Report to the Community 2016/2017
Message from the President
and Executive Director
As MobileMed begins its 50th year delivering healthcare services to those most in need in Montgomery County, it is striking how relevant our mission remains today. Access to affordable care remains a challenge for many people in our community. The uncertainty around federal policy changes only provokes more anxiety.
Both of us were honored to join MobileMed co-founder Dr. George Cohen at a celebration of Ken-Gar’s 125th anniversary. It was in a church basement in this community tucked between Kensington and Garrett Park where MobileMed volunteers first brought services to residents in need during the period when Montgomery County schools were first being integrated. Activities in other underserved neighborhoods soon followed. (See back page of this report.)
Now, like then, we are remarkably fortunate to be able to rely on diverse community partners, dedicated volunteers, and generous donors. With time, we also developed valuable relationships with Suburban Hospital and Adventist HealthCare (Shady Grove and Washington Adventist) that enable our patients to benefit from topnotch ancillary services and specialty care. Today, that also allows us to effectively coordinate transitions of care when our patients (or those without a regular primary care provider) are being discharged from the hospital or emergency room.
Montgomery County’s demographic shifts and economic disparities ensure that the need for our high-quality, comprehensive primary care are only growing. Utilizing both fixed site and mobile van clinics located throughout the County, MobileMed delivered 13% more medical encounters last year to our target population. In addition, our patients have better access to onsite integrated behavioral health services than ever before – our program with Aspire Counseling won the Achievement Award from the Maryland Counseling Association.
The support of various community stakeholders—government, nonprofits, corporate, individuals—remains absolutely essential to our success. Looking forward as a community health center, we are committed to making a difference for all of our patients. Regardless of the broader political landscape, MobileMed will be there for the low-income senior, for the Medicaid enrollee seeking respectful and culturally competent care, and for the uninsured resident who needs our services.
Alan Hoffman Peter F. Lowet President, Board of Directors Executive Director
Helping Those in Need
“Min-Jee” has been a MobileMed patient for several years. Most recently, she was
experiencing recurring pain in her hip and pelvis. Her daughter translated Min-Jee’s
words: “I like [MobileMed]. I really appreciate it.” Smiling, her daughter added: “God
bless MobileMed. It’s helpful for everybody. [My mother’s] happy. God bless you.”
Our Mission
To improve the
health of low-
income people
who face the
greatest barriers
to care access.
Our Vision
To be a primary
care medical
home—
providing high
quality,
comprehensive
healthcare,
delivered in a
culturally and
linguistically
appropriate
manner.
Our Core
Values
Healthcare
access for all;
quality services
provided with
compassion,
respect and
cultural
sensitivity; and
organizational
excellence and
integrity.
2016-2017 by the Numbers
4,257 patients
14,596 medical encounters at MobileMed clinics
761 behavioral health visits
271 homeless clients receiving nurse case management
2 homeless shelters where we provide onsite primary care
3 clinics offering walk-in hours
2 clinics offering evening hours
50+ volunteer providers
20+ administrative volunteers
40+ staff members
7 languages spoken by volunteers and staff
100% of our patients would recommend MobileMed to others
Compassionate Medical Care and Management
“Tirunesh” has high blood pressure, a chronic condition that requires consistent care and oversight. For several
years, MobileMed has helped Tirunesh manage her condition through regular medical visits, medications, patient
education on diet and exercise and overall support. As Tirunesh said, “I love MobileMed. [They have] nice doc-
tors, they help [with] anything I need. The doctors make better, any time. [Whatever] I need, they have a doctor
for everything.”
1 year until MobileMed’s 50th Anniversary
VISIONARY ($5,000+) Anonymous
Kathryn Brown and Wade Sovonick
BENEFACTOR ($1,000+) Bernard Family Foundation
Shirley Brandman and Howard Shapiro
Richard Cannon, MD
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Circle Fellowship Church *
Catherine (Tina) and George Cleland
Lenore and George Cohen, MD
Hon. David S. Davidson *
Faith United Methodist Church
The Leonard A. and Linda K. Greenberg Charitable Foundation
Judy and Sheldon Grosberg
Constance Heller
Clare Herington and Laurence Platt
Linda Hudson and Jerry Herbers, MD
Charlotte Jenkins
JJF Management Services
Wendy Krasner and Richard Levine
Jean Lanham
Lee Development Group
Connie Lierman
Terry Lierman
Ann Malester and Daniel R. Barney
Ellen Mayhew
Michael McCartin
Jon Ann and Wendell Mohr
Nauticon Office Solutions
Linda Pickle and Jim Pearson
Irma Poretsky
Dale Rosenthal and Michael Cutler
Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care, Inc.
