Gateway Medical Society

The organization promotes health care and general welfare of minority and socio economically challenged populations in southwestern Pennsylvania; enhances the quality of health care services by addressing the ethnic and racial disparities in health care; enhances wellness by providing health education to the community; provides continuing education for health care workers; facilitates communication, collaboration, and networking among health care providers; and provide a forum for discussion of issues for successful academic, financial and clinical growth.

Youth mentorship program is to educate and mentor minority pre-adolescent males in the art and science of medicine. The organizations hope is to inspire and guide the students as they matriculate through secondary education and beyond. Ultimately, the organization hopes some students will choose to enter into the field of medicine and the allied health professions.

Symposium to educate the general community about strategies to decrease high mortality/morbidity levels and increase healthy lifestyles. It includes keynote member physicians and guest experts, and information tables sponsored by health institutions and nonprofit organizations in the region.