Maimonides’ Department of Volunteer and Student Services collaborates with many New York City high schools and community-based youth institutions to create volunteer youth internship programs. Students younger than 18 years may not volunteer outside the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Volunteers who want to volunteer during the school year must commit at least 6 hours per workweek.

Maimonides partners with:

• AHRC High School
• Al-Noor High School
• Brooklyn-Queens-Long Island Area Health Education Center
• Brooklyn International High School
• Edward R. Murrow High School
• F.D.R. High School
• Fontbonne Hall Academy
• Fort Hamilton High School
• Futures and Options
• Gotham Professional Arts Academy
• Horizon’s Academy
• International High School at Lafayette
• International High School at Prospect Heights
• John Dewey High School
• Magen David Yeshivah High School
• New Utrecht High School
• Origins High School
• Pathways to Graduations
• Peter Rouget Middle School 88
• Roy Campanella OTC
• South Brooklyn Community High School
• Sunset Park High School
• The Cobble Hill School of American Studies
• The Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders
• West Brooklyn Community High School
• Xaverian High School
• Xavier High School
• Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School

Maimonides is the largest site for the Department of Youth and Community Development Summer Youth Employment Program and 1199 SEIU Child Care Corporation Youth Mentoring Program among all other healthcare facilities. Almost 400 youth from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds participate in the Maimonides’ summer program every year. Participants assist in all aspects of Maimonides’ operations, from business and medical offices to patient care areas and support services. They also attend workshops on workplace readiness, résumé building, and budget planning to help them succeed in the workplace.

To learn more about the Summer Youth Program, call the volunteer office at (718) 283-3980 or email [email protected]

The Feeders Program is 1 of our longest-running and most recognized programs. Each year, more than 100 Volunteer Feeders from Jewish girls’ high schools in Borough Park and Flatbush are trained to assist with feeding the incapacitated.

These young women dedicate their time before and after school, making breakfast and dinner rounds on designated units and working closely with the nurse managers to help patients in need.

We partner with the following schools:

• Bais Brocho Stolin Karlin High School
• Bais Yaakov Adas Yereim High School
• Bais Yaakov D’Chasidei Gur High School
• Bais Yaakov D’Rav Meir High School
• Bais Yaakov High School
• Bet Yaakov Orot Sarah High School
• Bnos Bobov High School
• Bnos Zion of Bobov High School
• Bnos Yaakov High School
• Machon Bais Yaakov Hilda Birn High School
• Mesilas High School
• Tomer Dvora High School
• Yeshiva of Brooklyn High School

To learn more about the high school volunteer programs, call the volunteer office at (718) 283-3980 or email [email protected]

The Women in Science Program at Maimonides Health is led by Dr. Donna-Marie Manasseh, Director of the Maimonides Breast Cancer Program, and Dr. Rebecca Rhee, Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery. The program provides a unique opportunity for qualified female applicants to intern in the hospital under the guidance of an assigned physician and experience life as a surgeon.

The internship will take place from Wednesday, July 5 to Friday, July 28, 2023. The participants will be involved in a wide array of scientific and medical experiences, including research, viewing a surgery, assisting at a medical office, and working with an assigned mentor. This experience will help the students understand about a career in medicine and science. The program encourages high school students to work diligently in order to achieve their goal of becoming doctors and scientists in the future.

The program’s objective is to inspire young women by providing a hands-on learning experience, during which the students will

• be paired with a mentor, who will provide one-on-one guidance to the students;
• be assigned their own research projects, leading to a presentation upon completion of the program;
• assist surgeons in an outpatient setting, learning more about direct patient experience;
• join surgeons in the operating room to view firsthand the process of surgery;
• use the simulation equipment to “operate” on a patient;
• join resident-led lectures and discussions;
• read and discuss articles written by female surgeons and about female surgeons.

The program’s curriculum will improve young women’s confidence in their abilities in the fields of medicine and science, and provide their first exposure to patient care, surgery, research, and medicine.

