Past Activities

In November 2021, in partnership with the Steve Rummler HOPE Network, ZVMS offered three free trainings to medical students and community members on administering Narcan/naloxone to help reverse opioid overdoses. Forty-four first- and second- year medical students received training at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. In the evening...

ZVMS has launched a new educational and service opportunity for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine medical students to learn to bring health care out of the clinical setting and to underserved populations. In this “Street Medicine” elective, medical students and local partners from agencies serving people experiencing homelessness in...

On April 21, ZVMS joined the Mayo Clinic and the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Department in a media briefing to highlight the rise in drug overdoses during the pandemic.  Issue More than 87,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in the one-year period ending in September 2020, according to preliminary data recently...

Clean Slate Act ZVMS supports the Clean Slate Act (MN SF1856, HF1152), which provides the grounds and procedures for automatic expungement of certain criminal records following a waiting period. The social determinants of health, including housing, job opportunities, wages, access to health care, and social integration, will improve for those...

April 2021 Update  ZVMS remains committed to banning conversion therapy, in the 2021 legislative session and beyond. Mental Health Protections Act [ORIGINAL POST from March 16] ZVMS strongly supports the passing of the Mental Health Protections Act (MHPA). The MHPA is a forthcoming piece of legislation aimed at protecting Minnesota’s...

“The Intersectionality of Race, COVID-19, the Criminal Justice System,and the Health of Our Communities”Thursday, July 30, 20206:00 pmvia Facebook Live Rochester for Justice, Diversity Council, Northstar Chapter Sierra Club, Barbershop Talk, Rochester Branch of the NAACP, Rochester Community Initiative, along with MN Association of African American

The Zumbro Valley Medical Society (ZVMS) joins other medical organizations in declaring racism a public health issue. We will work with community groups, local representatives, and other stakeholders to create and implement active steps towards addressing structural racism and its impact on health. As physicians and physicians in training, ZVMS...

On March 20, ZVMS began the process of collecting and distributing fabric masks. We connected with a local quilter, borrowed sewing machines from Rochester Public Schools, recruited and trained medical student volunteers, and donated our first set of masks to Meals on Wheels volunteers through Family Services Rochester. These early...

In May 2020, ZVMS helped the Minnesota Medical Association Foundation to raise over $6,700 for organizations serving people experiencing homelessness in Olmsted County during COVID-19. ZVMS identified the nonprofit organizations in our region to receive the funds for their collaborative spirit in assisting a particularly vulnerable population. The Warming Center...

ZVMS has helped arrange volunteer opportunities in the community for Mayo medical students, such as sewing masks, calling isolated seniors, and helping out at a center for people experiencing homelessness. Medical students’ activities were featured in an article this week in the Post-Bulletin.