William Jordan (Family Medicine 2007): Preventive Medicine in NYC
Dr. Bill as drawn by one of his patients
What does a Social Medicine doctor do? Here is Bill Jordan’s current answer:
I graduated from RPSM Family Medicine in 2007, and I’m currently finishing my MPH and serving as Chief Resident in Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
While a resident at Monte, I built on community psychiatry experience from medical school, launching an HIV prevention workshop at Geel Clubhouse, a day program for people with mental illness in the South Bronx. In addition to a recent report on this work in the journal Psychiatric Services, the workshops lived on after I left Monte, led by medical students under the stewardship of Dr. Alice Fornari.
As a preventive medicine resident, I have continued my longstanding commitment to immigrant health. I volunteer with Doctors of the World, writing medical affidavits for asylum seekers, and I regularly see new refugees at my primary care clinic in Harlem, the Barbee Family Health Center. I am also spearheading the NYC DOHMH pilot program to address cervical cancer screening disparities among female immigrants.
Finally, I helped build the coalition supporting this year’s introduction of Green Carts in New York City. The new permits allow vendors to sell fresh fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods with limited economic opportunity and low availability of healthy food. I promoted adoption of the permits with a local community-based organization representing Spanish-speaking street vendors, Esperanza del Barrio, and was recently elected to the board of directors. I am currently exploring the possibility of real-time cell-phone based mapping of vendor locations as a tool for promoting microlending to vendors and healthy food consumption by local residents. After finishing residency, I hope to continue working on the intersection of economic development and nutrition as a way of addressing health disparities.
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