Saggar & Rosenberg, P.C.
Jean Shiro-Zavela and Vance Zavela
Anita O. Solomon, PhD
Sam Statland
Eve and Andy Stern
George Wasserman Family Foundation
Westmoreland Congregational UCC
Cliff and Deborah White Family Foundation
Susan and Peter Young
SUPPORTER ($500+) ACC Telecom
Amerigroup Real Solutions
Ellen and Simon Atlas
Maithri Babson
Marion and Jeffrey Barker, MD
Charles and Margaret Levin Family Foundation
The Christian Mixter and Linna Barnes Charitable Fund
Audrey Corson, MD
Melanie Folstad
Inga and Jeffrey Frank
Janet and Andrew Gallant
GFWC Metropolitan Club of Montgomery County
Kristina Gilbertson and Munro Meyersburg **
Maryann Gosnell
Diane Gould *
Lois Gutowski
Royce Hanson
Kathaleen Hempstone
International Monetary Fund
Jack Realty Group
Susan Jack
Julia Korenman and Howard Tracer
Susan Lanham and Pat Nevins
Diana Lanham and Francis Sullivan
Stephanie Loughlin and Robert Kaye
Lyceum Insurance Services, Inc.
Grace and Henry Masur, MD
Thelma and Barry Meyer
Original Pancake House
German Paraud
Denise and Rex Reed
Revere Bank
Lucia and Fernando Rossel
Ellen and Herbert Schulken
Eleanor and Van Seagraves
Vivi and Alan Sheff, MD
Emma Shelton and Florence Millar
Peggy and Stan Smith
St. Luke Lutheran Church and School
Nancy Switkes and Jeffrey Fienberg
Bonnie and Robert Tarone
Washington Spine and Sports Medicine
Andrew Weiss
ASSOCIATE ($100+) Nancy and John Abeles
Katherine and David Abeshouse
Rhoda Abrams
Boucie Adams
Abigail and Mark Adelman
Ada Adler, MD
America’s Charities
Laura and Perry Apelbaum *
Donna and Bryan Arling, MD
Aruna and Sudhakar Kaveeshwar Charitable Fund
Marion and Rick Ballard
Lynn Barclay
Hilary and Jeffrey Barker
Joan Barron and Paul Lang
Beatrice Baum
Walter Bauman
Charles A. Beard III
Elyse and Jeffrey Bernstein, MD
Howard Blum
B’nai Israel Congregation
Lynn Bock and Barry Barth
Vicki Breman **
Franca Brilliant and Seth Grimes
Brigitte and David Bugett, MD
Sandi Cave and Alan Banov **
Laura and Guy Cecala
Barbara and Hank Clark
Patricia Clausen
Rosanna Coffey and Timothy Stranges *
Marlene and Victor Cohn, PhD
Linda and Ronald Colbert
Tony Conrad
Nona and Kenneth Cox
Natalie and Brian Crowley, MD
Leonard Deitz, MD
Eileen and Paul DeMarco, MD
Sharon Dooley
Donna and Neil Dorsey
Mary Dragoo
Amy Edwards and John Adragna
Jan and James Eisner
Merle G. Fabian
Faye Fager
Elizabeth Falloon
Josephine Farwell
Lois and Alan Fern
Maureen Feroli, MD and Edward Feroli
Mary Catherine Fish and James Kaplan
Peter Fosselman **
Lucile Freeman
Martha Frew
Patricia Friedman and Blair Levin *
Joan and Lawrence Friend
David Frink
Wendy Frosh
Stephen Garvey
Fleur Gedamke
Margaret and Jacques Gelin *
