Street Side: The Street Medicine Institute Podcast

These conversations were recorded during the 20th International Street Medicine Symposium thanks to Co-Host Michael Brennan. Don't forget to mark your calendars for ISMS 2025 in Hilo, Hawaii! Link to Show notes: Link The Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition is dedicated to promoting inclusive, reality-based, person-centered care for our unsheltered homeless community members throughout...

Michael Brennan is joined by Kara Cohen and Lydia Williams from Project HOME's Epstein Street Medicine program in Philadelphia, PA. Michael had a great opportunity at ISMS 2024 to talk to Kara and Lydia, nurse practitioners with years of wound care experience about Xylazine and it's impacts in Philadelphia. Link to Show notes and Transcript Suggestions, ideas, or questions? Email us at studentcoal...

On our third episode of Season 2 Michael interviews founder of RISE and board member of the Street Medicine Institute, Melissa Moore while at the International Street Medicine Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. Melissa shares her story of lived experience with homelessness and how she has transformed that experience into advocacy to help others. --- Link to our show notes and transcript: https://...

On our second episode of Season 2 we get to hear from Dr. Jim O'Connell and Dr. Jim Withers about their hopes and dreams for Street Medicine during some reflection at the International Street Medicine Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. --- Link to our show notes and transcript: https://tinyurl.com/tale-of-two-jims To learn more about the Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition, visit our webs...

On our first episode of Season 2 we hit the ground running hearing from the passionate voices of attendees and speakers at the Rally for Housing Not Handcuffs hosted by the National Homelessness Law Center and the National Coalition for the Homeless on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. --- Link to our show notes and transcript: https://tinyurl.com/street-side-supreme-court To lear...

Join our last episode of Season 1 where we sit down with Dr. Jim Withers to discuss humanism in healthcare, communal advocacy, and the future directions of the street medicine movement. To learn more about Dr. Withers and the Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition, visit the show notes here: http://tinyurl.com/mr36mwwj Music credits:  Memory by Balynt | https://soundcloud.com/balyntmusic Musi...

Join us in welcoming Brett Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C, for a discussion on his journey to Street Medicine, how to engage meaningfully in long term policy reform, and advice for students in training. To learn more about Mr. Feldman and the Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition, visit the show notes here: https://tinyurl.com/cf87zday Music credits:  Memory by Balynt | https://soundcloud.com/balyntmu...

Join us in welcoming Harsh Mander, Indian human rights activist, writer, and peace worker.   In this episode, we discuss the creation of public policy for historically marginalized communities and the importance of curiosity and imagination on the journey to becoming more empathetic in our work. To learn more about Dr. Mander and the Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition (SMISC), as well as...

Join us in welcoming Jeff Olivet in our first episode of Street Side. In this episode, we discuss how to find your place in the street medicine movement, uniting systems to address upstream factors of homelessness, and Jeff's journey from community outreach worker to Executive Director of the US Interagency Council. To learn more about Jeff and the Street Medicine Institute Student Coalition (SMIS...