Pittsburgh Organization of
Health Professional Students
Leadership team
 Kelly Nicol, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |  Elizabeth Sever, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine |
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 Lauren Lin, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |  Thomas Nguyen, LECOM College of Osteopathic Medicine |
 Dana Bacharach, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine |  Arnab Ray, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
We're a coalition of medical students from Pittsburgh moved to help our colleagues on the clinical frontlines. We are from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, LECOM, PCOM, Drexel School of Medicine, Temple School of Medicine and Geisenger Commonwealth School of Medicine. From all of us, thank you for your interest in donating to protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pittsburgh Organization of Health Professionals does not represent, nor is it affiliated with, any school, hospital system, or program at which our members are enrolled.
Here are some of things we've accomplished so far!
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Teamed up with Harvard Medical School Students/Hikma Health to make a map of COVID data for over 1200 counties in the US - this data is currently being double-validated by epidemiologists at Emory and will soon be posted as the most rigorous county level open source dataset for statistical modeling
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Raised funds and made holiday care packages for COVID ICU nurses at Allegheny General Hospital and UPMC hospitals
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Assisted Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS) & the Health Department in vaccination drive for frontline physicians
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Made phone calls to solicit donations of PPE from Pittsburgh local businesses
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Assisted the ACMS with PPE buying research by speaking directly with suppliers and coordinating with other medical student group COVID groups
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Assisted ACMS/PPE Connect PGH with ethical framework for PPE request ranking, ranked requests from community physicians and first responders
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Assisted PPE Connect with PPE donation pick-up and distribution
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Assisted PPE Connect and ACMS with social media efforts
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Facilitated monetary donations to ACMS COVID-Relief Fund totaling approximately $1600
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Assisted ACMS in N95 drive through mask fitting for local physician members, residents and medical students
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Provided child care services for healthcare workers for UPMC
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Coordinated food box pick-up for Allegheny Health Network
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Shared clinically tested face shield designs with PPE connect and University of Pittsburgh 3D printing lab