Service Opportunities

Great Basin Healthnet:

(702) 430-3580

Community & Schools:

A 30 year-old national program present in Las Vegas since 2004 serving ages pre-k thru 18 year olds.  Volunteering physicians are needed for adolescent gynecology, ENT and pediatric surgery.  Volunteering physicians may schedule flexible hours for these services.  To volunteer, contact pediatrician Noah Kohn, MD at 581-3006.

The Nevada Tobacco Users' Helpline:

The Nevada's Tobacco Users Helpline began in 1997.  It was founded by Dr. Elizabeth Fildes.  It operates under the department of Psychiatry, at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. It is funded by grant dollars from the Fund for Health Nevada and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Professional counselors provide free integrative telephone-delivered nicotine dependence treatment & counseling services to assist in smoking cessation.  Primary Care Physicians and Specialist work with their own patients, prescribe medication when appropriate to assist in smoking cessation.  Nevada Tobacco Users' Helpline is located at: 6375 W. Charleston Blvd, STE A-172, Las Vegas, NV 89146. Hours of operation are from: 10am to 9pm (Mondays through Fridays); 10am to 2pm on Saturdays, and provides 24 hour voice mail option.  To receive free brochures and/or services, please call 1 800-QUIT NOW or 1-800-784-8669. Thank you.

Juvenile Justice:

Started in 2007 and administers OB-Gyn care to adolescent females incarcerated at the Juvenile Justice Center.  Approximately 30-35 young women per month receive STD screenings along with OB care.  This program is completely voluntary by physicians and nurses.  Contact Jerry Jones, MD or Florence Jameson, MD for more information. Physicians and Staff have now donated more than 300 hours of care.

Healthy Living:

Started in 2006, Healthy Living is a comprehensive health management program available to nearly 25,000 MGM Mirage employees since 2006.  The program is designed to help individuals improve and maintain their health by identifying and reducing health risks and better managing existing health conditions.  The program includes the following

• Disease management programs

• Online health risk assessment

• Phone health coaching with certified health professionals

• 10,000 steps walking program

• Web-based programs

• 24-hour NurseLine telephone service

• Onsite nutrition program in employee dining rooms

• Onsite mobile mammography facilities

• Onsite biometric screenings

The company also provides employees with a Wellness Floating Holiday - a paid day off to take a physical exam, as well as a mobile dental facility and a generous health plan.

The DFS is the child welfare agency for Clark County.  Currently, there are more than 3800 children in protective custody.  Many of our children have special health care needs that range from mild to extremely complex.  Some of these children require foster parents and caregivers who are properly trained to understand, assist, and care for these children and their medical conditions.

There is an ongoing need for foster families to provide both short-term foster care as well as to adopt children who need permanent families.  DFS is available to provide training for individuals or families who are Clark County Medical Society (CCMS) members to become licensed foster, respite, or adoptive caregivers.

Members of the CCMS can also help the children of Clark County by providing short term respite services to medically complex children when foster families need relief by coming to the foster families' homes to care for children for a few hours at a time.

Another way that medical professionals can help or assist is by volunteering as a guest speaker at foster parent trainings and presenting on topics that include preventing chronic illness such as diabetes, asthma, allergies. etc. 

The licensing process including all trainings are free to foster parents. Attending an Orientation session is the first step. Orientation is offered several times per month. Registration is NOT required for Orientation.  Please call 455-0181 to inquire about the next Orientation sessions.

For more information, please contact the Foster Parent Recruiter,  Vickie Wilson at 455-0720 or the general information number at 702-455-0181.  You may also learn more by visiting the website at www.fosterchild.com.childrensadvocasyalliance.com

For over 18 years, The Shade Tree has sheltered homeless and abused women and children. All services are free and designed to meet the client's needs. Currently preventive healthcare is not available for many residents due to the cost involved. More than 3,600 women and children served annually are in need of health care, so a clinic will be opened in the shelter to solve this problem. On average, 38% of clients are children and under the age of eighteen and 87 expectant mothers were sheltered during the last year. Touro University has graciously extended their Schutz Engel Foundation grant to equip a clinic at The Shade Tree. The clinic will be open four days each week in a sick call mode addressing women's health, adult health, and children's health care every week.

Volunteer and referral physicians are needed in order to accomplish this partnership clinic with Touro University. The Shade Tree is the only shelter of its' kind in Nevada providing for the needs of women, children, and their pets on site. The campus is just north of downtown Las Vegas. Physicians interested in assisting the women and children on site or by receiving referrals for care can contact The Shade Tree Executive Director Marlene Richter at 702-385-0072 or by email at ed@theshadetree.org. For more information about this non-profit organization, please visit the website at www.theshadetree.org.