Leadership

**Thomas Deppong, M4**
M4 President
deppong@wayne.edu

**Julia Correll, M2**
Continuity of Care Co-Director
hz8150@wayne.edu

**Joe Gjonaj, M2**
Finance Co-Director
hd4820@wayne.edu

**Ed Hill,** M2
Patient Education Co-Director
fx4332@wayne.edu

**Andrew Singh, M2**
Grants Co-Director
hy9265@wayne.edu

**Seareen Maita, M2**
Harm Reduction Co-Director
cp6489@wayne.edu

**Ryan The, M2**
Inventory Co-Director
hg6492@wayne.edu

**Zaynab Lughmani, M2**
Inventory Co-Director
hy8400@wayne.edu

**Sam Hoey, M2**
Technology Co-Director
ia6604@wayne.edu

**Brooke Waldon, M3**
M3 VP & Consult Leader
hv6640@wayne.edu

**Nicholas Saeedi, M2**
Education & Training Co-Director
hy8864@wayne.edu

**Emily Critchfield, M2**
Communications Co-Director
ic3174@wayne.edu

**Uma Sriram, M2**
Patient Education Co-Director
hg6191@wayne.edu

**Hamza Mohammad, M2**
Grants Co-Director
ia5445@wayne.edu

**Bea White, M2**
Nurture Net Coordinator
beatrice.white@wayne.edu

**Sydney Kelly M2**
Inventory Co-Director
he0505@wayne.edu

**Sindi Roko, M2**
Logistics & Human Resources Director
gn9048@wayne.edu

**Ryan Christian, M2**
Technology Co-Director
gw2697@wayne.edu

**Laya Dasari, M2**
M2 VP
ic8217@wayne.edu

**Maurgan Lee, M2**
Education & Training Co-Director
mightymo@wayne.edu

**Jahnavi Rajagopal, M2**
Communications Co-Director
he3899@wayne.edu

**Michelle Wang, M2**
Food Systems Director
gw7080@wayne.edu

**Raj Khuperkar, M2**
Grants Co-Director
hg3817@wayne.edu

**Olivia Daniel, M2**
Nurture Net Coordinator
gw3530@wayne.edu

**Shridula Kotakondla, M2**
Inventory Co-Director
he1142@wayne.edu

**Emerson Woodbury, M2**
Operations Co-Director
ec9648@wayne.edu

**Abdel Kareem Hilo, M2**
Research Co-Director
hy9254@wayne.edu

**Michaela Yamine, M2**
Continuity of Care Co-Director
ia5012@wayne.edu

**Kris Shah, M2**
Finance Co-Director
ia5925@wayne.edu

**Kush Amin, M2**
Patient Education Co-Director
hd0063@wayne.edu

**Faris Mahjoub, M2**
Advocacy Director
hy1777@wayne.edu

**Ciara Hancock, M2**
Harm Reduction Co-Director
Ib1920@wayne.edu

**Ritika Tiwary, M2**
Nurture Net Coordinator
hz8485@wayne.edu

**Ashley Yuran, M2**
Inventory Co-Director
hy9271@wayne.edu

**Sarah Yee, M2**
Operations Co-Director
hg9261@wayne.edu

**Prerna Chahal, M2**
Research Co-Director
hy9249@wayne.edu

Dr. Richard Bryce, DO Faculty Advisor & Medical Director rbryce1@hfhs.orgDr. Bryce is a family physician at Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) Center in Southwest Detroit. He attended medical school at Michigan State University College… — **Dr. Richard Bryce, DO**
Faculty Advisor & Medical Director
rbryce1@hfhs.org
Dr. Bryce is a family physician at Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) Center in Southwest Detroit. He attended medical school at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM) and completed his residency in Family Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Dr. Bryce hosts Wayne State medical students at CHASS for family medicine clerkships. He also teaches at MSUCOM’s DMC campus. After working with SMD’s founder Jonathan Wong at CHASS, Dr. Bryce became interested in volunteering with Street Medicine Detroit. He believes that everyone has the right to healthcare and finds that his work that with SMD fuels his passion for medicine.

Jonathan Wong, MD, PGY-2 Founder & Chair of Board of Directors jwong@med.wayne.eduWhile a medical student at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Dr. Wong first caught wind of the street medicine movement and formed a vision to go directly… — **Dr. Jonathan Wong, MD**
Founder & Chair of Board of Directors
jwong@med.wayne.edu
While a medical student at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Dr. Wong first caught wind of the street medicine movement and formed a vision to go directly to the streets and shelters to serve Detroit's unhoused community. Through partnerships with faculty and community organizations, he quickly developed Street Medicine Detroit into a socially-conscious healthcare force and model for other medical groups in the city. After completing his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, Dr. Wong still remains heavily involved with the organization as the Chair of Board of Directors.

