Pediatrics

Rosie Hammond’s introduction to the Student Health Coalition, fall of 1970

Health Fairs, Community Clinics & Councils, Origin Stories, Stories / By

Rosie Hammond shares how she first got involved with the Coalition in the fall of 1970 and describes her role as a pediatric examiner, including both the training she received alongside second year med students beforehand and her follow-up work post-health fairs in White Oak and Briceville, Tenn. Follow this link for full-footage of Margaret …

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Bill Dow in Smithville ,Tenn., 1970

Bill Dow

People, Student Health Coalition Participants, Theme: Expanding Practice, Theme: Expanding Practice - People, Theme: Health Care, Theme: Health Care - People, Theme: Organizing, Theme: Organizing - People, Themes / By

Bill Dow co-founded the Student Health Coalition while in medical school at Vanderbilt University, in 1969. His larger-than-life role in the SHC origin story and beyond warrants special telling, which we attempt in the essay that follows. Contributed by Margaret Ecker, compiled in collaboration with friends  Bill Dow energized a generation of student activists and …

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Pete Moss

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Contributed by Pete Moss and Jennifer Crane, March 2016. Dr. Pete Moss was raised on his maternal grandparents’ farm in Marshall County, Tenn., while his father fought in World War II. As the eldest of his siblings, he learned responsibility, but also had an adventurous spirit. He developed an intense love for learning and the …

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Amos Christie

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Amos Christie received his M.D. from the University of California. In 1943, he arrived at Vanderbilt University as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. During his time at Vanderbilt, he studied histoplasmosis, a fungal disease simulating tuberculosis, and received a John Phillips Award from the American College of Physicians for this work. In the 1940s …

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