Norman Gelman
Asher Gerecht
Susan and Jon Gerson
Marion and Daniel Goldberg
Kenneth Goldman
Diane and Martin Goldstein
Helene Grant *
Vilma Guevara
Samuel Hack
Harriet and Harold Halpern
Amy Harbaugh
Bonnie Harkness
John Heiman
Miranda and Stephen Herm
Janet and Robert Higgins
Abigail and Alan Hoffman
Judy Honig
Cheryl and Jay Hoofnagle
Michelle and Eric Howell
Ella and Howard Iams
Supriya Janakiraman, MD
Safia Kadir and Dennis Rice
Peter Karasik
Harvey Karch
Sylvia Kihara and Roger Neill
Deena Klopman and Hadassah Thursz
Ellen Kohn and Tim Muzzio
Sondra and Jeffrey Komarow
Donna Kozuch
Hon. Sidney Kramer
Belinda Lai
Araba Lamouse-Smith, PhD
Lyn Lansdale
Dorothea and Arnold Lear *
Amy and Hun Ya Lee
Carley and Harry Lee
Catherine and Hon. Isiah Leggett
Phyllis Lerner *
Debra and Joshua Levin
Dorothy and Gerald Liddel
Viveca Livesey, MD
Craig Ludwig
Melissa Ludwig
Jane Lyder and Alan Palisol *
Linda and Michael Madden
Bonnie Malkin and Robert Vogel
Kathy Mannes
Karen Mazze and Shankar Krishnan
Roberta McKay
Ellen and Willian Mentzer
Diane Mesirow
Marilyn Meyers, PhD
Linda B. Miller and Bruce Wolff
Kathy and Denis Neill
Network for Good
Not Your Average Joe’s, Inc.
NYSE Euronext Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Susan Okie, MD and Walter Weiss, MD
Rick Oleszewski
Thomas Olson
Beverly and John Pahira
Vicki and Jim Paper **
Katherine H. Parmalee **
Geraldine Pilzer
Arlene Polangin
Patricia Pothier and Ernest Nussbaum
Marjorie and Monroe Pray, CRNP
Paula Pruessner
Patricia Repik-Byrne
Adrienne W. Ris
Rachel Ritvo, MD
Kathleen Rodriguez and Uri Yokel
Joan and Joseph Romeo, MD
Lynn and Johns Sachs
Michael Sack, MD
Carol Salzman
Barbara Sanders
Fabienne Santel, MD
Gertrude Scanlan
Louise and David Schmeltzer
Monica and James Schoettler, Jr.
Ila and Terry Schoettler **
Catherine and John Schorn
Ellen and Larry Schwartz
Jen Sermoneta, PsyD
Shanghai Limited Partnership
Judith and Jay Shapiro, MD
Special Thanks to our Generous Donors
Cathy and Jerry Shier, MD
Bobbi and Lawrence Shulman
Laurie Sloss and Peter F. Lowet *
Nancy Sloss
Virginia Sloss
Marianne and Robert Smythe
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Barbara and Murray Stein *
Betsy and Ralph Stephens * **
Lizz Stoff and Larry Center
Hon. Helen Strang
William Stratton
SunTrust Mortgage
Marvin Tabb
Brenda Tabor
Alisa and Jon Talisman
Judy Tasse and Otto Gonzalez
Lill and Len Taylor
Ruth Tockman
Carol Trawick
Molly and Stuart Turkewitz
Nancy and Robert Turner
Deirdre Turshen
Lawrence Vanderveen
Wilma and Matt Wald **
Janet and Hans Wegner
Jane G. Weiman
Mary and Michael Whitehead **
William Willcox, Esq.
