Reach
Out of Montgomery County is a 501-c(3) healthcare
organization, founded in 1994 to provide free healthcare to the underserved
and uninsured. A large number of Wright State’s medical students
volunteer their time at Reach Out clinics, located at 25 E. Foraker
St., Dayton.
In Montgomery County,
about 27 percent of the population is considered part of the “working poor,” citizens
who work in jobs that do not provide health insurance. Uninsured individuals
are more likely to die prematurely and two times more likely to go without
medication. Using the assistance of volunteer physicians, nurses, and
other healthcare professionals, Reach Out provides free healthcare to
the underserved and uninsured.
The Class of 2000 has established a memorial
scholarship for classmate Jacob P. Deerhake (2000), who received numerous
awards as a medical student at WSU and as an internal medicine resident
and chief resident at the University of Michigan. Dr. Deerhake died at
the age of 30 from a rare form of brain cancer. |