Lydia Adkins, CPSS Road Home Outreach lfoskey@nso-mi.orgMs. Adkins first encountered NSO in 2004 while personally experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, and addiction. At NSO, she received the help she needed through the Tumaini Center, Ad… — **Lydia Adkins, CPSS**
Road Home Outreach
lfoskey@nso-mi.org
Ms. Adkins first encountered NSO in 2004 while personally experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, and addiction. At NSO, she received the help she needed through the Tumaini Center, Addiction Treatment Services, and The Road Home (formerly known as Helping Hands). In January 2008, she was housed and began the process of recovery. By August 2009, she began working for NSO as a member of The Road Home. Ms. Adkins is incredibly grateful for the opportunities and the second chance NSO provided her. Her passion for her work stemmed from her own personal experience of moving beyond homelessness and addiction; now, her passion derives from her desire to help others do the same.

Philip Ramsey, CPSS Road Home Outreach pramsey@nso-mi.orgThe Road Home is a unique mobile outreach program of the Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO). This program provides housing and other support services to those experiencing homelessness in… — **Philip Ramsey, CPSS**
Road Home Outreach
pramsey@nso-mi.org
The Road Home is a unique mobile outreach program of the Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO). This program provides housing and other support services to those experiencing homelessness in the City of Detroit. The Road Team engages people wherever they may be—whether on the streets, in parks, or under viaducts—and guides them through the process of identification restoration and obtaining permanent housing. Street Medicine Detroit partners with The Road Home to offer encouragement, support, medical, and housing services to individuals experiencing homeless.

In memory of
Dean Carpenter, RN, FNP-BC
1956 - 2019
Lead Clinical Preceptor

Dean Carpenter was a nurse practitioner at the Neighborhood Service Organization’s Tumani Center in Detroit and the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, MI. Nurse Carpenter received his Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Michigan State University. He had a passion for teaching nursing and medical students since 2001, first as a clinical instructor for Jackson Community College of Nursing and as a clinical preceptor for many nurse programs throughout the state, including Wayne State, Michigan State and the University of Michigan. Nurse Practitioner Carpenter saw the tremendous need of those experiencing homelessness and recognized that even simple interventions could have a huge impact on improving quality of life. His motivation: the gratitude expressed by SMD patients, paraphrasing St. Francis of Assisi, “For it is in giving that we receive”.

“Dean was part of the founding team of Street Medicine Detroit and he has always been an integral and essential part of who we are. He has not only been the primary clinician to many of Detroit’s most vulnerable, but he was also a mentor to hundreds of medical and nursing students. With his quiet and genuine interactions interspersed with quick humor with patients and colleagues alike, he exemplified Street Medicine’s mission of compassionate, high quality care to a population so often neglected by society. He was the essence of openness and hospitality, welcoming excited volunteers from distant hospitals and nurse practitioner schools, local medical schools, and even undergraduate programs. His almost singular desire was to serve people experiencing homelessness. We would often finish a full morning or afternoon of Street Runs to hear Dean off-handedly mention he would be going back that evening by himself to check in on some patients we missed or deliver some medications we didn’t have with us. We cannot replace his ease with patients or the way they visibly relaxed when they noticed his presence and trustingly shouted, ‘Hey, Nurse Dean.’ This city has truly lost a great soul.”

Leadership Alumni

Class of 2026

Nicole LaFrance, Ciara White, Sarah Chamdin, Eve Sherbin, Anna Rowell, Paul Villa, Adam Chaban, Saachi Mittal, Kiersten Walsworth, Curtis Mack, Mihika Sridhar, Elnaz Guivatchian, Elizabeth Helfrich, Tiffany McKenney, Era Cobani, Uzair Khan, Nina Brahmbhatt, Noor Sulaiman, Neil Garg

Class of 2025

Denise Bilbao, Rebecca Adams, Alexis Malecki, Bridget Croniger, Matthew Myhand, Bhavana Garapati, Nick Livingston, Megan Seyerle, Karis Tutuska, Kathy Lu, Collin Gustafson, Janae Martin, Bethani Dunlap, Alex Hay, Minisha Kanakarajan, Brandon Hudson, Amelia Klamen, Mohamed Al Hassan, Kathleen Young

Class of 2024

Sophie Wittenberg, Gautham Pavar, Caroline Grubbs, Madison Mervis, Griffin Murray, Bianca Parker, Nikkisha Mills, Nedda Elewa, Trisha Gupte, Sarah Kelly, Michaela Kearney, Bakhit Toumoni, Kiana Cabasa, Katerina Furman, Sanjna Ghanshani, Connor Cook, Kenna Haile, Nyla Leonardi

Class of 2023

Kendrick Belardo, Trishya Srinivasan, Ana Lanier, Ali Maana, Roxanne Ilagan, Jennifer Preissentz, Carlos Figueroa, Kelly Brue, Nikita Wong, Lawrence Berry, Nimra Hassan, Lauren Varvatos, Leya Maliekal, Marc Quinones, Nick Corsi, Daeryl Amponin, Miloni Shah