Karen and Roger Winston
Women’s Club of Bethesda
Karen Zacharia and Raymond Paretzky
Elizabeth and John Zinner
Amy and Mark Zusy
Catherine Zusy and Samuel Kendall
FRIEND (up to $99) Florence and Edward Aaron
Nancy and Bernard Abeshouse
Ruth Abramson
Joan and Stanley Adoff
Constance Aguayo
Vivian Aguayo
Joseph Antos
Martha Asner
Arden and Ellen Baker Trust
Shirley Baker
Sandra Balsam
Marla Banov
Jessica Barbalho
Rosalie M. Barr, MD
Kathleen Bauerle
Anita Becker *
Margaret Beckham and Brant Goldwyn *
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Toby and Philip Berman
Andrew Bethke
Marina Bills
Eleanor and T.J. Black
Helen Bodine
Helen and Paul Bollwerk
Helen and Robert Borochoff
Suzanne Byrnes
Richard R. Cavanagh
Maya Chauls and Jon Silverstone
Chou-Lin Chen
Iffat Chowdhury, MD
Sharron Cochran
Ellen and Ed Collier
Deborah and Avery Comarow
Fanny Cooley
Gary Cortellessa
Rota Corwin
John Dassoulas
Patricia Davenport
Jeanne and Harry Davis
Sacha de Lange
Linda and Roy Deitchman
Laura and Douglas Denault
Kathy Deutsch
Ibrahima Diallo
Marilyn Dickey
Susan and Edward Dosik
Margaret A. Douglas
Alison Drucker and Thomas Holzman
Suzanne Ducat and Stanley Cohen
Jonina Duker
Nancy Ebb
Patrick Egan
Margaret Engel and Hon. Bruce Adams
Hon. Gail Ewing
Elaine Feildelman and Irwin Shuman, MD
Elayne Flax
Mary and Thomas Fleisher
Liliane Floge
Rita Furst and Alan Seifert
Lee Futrovsky *
Carol Garvey, MD and Thomas Garvey, MD
Susan and Harold Geisel
Ellen Gerecht
Joyce Gillogly
Patricia and Samuel Goldberg
Judith Goldstein
Alice and Robert Goodman *
Tobias Gottesman
Harriet Granger Gordon
Susan Green
Joyce and Larrie Greenberg, MD *
Michael Greenspun
Susan Harris *
Jean Anne Hosker
Jane and Samuel Ireland
Tara Joseph, MD and Kuriacose Joseph
Naomi and Irving Kaminsky
Nancy and Joshua Kaufman
James A. Kelley
Patti Kilpatrick *
Rebecca and Hon. Marc Korman
Dolores Ann Kozloski
Doris and Kenneth Kraemer *
Jeanette and Robert Kreiser
Hon. Susan C. Lee
Judith Levin, MD and Jonathan Levin, MD
Paul Levine, MD
Susan Levine
Carol and Donald Lipton
Carolyn Lodish, MD
Mortimer P. Lowenfeld
Jonathan Lowet
Steven Macht, MD
Chelsea and Josh Madden
Marie Mann and Christopher Walsh
Lalitha Peters Martyres, MD
Sara and Steven Mathis
Faith May **
Bill McCloskey
Amelia and James McConnell
Karen and James McManus *
Libby and Ronald Merrill
Francine Meyer
Barbara Anne Miller, MD
Rev. Ann and William Moczydlowski
Judith Morenoff
Yvonne Moritz
Riochelle and Steven Morrison *
Nurifah Muhamad
Rosalie and Ben Mulitz
Mary Mutisya
Farhad Niami, PhD
Theresa Nuzum
German Angelo Ojeda
Irnest Oser, MD
Ann Parker
Fredric Parsons, CPA
Shirley and Andrew Pelmoter
Lisa and Jeffrey Perlmutter
Rolf Piekarz, MD
Barbara Polansky
Sylvia and Coleman Raphael **
Katherine and Charles Reichelt
Debbie and Mike Rider
Marion and Donald Robertson
Susan and Kenneth Rosenbaum, MD
Joan Rosenstein and Kenneth Roberts
Corinne and Martin Rosenthal, MD
Barbara and Douglas Rosing, MD
Sue and Mort Rudo
Harriet Sadel
Marcia Salus and Larry Brenner
Janet and Jack Schiff
Priscilla and Eugene Schmitt
Phyllis and John Schmitz
Alison Schoettler **
Harolyn M. Schwartz
Rita and David Selman
Judith and Earle Silber, MD
Sharon and Ira Silverman
Joseph Silvio, MD
Rita Skolnik and Steve Crowley
Lois and Irving Slott
Rachel Smarte **
Herbert Snyder
Donna and Dave Sobeck *
Lucy Spagnolo, RN
Barbara and Dale Steinacker *
Melanie Stern
Gerard Taylor
Ellen Tillman
Timothy Tosten
Lottie W. Traunfeld
Karen and Matt Trebon **
Laura Udis
Mary and Leo von Euler
Julie Watson and George Lorenzo
Marcia Weinberg
Bertram Weintraub
Joyce Wice
Sandra Wool
Joan and Marc Zlotnik
EVENT IN-KIND DONORS Hyatt Regency Bethesda
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Suburban Hospital
*IN HONOR OF Carolyn Avery, MD
James Bailey, MD
Molly Burness
David Cohen
Hon. David Davidson
Sam Hack
Alan Hoffman
Connie Lierman
Linda Madden
Barry Meyer
Grace and Henry Masur, MD
Anita Solomon
**IN MEMORY OF Dorothy Davidson
Samarendra Dutta, MD
Hon. Esther Gelman
Arnold Meyersburg, MD
James Schoettler, MD
Martha Jean Schreffler
Ann Statland
2016-2017 Board of Directors
Alan Hoffman, President
Connie J. Lierman, CRNP, Past President
Marina Bills, Vice President
Wendy Krasner, Secretary
Michael D. Krauss, Treasurer
Kathleen Bauerle
Andrew Bethke
James Butler
Fanny Cooley
Catherine (Tina) Cleland, MBA
Sheldon Grosberg
Dianne Guillory
Jerome E. Herbers, Jr. MD, MBA, FACP
Charlotte A. Jenkins, MBA
James E. Luke
Mary Mutisya
Winifred Wilson
Honorary Board
George J. Cohen, MD
Simon Atlas
Lola Jean Cross, MPH, RN
Hon. David Davidson
Sharon Kay Dooley, RN
Dolores Farr, RN
Benjamin C. Fassberg, Esq.
