Volunteering at the PHCUP Birmingham Free Clinic

As we discussed on 6/7, there is a great need for volunteer MH clinicians at the Birmingham Clinic who can speak Spanish. I spoke with several people personally, and this is how the sub-group list for those interested in MH services sorted: Maribel Rivera MD (children, adolescents, adults); Boris Birmaher MD (children and adults); Michele Feingold LCSW (adults only?); Ada Mezzich PhD (psychologist/researcher --mainly adolescents?); Claudia Ardiles LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor): individual work (children and adults), as well as couples and families; Gloria Rodriguez (counseling --children and adults?); Roberto Ortiz MD (children and adolescents, and adults); Michelle Barwell MD (adults only); M. Horvitz MD (adults).

IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE NOT ON THESE LISTS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED, PLEASE SEND ALONG MY CONTACT INFO.


In order to coordinate those of you who would like to start volunteering at Birmingham to offer MH services, could you please email me back with the following information:

(1) Name, credentials and full professional affiliation (i.e. - are you faculty/staff , and at which UPMC facility or other hospital system, or an independent clinician, etc.) - I will need this to start to verifying malpractice issues associated with volunteering with us. If you are NOT affiliated with a UPMC facility, please indicate if you are willing to be a referral resource for patients, in what capacity and if services are free or sliding scale or insurance only, etc.

(2) What your preference is for volunteer service (i.e. counseling, assessing, adults, children, both, etc.)

(3) Preference for days and times (the Birmingham Clinic operates on Monday eve (6-9pm), Wednesday afternoons (1-4pm) and Saturday mornings 10am-1pm - which is the session that we utilize SALUD interpreters and partner with SALUD Para Ninos for pediatric care). If none of these sessions are good for you, please indicate what days and time would be, and we can consider opening the clinic for additional time specific for MH.

Please add any other info that you think might be helpful and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much!

Mary Herbert
Clinical Coordinator, Program for Health Care to Underserved
herbertmi@upmc.edu 412-692-4901