Only the most motivated students will be accepted to the program. The initial application process includes an essay and interview.

Requirements:

• Students must identify as female.
• Students must be entering their senior year in high school in the Fall of 2023.
• Essay quality will be a major factor in the admission to the program. It is strongly suggested that you proofread your essay for proper grammar prior to submission.
• Women in Science Application deadline is March 24, 2023. No applications for Summer 2023 will be accepted after this date. Please submit your applications in advance.
• Applicants chosen for the interview will be notified by email. The Women in Science interviews with Dr. Manasseh and/or Dr. Rhee will be conducted during the third and fourth weeks of April. There will be no make-up time for the interviews.
• Decisions will be made by the end of April.
• The application and essay should be submitted as a PDF attachment to [email protected] with Women in Science 2023 in the subject line.
• Parental waiver form must be submitted along with the application and essay.
• Women in Science participants must be available for the duration of the program without any exceptions. No vacation or summer classes are allowed at that time.

After initial acceptance to the Women in Science program, all candidates must also complete the application process with the Department of Volunteer and Student Services by May 19, which includes:

• Completing a volunteer application (including Parent Permission and School Evaluation forms). Please note that this is a different application from the Women in Science application.
• Submitting a medical packet completed by private physician (annual physical, PPD within 6 months, an official lab report for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella immune titers, and a copy of the COVID Vaccination card)
• Completing online CITI research training
• Personal interview in the Volunteer office (in addition to the one with Dr. Manasseh and/or Dr. Rhee)
• Attending a mandatory orientation on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Students who fail to submit the required documents to the Volunteer office and schedule an interview by May 19 will not be able to participate in the program.

To learn more about Dr. Donna-Marie Manasseh, please visit https://www.maimonidesmed.org/find-a-doctor/find-a-doctor/donna%20marie-manasseh

To learn more about Dr. Rebecca Rhee, please visit https://www.maimonidesmed.org/find-a-doctor/find-a-doctor/rebecca-rhee

Download Application Form Parent Release Form

For more information, please call the Volunteer office at (718) 283-3980.

The Health Scholars at Maimonides Medical Center offers an opportunity for high school students in 11th and 12th grade, as well as college students who are interested in a career in healthcare to spend time as an unpaid team-member in the Emergency Department of the busiest hospital in Brooklyn. The Emergency Department cares for over 120,000 patients each year. This internship is aimed at students considering a future in healthcare such as physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, physical therapist, psychologist, social worker or paramedic. Selected individuals will be part of a corps of interns who will interact with and help patients from tremendously varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds. They will spend time working along side a team of healthcare providers and observing the roles of various medical professionals who interact with patients in the Emergency Department (ED).  Additionally, they will be introduced to fundamental principles of clinical medicine.

The primary goals of this program are to assist in patient care and to support staff members who are caring for patients, while also receiving an in-depth introduction to healthcare. Interns will spend time rotating through various areas of the ED, including the main adult ED and the pediatric ED.

Upon satisfactory fulfillment of the requirements of the program, a certificate of completion from Maimonides Medical Center will be awarded. In order to receive the certificate, the intern must turn in their hospital ID and complete the exit paperwork.

Requirements

A complete application for the program includes submission of all required forms, a brief essay explaining one’s interest in the program (not to exceed 500 words), documentation of vaccination status including COVID and Flu, and two brief letters of recommendation. A virtual interview lasting 15-20 minutes will be scheduled upon submission of the essay and application form.

Those who have been accepted to the program will be informed by email and will have to be processed as volunteers through the Department of Volunteer and Student Services. The process includes completing volunteer application and medical packets, in-person interview, and a 3-hour mandatory orientation in the Volunteer office.

• Intern Application
• Over 18 Release and Indemnification Agreement
• Under 18 Release and Indemnification Agreement

Schedule and Application Deadlines

Please see full overview of the program in the attached file.