John (Jack) J. Fitzgerald, Jr.
Sara N. Harris, OT
Hugh F. Hill III, MD, JD
Kenneth Howard
Marion Hayes Hull, PhD (1940-2017)
Jean Lanham
Thelma Meyer, MSW
Cynthia A. Meyersburg, MS
John Moscato
Rex Reed
Anita Solomon, PhD, ABPP
Hon. Helen Strang
Andrew Weiss
2016-2017 Management
Peter F. Lowet, Executive Director
Stephen Wiggins, MD, Medical Director
Kathleen Luton, CRNP, Clinical Director
Nurifah Muhamad, Finance/Admin. Director
Barry Barth, Development/Outreach Director
Adventist HealthCare
African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association
African American Health Program
Aspire Counseling
CASA
Catholic Charities
CHEER
Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Gaithersburg HELP
Interfaith Works
Islamic Education Center
Korean Community Service Center
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless
National Institutes of Health
Nueva Vida, Inc.
Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County
St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church
Shady Grove Medical Center
Suburban Hospital
Vietnamese American Services
Washington Adventist Hospital
THANK YOU to our Collaborative Partners
Comprehensive Primary Care
“Ida” has been an uninsured patient of MobileMed’s for three
years. Last year, she developed shingles, and came to MobileMed
for treatment. Recently, she was treated at our endocrine clinic, a
collaboration with Suburban Hospital and NIH. According to Ida,
“MobileMed does an excellent job. They treated me and
everything. It was perfect.”
A Valued Safety Net Provider
One of our long-time partners, Montgomery County DHHS, referred “Luthor,” an uninsured County resident, to
MobileMed. Suffering from heart problems, depression, and “night pains,” Luthor needed both immediate
medical care and case management. MobileMed addressed his medical needs, developing a care plan that
included a physical check-up, a flu shot, and integrated mental health services.
Adventist HealthCare
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
City of Gaithersburg
City of Rockville
Crowell and Moring LLP
Greater Washington Community Foundation: Sharing Montgomery Fund
Healthcare Initiative Foundation
Susan G. Komen National Capital Region
Maryland Community Health Resources Commission
Maryland Community Investment Tax Credit Program
Maryland Department of Health
Maximus Foundation
Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services — Montgomery Cares — Head Start
Montgomery County Executive and Council
Phase Foundation
Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County
Shulman Rogers
Suburban Hospital, a Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine
U.S. DHHS - Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
United Way of the National Capital Area
Venable Foundation
Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ
FY2017 Financials
THANK YOU to our Organizational Supporters
MobileMed at 50 1968-2018
As MobileMed approaches the half-century mark, we give thanks to the hundreds of volunteers, staff, partners and donors who have served Montgomery
County’s most vulnerable. While the County has changed dramatically in many ways, MobileMed’s
mission to improve the health of low-income people is as relevant today as it was when Dr. Herman A. Meyersburg and Dr. George Cohen
opened our first regular clinic in the basement of the Ken-Gar Baptist Church.
In 2018, we will be commemorating our 50th Anniversary — details to follow!
9309 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814
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