The Medical Students at Boonshoft School of Medicine
Proudly Present
Drive for a Difference
The
fifth annual golf outing to benefit
Reach Out of Montgomery
County
and the
Jacob P. Deerhake Memorial Scholarship
Reach
Out of Montgomery County is a 501-c(3) healthcare organization,
founded in 1994 by leading medical institutions in the Miami Valley
area: Wright State University School of Medicine, the Combined Health
District, and the Montgomery County Medical Society.
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. A large number of Wright State’s medical students
volunteer their time at Reach Out clinics, which are established throughout
the Dayton community. The clinics provide health care evenings and
Saturdays to accommodate patient work schedules.
The Class of 2000 has established the Jacob P. Deerhake Memorial Scholarship in memory of their classmate, who received numerous awards as a medical student 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. |
