HOSPITAL VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
All students need to secure their personal health history before contacting the hospitals for volunteer positions. Various inoculations and immunizations are needed for volunteering (MMR shot, TB shot, tetanus shot, etc.). Toxicology tests (drug tests) may also be required of you. Contact the hospital volunteer services department directly to initiate the application process.
American Red Cross
150 Amsterdam Avenue - Headquarters in City
New York, NY10023-5025
Jennifer Brown - Coordinator of Volunteers
Phone: (212)875-2068
Fax: (212)875-2309
Website:
Expectations: different requirements for each position
Website details all pertinent information
Bellevue Hospital Center
462 First Avenue (at 27th Street)
New York, NY10016
Priscilla Daniels - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212)562-4858
Fax: (212)562-2097
Expectations: 3 consecutive hours any one day of the week / for some programs a six hour minimum per week / some programs have a 3 or 6 month commitment
Elissa Moore - Coordinator of Emergency Medicine Research and PAVERS Program.
Phone: (212) 562-3010
Patient Advocate Volunteers in ER (PAVER)
Expectations: minimum 4 hours per week - 6 month commitment
Clinical research available
Project Healthcare (Summer) 10 weeks/apply by January
BethIsraelMedicalCenter
Milton & Carroll Petrie Division (MainHospital)
1st Avenue and 16th Street
Laurie Burns - Coordinator of Volunteer Services
Phone: (212) 420-2733
Fax: (212) 420-4705
Website:
Expectations: minimum 2 hours a week + 6 Month commitment w/ interview, reference check
BethIsraelMedicalCenter
PhillipsAmbulatoryCareCenter
10 Union Square East, Suite 5-C
New York, NY10003
Meryl Schaffer - Director
Phone: (212) 995-6667
Expectations: 6 Month commitment w/ interview, reference check
CabriniMedicalCenter
227 East 19th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Ave)
(212) 844-8630
Lorien Vidal – Assistant Coordinator, Volunteer Services
Phone: (212) 995-6667
Fax: (212) 979-3567
Minimum 4 hours per week
Minimum 50-week commitment
ColerMemorialHospital
900 Main Street - Roosevelt Island
Phone: (212) 848-6010
Pamela McMaster - Director
Lydia Ortiz - Coordinating Manager
Expectations: 3 consecutive hours on a given day / minimum commitment of 50 total hours
ColumbiaPresbyterianMedicalCenter
630 West 168th Street
New York, NY10032
Website:
Evelyn Ramos - Manager of Volunteer Services
Phone: (212)305-2542
Fax: (212)305-8911
Placement Programs
(A) Allen Pavilion, (212) 932-5319, Myra Garcia, Manager
(B) Cornell, (212) 746-4396, Maxine Bakers, Manager
Research Associates Program in Emergency Medicine
Peter Greenwald, M.D. - Director
Support of clinical research studies
15-week, One semester commitment
Eight hours weekly
Fall and Spring semesters only
Selection of candidates is made by the Postbac Office
Candidates must have completed a semester of study and be in good academic standing
GoldwaterMemorialHospital
1 Main Street - Roosevelt Island
New York, NY10044
Pamela Hargrow - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212)318-4457
Expectations: Flexible Hours
GouverneurHospital
227 Madison Avenue
New York, NY10002
Che Kwan Yu – Director of Volunteer Services
Phone: (212)238-7855
Fax: (212)238-7879
Seeks Special bilingual Chinese/English and Spanish/English interpreters
Expectations: 6 hour minimum per week / 150 hours total commitment
HarlemHospitalCenter
502 Lenox Avenue
New York, NY10037
Stephanie Harewood – Assistant Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212)939-3520
Fax: (212)939-2794
Expectations: 150 hours total commitment
Website:
HarlemHospital Language Assistance Program
MLKP 6th Floor, Room 6-185
Lucila Jimenez - Associate Director, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Coordinator
Phone: (212)939-1037
Medical Interpreting
Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East 70th Street
New York, NY10021
Shahan Hafiz- Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212)606-1228
Fax: (212)774-7013
Expectations: 100 total hours within a 6 month period
Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 5:30pm
4 hour shifts
LenoxHillHospital
100 East 77th Street at Park Avenue
Hillary Ganton– Manager of Volunteers
Phone: (212)434-2600
Fax: (212)434-2884
Website:
3 hours per week
MemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenter
1275 York Avenue, Room C128
New York, NY10021
Jane Siegel - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212)639-8623 or (212)639-5980
Fax: (212)639-8886
Website:
Expectations: once a week for 3-4 hours for at least a school semester or longer
MetropolitanHospitalCenter
1901 First Avenue (at 97th Street)
New York, NY10029
Linda Takourian - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212)423-6894
Fax: (646)672-3227
Website:
Expectations: 3 hours on a given day and a 150 hour commitment
Recent Physical required
MontefioreMedicalCenter – MosesDivisionHospital
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY10467
Margaret Hamer - Director of Volunteer Services
Phone: (718)920-4191
Fax: (718) 547-4205
Website:
MontefioreMedicalCenter – WeilerDivisionHospital
1825 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY10461
Phone:718_904-2934 – volunteer services
Website:
Mount SinaiHospital
One Gustave L. Levy Place
1190 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY10029
(212)241-6500 – main telephone
Website:
Cynthia Levy – Director of Volunteer Services Volunteer Department
Caroline Boynton – Coordinator of Patient Care Volunteers
Phone: (212)241-0478
Fax: (212)987-3969
Expectations: 6 months and 100 hours total commitment
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
310 East 14th Street at 2nd Avenue
New York, NY10003
Alma Figueroa - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212) 979-4462
Commitment of 100 hours or three months
Two references
New YorkHospital - CornellMedicalCenter
525 East 68th Street
New York, NY10003
Alma Figueroa - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212) 746-4396
Fax: (212)353-5728
Website:
Expectations: 100 hours minimum or three months
Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm
New YorkState Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY10032
Website:
Matt Gold - Director of Volunteer Services
Phone: (212)543-5240
E-mail:
Work in research departments
Six-month commitment
New YorkUniversityMedicalCenter – TischHospital
530 First Avenue
New York, NY10016
Jabeen Dinzey - Manager of Volunteers
Phone: (212)263-6100
Fax: (212)263-3738
Website:
Expectations: varies from program to program. Minimum 3 month commitment and at least one shift per week (3 to 4 hours).
New YorkV.A.MedicalCenter
423 East 23rd Street
New York, NY10010
Phone: (212) 447-5158
St. Luke's Hospital
1111 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY10025
(212)523-2188 – volunteer services
Website:
Kathleen Dalton - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212) 523-7155
Expectations: 120 hours minimum - 6 month commitment
Mary Jo Page - Supervising Staff Coordinator - (212) 523-2188
Look for e-mail at the beginning of each semester regarding mandatory Volunteer Orientation.
St. Luke's RooseveltHospital
1000 Tenth Avenue (at 59th Street)
New York, NY10019
Website:
Sue Fenton - Director of Volunteers
David Heefner - Supervising Staff Coordinator
(212) 523-7155 – volunteer services
St. Vincent's Hospital (midtown)
426 West 52nd Street
Carlos Cuatras - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212) 459-8435
St. Vincent's Hospital (downtown)
130 W. 12th Street
New York, NY10011
Sister Patricia Cusack - Director of Volunteers
Phone: (212)604-7268
Fax: (212)604-2378
Expectations: 4 hours minimum per week
2-year pre-health rotation program in 12 departments
Medical Form/Application Orientation
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