Healthcare without language barriers. Together, we can make it possible.
JAPANESE DEPARTMENT Established Spring 2017Konichiwa! Our newest department is also our smallest, but they’ve done an amazing job working with Japanese seniors over the past year. These five members have traveled all over the bay to provide interpretation services for
PRISCILLA (MINZHE) CHENDepartment: Chinese – MandarinYear: JuniorMajor: Applied Math + EconPreferred Pronouns: She, hers, herJoined VHIO: Fall 2017Why VHIO? “There are so many talented members and hardworking leaders in VHIO. The events of VHIO have enabled me to help hundreds of Limited English Proficiency
Share one volunteering experience that was most memorable to you.”[M]y first volunteering experience…was certainly the most memorable. I had not shadowed before so I made sure to review terms, prepare notes and all, but in fact the interpreting experience was
Share one volunteering experience that was most memorable to you.”Last August, I interpreted for a patient at an audiology clinic. During the session, I had to speak very loudly and clearly to communicate with the patient due to a malfunctioning
As of September 2017: Bao Nguyen is currently a first year medical student at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. As a Berkeley student she majored in Integrative Biology. In her free time, she likes to try different foods, watch K-dramas, and hang out with her
Nhayoung Hwang is currently a second year medical student at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Before she served on VHIO’s executive board with Bao Nguyen and Thanh Nguyen, she was the Korean department coordinator. NHAYOUNG HWANGKOREAN DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR 2013 –
Thanh Nguyen is a medical student at the University of Washington, School of Medicine (entering class of 2019). He was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 2002. He was a public health major and joined VHIO
Edna Cheung is currently a pharmacy resident at the University of Michigan. She received her pharmacy degree from UCSF Pharmacy school, and played a key role in transitioning the San Francisco Hepatitis B Collaborative at Cal into the Volunteer Health
Casey Chai, MD, is in her third year of training as a anesthesiology resident at the New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell and received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College. She will likely pursue a pediatric anesthiology fellowship
Leslie Sheu, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed medical school and residency at UCSF, and served as a chief resident at Moffitt-Long Hospital prior