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mental health outreach to computer literacy classes, legal services and job training.


“These are the kinds of things that are going to move people, family and communities forward — and toward better health as well,” said Kirby. The center was an obvi- ous next step for his ev- ery-widening perspective on what healthcare could truly mean to him — and for a community. “When you’re younger,


in middle school or high school, and you think, ‘I want to help people,’ one of the first professions you think of is a doctor. You go to college and look at medical school or maybe law school,” said Kirby.


But, as an undergrad, he majored in exercise science. It was practical, he recalls, “Something I could give someone now to help make their life better.”


That led to a short time as a trainer in a big box gym before he moved to the 11th Street Family Health Services. There, he could apply his skills while helping the com- munity in North Phila- delphia.


While working at 11th


Street, it became apparent to him how much social factors play into a per- son’s well-being.


“My view on healthcare has widened,” he said. “Social effects on health, things like poverty, neighborhood safety, em- ployment, greatly affect health. We keep seeing these relationships.” This led him to Drexel University for his Mas- ter’s degree in Public Health. There, he learned more about the studies and theories that support the perspective that social


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factors play an important role in healthcare. He also saw where the academic side of Public Health offered ideas on how to improve health- care in communities like North Philadelphia or West Philadelphia — places where people face barriers such as not having access to fresh and healthy foods or not having safe places in the community to exercise. And, he learned more about how to combine those academic theories with the realities of real, diverse communities. “We have to be willing to mold these theories and engage communi- ties,” said Kirby. That means listening to the perspectives of people in the area he’s serving, rather than just prescrib- ing solutions that work on paper or have been successful elsewhere. “It’s saying, ‘This is what we think we know; this is what the research tends to show us. We’re giving you this informa- tion to say, what do you think?’ ”


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At the Dornsife Center, then, one way he does this is to look not just to established community leaders for input on what services might work best in a given neighborhood. Specifically, Kirby looks for what he calls “un- known leaders” — people who have been margin- alized and voiceless for some time. “Research always says to go to the community, find the stakeholders and build trust, but find- ing those stakeholders isn’t always as easy as it seems,” he said. “There’s a lot of ebb and flow, moving back and forth.” To that point, one of Kirby’s goals as director


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is to expand awareness of the center and its services in the neighborhoods it serves. At the same time, he’s also looking to sharpen the program- ming to more directly address the issues local stakeholders say are most important to them. On issues like job training, for instance, he’s looking for ways to strengthen relationships between the group and the Community College of Philadelphia, which offers programs for high school equivalencies, as- sociate’s degrees and easy transfer processes to four- year colleges.


When it comes to housing, Kirby meets with local civic associa- tions regularly to discuss affordable housing. Through Drexel, the Center offers legal aid to those who need lawyers to help settle matters to prevent them from be- ing displaced from their homes.


And, he’s committed to continuing and expand- ing arts and cultural programs. This includes Tae Kwan Do classes, writers’ workshops and music lessons. Recently, the center renovated its music studio and works with Drexel’s media arts school to offer people the knowledge and resource to create and record their own music. Ultimately, he sees the


relationship between Drexel, the school be- hind the Dornsife Center, and the community as reciprocal. It’s an oppor- tunity for the university to help people in its own backyard while provid- ing hands-on educational opportunities for its students. The program- ming also helps inform those public health ideas and theories that, Kirby says, always need further research to become more effective in places. “The reason we’re here is that Drexel University’s President John Frye had a goal of us being the most civically-engaged university in the coun- try,” he said. “We believe that when you make civic engagement a part of the curriculum, it’s more beneficial for the students and faculty members, and more beneficial to the communities as well.”


Mercy Health System Physicians Recognized Among Top Docs 2018


Top Docs™ list of the area’s best physicians who were selected by their physician peers throughout the region. Congratulations to the Mercy Health physicians listed below who were included in Philadelphia Magazine’s Top Docs™ 2018.


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David J. Addley, Jr., DO, Cardiovascular Dis- ease, Mercy Philadelphia Hospital; Melanie I. Amster, MD, Urology, Mercy Fitzger- ald Hospital; William M. Battle, MD, Gastroenterology, Naza- reth Hospital; Joseph T. Conroy, DO, Cardiovascular Disease, Mercy Fitzgerald Hos- pital;


Peter Correnti, Jr., DO, Cardiovascular Disease, Mercy Fitzgerald Hos- pital; Linda D. Green, MD, Allergy & Immunology, Mercy Fitzgerald Hos- pital; Gerald L. DeVaughn, MD, Cardiovascular Disease, Mercy Fitzger- ald Hospital; Richard H. Hunn, MD, Cardiovascular Disease, Mercy Fitzgerald Hos- pital;


Michael J. Korman, MD, Pulmonary Dis- ease, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital; Cheryl L. Leddy, MD, Cardiovascular Disease, Nazareth Hospital; Steven Lichtenstein, DO, Gastroenterology, Mercy Fitzgerald Hos- pital;


ach year, Phila- delphia Magazine publishes its


Darius Sholevar, MD, Cardiac Electrophysiol- ogy, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital;


Bruce B. Sloane, MD, Urology, Mercy Fitzger- ald Hospital.


“We congratulate the members of our medical staff recognized by their peers as Top Docs in Philadelphia Magazine. “ says Sharon Carney, MD, Chief Clinical Of- ficer, Mercy Health System. “We appreciate the hard work and dedi- cation of all our doctors, who are committed to our mission and values in serving the needs of our community. Our patients and families can count on the experience, expertise and quality of care they provide every day at Mercy Fitzgerald, Mercy Philadelphia and Nazareth Hospitals and throughout our health system.”


Arthur T. Martella, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mercy Fitzgerald Hos- pital; Eddy Mizrahi, MD, Cardiovascular Disease, Mercy Philadelphia Hos- pital; Martin J. O’Riordan, MD, Cardiovascular Disease, Mercy Fitzger- ald Hospital; Scott E. Rosenthal, DO, Pain Medicine, Nazareth Hospital;


About Mercy Health System A diverse, integrated system providing com- prehensive healthcare services, Mercy Health System comprises three acute care hospitals, a home healthcare organization, several wellness centers, physician practices, a fed- eral PACE program, and is co-owner of managed care plan, Gateway Health Plan. With 250 primary care and specialty physi- cians, Mercy Health Sys- tem is a teaching commu- nity health system affiliated with Drexel University School of Medicine and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM). The largest Catholic healthcare system serving the Delaware Val- ley, Mercy Health System is a part of Trinity Health. The vision of Mercy Health System is to be a leading provider of compassionate care and community access to quality health services that improve the health of individuals and communi- ties. To learn more about Mercy Health System, visit www.mercyhealth.org.


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