Mentoring in Medicine

Contact: Lynne Holden, MD

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Inspiring Young Dreamers to Become Healers in Harlem



For the third year, Mentoring in Medicine, Inc. in partnership with Frederick Douglass

Academy I will host a landmark conference to address the critical shortage of minorities in the health care workforce. Mentoring in Medicine seeks to inspire and educate minority students about health professional career opportunities at its "Yes, I Can be a Health Care Professional!" Conference.



"Yes, I Can Be a Health Care Professional!" will take place on Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 8am to 2pm, at Frederick Douglas Academy I, located at 2581 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard in Harlem. This year over 1000 students from 3rd through 12th grades, college and health professional school, health professional mentors and the community are invited to participate in educational workshops, an Ask the Expert Fair and lunch with a health professional. Last year's conference hosted nearly 1800 students, parents, and educators with 138 health professionals.



"Mentoring in Medicine is addressing the critical shortage of minority health professionals by finding interested students with a desire and helping them to create a strategic plan for success." said President, Lynne Holden, MD winner of the 2007 Maybelline NY and Essence national Empowerment through Education Award. "Many students just do not know about the range of health careers or see them as a viable career option. The need to train more minorities in this field is crucial and long overdue," said Dr. Holden.



"Thank you for making a way for students like myself who dream about a medical career, but too often don't have the support to transform that dream into a reality," said a sophomore student from a New York college in an anonymous recent program evaluation. "Mentoring in Medicine really inspires me, and gives me the hands-on tools and direct access to physicians and others that will help make my dream of becoming a health care professional a reality."



Mentoring in Medicine was founded by three physicians and an educator who have been mentoring students collectively for over 20 years. Formed in March 2006, Mentoring in Medicine is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to academic enrichment, leadership development and mentoring urban students interested in pursuing a health care profession. Mentoring in Medicine has created interventions for students from third grade through graduation from health professional school. Mentoring in Medicine programs have served nearly 6500 students and 520 health professionals have been recruited. Mentoring in Medicine operates in New York City and Oakland, California. For more information, please visit www.mentoringinmedicine.org <https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mentoringinmedicine.org/> .