Great Lakes Regional Chapter

The Great Lakes Regional Chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine is a membership organization for interdisciplinary health professionals in the region including Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. National and Chapter goals are to foster and stimulate the highest quality of health care for adolescents and to increase understanding of the adolescent periods of growth and development among the community in general, and interdisciplinary health care providers in particular.

Objectives

Provide leadership to promote adolescent health and health care
Foster communication among professionals who care for adolescents
Encourage cooperative projects in health care delivery, continuing education and clinical research

Activities

Act as a clearinghouse for information and resources related to adolescent health
Provide a network for referrals for adolescent health and health care
Advocate for and stimulate interest in adolescent health and adolescent health care
Provide continuing education programs and collaborate with training programs on adolescent health care
Maintain liaisons with other professional organizations and consumer groups
Promote research on adolescent health and health care
Collaborate with national SAHM and other professional organizations to develop standards for adolescent health care

Organization: Membership includes health educators, nutritionists, nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers and other health professionals

To current and future members, pleased forward your email address to cathy_joyce@rush.edu since this is our means of staying in touch with all members. Annual dues are $10 which may be paid to Wendi at the Annual SAHM Meeting during the Chapter session, or mailed to Wendi Ehrman, M.D., Great Lakes Chapter SAHM, Downtown Health Center, 1020 N. 12th Street, 1st Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53233