Cancelled, will be rescheduled: Physician who serves Buffalo’s refugee population to speak at Fredonia on April 5

This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled later in the semester.

Dr. Myron Glick, whose Jericho Road Community Health Center provides care for refugees and low-income residents in Buffalo, will bring his unique insight into medicine and careers in the medical field at an informal session hosted by the Health Professions Club on Thursday, April 5, at 6 p.m.

Though geared to Fredonia students interested in medical professions, the talk in Fenton Hall Room 105 is free and open to the public.

Dr. Glick already has a strong connection to Fredonia. He is a mentor and advisor to Mam Deng, a senior Molecular Genetics major from Buffalo who shadowed Glick at the Jericho Road clinic. Mr. Deng’s association with Glick began when his family emigrated from the Sudan and received health care at his facility.

Deng, who is president of the Health Professions Club and has been accepted to the Jacobs School of Medicine at the University at Buffalo, will introduce Glick at the program. Glick will give an overview of his work and respond to audience questions.

Department of Biology Professor Ted Lee sought out Glick to speak to prospective medical students. “Dr. Glick’s clinic addresses a critical area of need and it will be very beneficial for our students to learn of his work and its impact. Hopefully some will follow in his path when they are physicians,” Dr. Lee said.

A key point conveyed to Fredonia students during a recent tour of the new UB Medical School was that medical professionals do not need to have to go abroad to provide health care to people in need, Lee noted.

Glick was raised in a traditional Amish community in Lancaster, Pa., and had planned to become a medical missionary after earning his medical degree at UB. After opening a family practice on Buffalo’s west side that catered to low-income residents, he found the world’s needy came to him.

The mission of the practice grew to include large numbers of refugees, many who had never seen a doctor or received proper medical care before coming to the United States. Wellness and self-sufficiency are pursued by the practice by addressing health, education, economic and spiritual barriers in order to demonstrate Jesus’ unconditional love for the whole person.