CWRU Student-Run Health Clinic

08/19/2021

06/17/2021

Introducing our new medical director, Sami Saniei!

Now in the CWRU medical school’s class of 2024, Sami previously received his bachelor’s degree in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University. Being a physician has always been a dream of his because he loves learning about medicine and he loves helping people. He was drawn to SRHC due to his desire to directly serve patients in the community while gaining hands-on clinical experience. When he’s not busy with the SRHC or studying, Sami loves exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Welcome to the team, Sami!

05/26/2021

Meet our PA Director, Jenny Lussenhop! She studied Psychology at Hope College in Michigan and wants to deliver more equitable healthcare as a PA. She joined us to provide quality healthcare to underserved communities. Jenny loves the national park and Phoenix Coffee.

04/29/2021

03/31/2021

Introducing our new Dental Director, Poonam Furmah!

A second-year dental student, Poonam previously studied Biology at the University of Waterloo before coming to CWRU. It was there that she initially began working interprofessionally on coding, research, and writing. She was excited to continue to learn from colleagues in other fields by joining the SRHC directors this year. Poonam’s passion for serving the community began as she worked in her family’s tailoring business. This entrepreneurial background will pair nicely with her passion for community involvement and innovation in her future career in dentistry. Fun fact: one of her favorite spots in Cleveland is The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, where she enjoys a humble bar, music venue, and small thrift store in the basement stocked with vintage records and tapes. Welcome to the team, Poonam!

03/26/2021

This is our final week of celebrating Women's History Month. Thank you all for following along and seeing some of the great women who have impacted Case, the SRHC and the city of Cleveland so profoundly. If you have not liked our page and followed us yet, please do so to continue to stay in the loop and support our free Student-Run Health Clinic!

For our final week we are spotlighting Dr. Jesse Honsky, DNP, MPH, RN, PHNA-BC, who is an assistant professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the Director for Community Based Experiences for the CWRU Office of Interprofessional Education, Research, & Collaborative Practice. She completed her BSN at the College of St. Benedict, in St. Joseph, MN in 2003. Earned an MPH and MSN with a focus in advanced public health nursing from CWRU in 2012 and her DNP from CWRU in 2017. Before teaching full time she worked as a public health nurse in Yakima, WA and Missoula, MT and as a peri-operative nurse in Cleveland, OH. She started teaching full time at FPB in 2012. In 2103-2015 she helped establish the MetroHealth School Health Program as their first program director. In this role she collaborated with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) to bring primary care clinics directly to children and adolescents in schools. In 2015-2017she served as the assistant director for the CWRU Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. In the school of nursing she teaches clinical in both in-patient and community health settings. Her interest in interprofessional education began in 2013 when she became a faculty adviser for the Student Run Health Clinic and has grown over the years. Now as Director of Community Based Experiences she coordinates community-based project experiences for over 450 students from different health professions at CWRU. This spring semester she is working with an interprofessional team of faculty and students to coordinate health profession student volunteers at COVID vaccine clinics in the Cleveland area.

03/23/2021

Here are some statistics highlighting how our free Student Run Clinic has been making an impact in the community during this pandemic!

03/21/2021

Continuing our celebration of Women’s History Month at the Student Run Health Clinic, today our spotlight is on Dr. Latina Brooks PhD, CNP, FAANP. Dr. Brooks is a lifelong Clevelander who attended Case Western Reserve University for both her undergraduate and graduate studies. She has now worked at Case for four and a half years and is currently an Assistant Professor as well as the director of both the Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. She has contributed to the world of research with studies into diabetes and other endocrine disorders in women as well as health disparities. Her message to her students is to “treat the patient that is in front of you” with an emphasis on listening to each patient and understanding that the patient is an active participant as well as the final decision maker regarding their care. Her work in helping to train the next generation of advanced practice nurses here at Case is of great importance and in this way she gives a tremendous amount back to the profession of nursing. In her spare time pre-COVID, one of her passions was traveling and she also very much enjoys old movies and reading about history. You can learn more about Dr. Brooks by visiting her bio page on the Case website at the link in the comments below. On behalf of the CWRU SRHC we want to thank you for your contributions to the university, the field of healthcare, and to the world!

03/12/2021

We are proud to introduce you all to our new student directors at the SRHC! Be sure to follow this page to meet all of the new faces who have stepped up this year to lead our clinic. We will be introducing them one by one in a series of posts over the next several weeks. Today it is our pleasure to introduce you to Destiny Kaznoch our new Nursing Director!

A first year in the MN program, Destiny was excited to join the Student Run Health Clinic due to her passion for working with underserved and underrepresented patient populations and her desire to work in an interprofessional team. Destiny is a graduate of Kent State University and spent three years doing pediatric research at Cleveland Clinic Children’s. In her free time you can find her enjoying Brewnuts or exploring the Bedford Reservation. We are so excited to have you on the team, Destiny!

03/09/2021

As we continue our celebration of Women’s History Month, the Student-Run Health Clinic media spotlight this week is on Dr. Lisa Navracruz MD, FAAFP, AAHIVS.

A lifelong Clevelander, Dr. Navracruz has been the medical director of the SRHC since 2012. She graduated from medical school at Stanford in 2000 and her time as the Student Director of the Student Health Clinic at Stanford is part of what drew her to the position as Medical Director here at the CWRU SRHC. In this role she oversees the clinic's operations including transitioning the clinic to its new location at NFP and utilizing our resources to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the community. As of this coming weekend the clinic will have provided well over 1,000 vaccine doses to residents of Greater Cleveland.

She has also been a professor at Case since 2016 teaching Physical Diagnosis and other clinical skills to preclinical level Medical Students and she also coordinates the community patient care preceptor program. Her role at Case is heavily focused on getting students more involved in the community.

In her clinical career, Dr. Navracruz has also been focused on providing HIV Primary Care first with Care Alliance from 2004-2019 and now at Neighborhood Family Practice. Her dedication to providing much needed care to underserved communities in all of these roles has had an immense impact on our city.

On behalf of the SRHC and Case Western Reserve University we want to recognize you for your accomplishments and thank you for your contributions to the university, to the field of healthcare, and to the world!