Expert Opinions

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Here are our volunteer Expert Opinions. All of them have listed areas of expertise they have in managing student-run clinics, ranging from patient outreach initiatives to quality improvement efforts. If you have a problem at your clinic you would like some advice on how to handle, these students are great points of contact for providing ideas that helped work for their clinics. Just find someone who has an area of expertise similar to what you are interested in and reach out. FYI- these people are also great assets at advising how to turn your work into research projects for SSFRC annual conference posters and presentations!

Name: Will Miklavcic
Program: MD/PhD
Clinic and School: SHARING Clinics, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Expert on: I have focused on many areas of patient outreach- specifically online advertising campaigns, quarter card drives, call centers, outreach to the unhoused community, and collaborations with local non-profits. I am excited to advise on anything related to recruiting more patients from your community!
Contact information: william.miklavcic@unmc.edu

Name: Kim Sladek
Program: MD
Clinic and School: Union Gospel Mission, University of Texas Southwestern
Expert on: I facilitated a partnership for HIV screening at our free clinic located in a homeless shelter. I also am involved in student leadership – writing guidelines for new clinics and improving inter-clinic collaboration.
Contact information: kimberly.sladek@utsouthwestern.edu

Name: Carl Russell III
Program: MD/PhD
Clinic and School: Indiana University Student Outreach Clinic, Indiana University School of Medicine
Expert on: As one of the Research Co-Chairs of the IUSOC, I have had the privilege of helping guide the clinic’s research arm. I have developed expertise in IRB submissions, qualitative and quantitative statistical methods, research ethics involving vulnerable patient populations, and strategies to minimize research activity impact on clinic operations. I have helped supervise a broad range of projects including assessments of comorbidity prevalence in elderly patients, improvement of volunteer training initiatives, HPV awareness, clinic needs-finding, POCUS implementation, and evaluations of the quality of patient education.
Contact information: carlruss@iu.edu

Name: Vivian Lee
Program: MD
Clinic and School: St. Vincent’s Clinic, University of Texas Medical Branch
Expert on: I am a licensed mental health therapist turned medical student who works closely with the psychiatric specialty clinic at St. Vincent’s. I have assisted with leading psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic trainings for student providers, improving the environment of the patient rooms and waiting areas, and implementing a “train the trainer” group therapy model. I previously worked in insurance utilization review and at multiple levels of care (IP/RTC/PHP/IOP) in the field of eating disorders.
Contact information: vilee@utmb.edu

Name: Mia Fidanze
Program: MD
Clinic and School: Interprofessional Community Clinic, Rosalind Franklin University
Expert on: In my time at the ICC, I served as an Executive Officer of Care Coordination. This gave me experience in addressing SDoH that impact patients’ ability to access care. I piloted and successfully implemented a program to provide our patients with free medications, initiated a pilot to address lack of transportation using Uber Vouchers, and facilitated community partnerships. Additionally, I gained experience using the Reports function in Athena to collect data on our patient population and care metrics. As one of the Technology Chairs of SSRFC, I have also gained experience in website management.
Contact information: mia.fidanze@my.rfums.org