SJU Professor Brings Medical Help to the Homeless

John Conry of St. John�s College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, embodies the Vincentian ideal of service to the poor and disadvantaged by volunteering at least once a week in Manhattan with Project Renewal�s Mobile Medical Outreach Clinic.

Aboard the Clinic�s fully outfitted MedVan — one of the first mobile medical units to offer preventative, urgent and HIV/AIDS services in addition to primary care to the homeless when it began in 1986 � Professor Conry serves as consultant clinical pharmacist on a team that also includes a physician, a social worker, a physician assistant and a driver/aide. Together they provide primary medical care to homeless people �where they are� � on the streets, in shelters, at soup kitchens and at drop-in centers.

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