.
Stuart Tsuji, a second-year medical student and a physician recruiter for the free clinic, said a recent decision by the medical school to put a temporary hold on all voluntary clinical faculty appointments has reduced the number of physicians available for shifts at the clinic.
"The volunteer physicians are the most important members of the team," Tsuji said. "Undergraduate and medical students fulfill many duties, including triage, patient interviews and some exams, but the physicians make the diagnoses and form treatment plans."
Tsuji said the clinic served 1,000 patients last year. Although the number of patients is rising, Tsuji said the clinic will have to limit the care it provides without additional volunteer physicians.
For more information, please contact Tsuji by calling (650) 498-1040 or via email at Stuart.Tsuji@stanford.edu.
Or, write to Arbor Free Clinic, Alway Bldg., Room #M-105, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 94305-5121.
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