With 73% of the patients at the JayDoc Community Clinic speaking Spanish, enough interpreters is a real need. Thanks to the support of the JayDoc Awards and Fundraising Banquet, that challenge will be met.

The JayDoc leadership had a $30,000 goal for the event, attended by about 150 people. They were overwhelmed with gratitude when they learned that through the ticket sales, sponsorships, general donations and purchases of auction items, they raised more than $44,000.

They will use this money to hire interpreters through International Translations Services LLC. The paid interpreters will supplement the volunteer staff. The money raised will fund 264 interpreters (one interpreter for Monday clinics and one to two interpreters for Saturday clinics for 88 weeks). That equals approximately 977 hours of service. JayDoc has two locations at Guadalupe Clinics, one each on south St. Francis and south Hillside streets.

Banquet attendees were able to bid on a variety of items at the silent auction, including a wine tasting party for 10 at Grace Hill Winery, 10 free classes at Orange Theory Wichita, a $100 gift card and basket from Healing Waters Spa, a Trader Joe’s goodie basket, Kendra Scott jewelry, a whiskey and cigar basket, and more with tickets to local Wichita attractions and gift cards to restaurants. The silent auction itself raised nearly $4,000.

“While furthering our fundraising goals and thanking our volunteers is a major part of this event,” said Kavya Natesan, third-year medical student and JayDoc junior executive director, “it was incredibly meaningful to celebrate JayDoc’s anniversary with an audience comprised of students and volunteers who have been the sole reason we’ve been able to sustain the clinic for two decades now. This was a unique opportunity to invite speakers such as Tessa Rohrberg, M.D., and Missy Norton, Pharm.D., who were pivotal in cultivating JayDoc’s growth and enabling us to serve our patients to the extent that we’re able to today.”

Increasing the visibility of JayDoc’s executive board members was also important to honor their dedication to the clinic. The students play crucial roles in maintaining JayDoc’s operations. All board members highlighted their responsibilities or shared details about the great work they’ve done this year.

Extending the nomination process for student awards to the entire student body was new this year. This provided the opportunity to receive nominations from the unique perspective of their peers about the great work the students do for JayDoc. This allowed even more volunteers to be recognized for their efforts.

During the past 20 years, Jaydoc has celebrated various milestones.

“In 2005, our founding board members saw a need in the community that they felt the medical school could help fill and were compelled to make it happen,” explained Nazeen Morelli, fourth-year medical student and executive director of JayDoc. “As JayDoc grew, in 2015 we seized the opportunity to bring in our colleagues from KU School of Pharmacy enabling us to work more collaboratively to care for patients. And our leadership team, which has grown to 24 board members, now includes student directors from both the schools of medicine and pharmacy.”

The capacity to see patients has grown as the number of volunteer community physicians has increased and the clinic has partnered with the KU Internal Medicine and Wesley Family Medicine residencies.

“Many JayDoc board alumni and KU Wichita alumni who volunteered with JayDoc as students now continue to volunteer with JayDoc as attendings,” said Morelli.

Executing the annual banquet is an all-hands-on-deck effort, especially for the 20th anniversary. Even on top of doing schoolwork, the students handled the process and long meetings with laughter and smiling faces.

“Seeing everything come together felt incredible,” summed up Shayla To, third-year medical student and JayDoc director of special events. “Watching in glee as the remarkable volunteers received recognition for all their hard work and dedication, hearing from the founders about their original vision for JayDoc, and seeing how much we’ve accomplished.

“It was very fulfilling to celebrate that night with classmates, mentors and community members and I can’t wait to see how much JayDoc grows in the future as we continue to care for patients!”

And the awards go to:

• 2025 JayDoc 4th-Year Medical Student Volunteerism Award – Nazeen Morelli
• 2025 JayDoc 3rd-Year Medical Student Volunteerism Award – Wyel Halimeh
• 2025 JayDoc 2nd-Year Medical Student Volunteerism Award – Hope Smelser, Morgan Bretches
• 2025 JayDoc 1st-Year Medical Student Volunteerism Award – Hassan Sohail, Ibraham Touffaha, Yousaf Khan
• 2025 JayDoc Physician Volunteerism Award – Sheryl Beard, M.D.
• 2025 JayDoc Internal Medicine Resident of the Year Award – Hasan Jaber, M.D.
• 2025 JayDoc Family Medicine Resident of the Year Award – Troy Farrell, M.D.
• 2025 JayDoc Pharmacist Volunteerism Award – Angie Little, Pharm.D., and Tiffany Shin, Pharm.D.
• 2025 JayDoc 4th-Year Pharmacy Student Volunteerism Award – Amanda Dorrell
• 2025 JayDoc 3rd-Year Pharmacy Student Volunteerism Award – Hannah Le
• 2025 JayDoc 2nd-Year Pharmacy Student Volunteerism Award – Thomas Barnaby
• 2025 JayDoc 1st-Year Pharmacy Student Volunteerism Award – Adriana Gallegos, Kelsey Smith, Maria McGonigal
• 2025 JayDoc Medical Student Clinical Excellence Award – Adam Wilson (M3)
• 2025 JayDoc Medical Student Excellence in Mentorship Award – Ethan Scharf (M3)
• 2025 JayDoc Medical Student Clinical Growth Award – Ike Abrams (M2)
• 2025 JayDoc Medical Student Excellence in Service Award – Anna Trofimoff (M3), Nicole Thurman (M3)
• 2025 JayDoc Pharmacy Student Clinical Excellence Award – Grace Boyd (P3)
• 2025 JayDoc Pharmacy Student Excellence in Mentorship Award – Krishna Karamsetty (P4)
• 2025 JayDoc Pharmacy Student Clinical Growth Award – Brandon Boyles (P2)
• 2025 JayDoc Pharmacy Student Excellence in Service Award – Aubrey Knapton (P2)
• 2025 JayDoc Premed Student Volunteerism Award – George Kluczykowski, Alice Ukoha
• 2025 JayDoc Premedical Student Distinguished Service Award – Dimitri Seneviratne
• 2025 JayDoc Interpreter Volunteerism Award – Paulino Sanchez
• 2025 JayDoc Saturday Clinic Hero Award – Brianna Caldino
• 2025 JayDoc Monday Clinic Hero Award – Leticia Rivas

Thank you, JayDoc sponsors:

Platinum

• Anonymous

Gold:

• HealthCore
• KU School of Medicine-Wichita Dean’s Office
• KU School of Medicine-Wichita Department of Family & Community Medicine
• Pfizer
• The Docking Group
• Doug Woolley, M.D.

Silver:

• Anonymous
• Lindsay Blick, M.D.
• Guadalupe Clinic
• Harvey County Medical Society
• Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
• Rick Kellerman, M.D.
• KU School of Pharmacy
• KU School of Medicine-Wichita Medical Practice Association
• Doug Milfeld, M.D.

Bronze

• Anonymous
• Dillons
• Medical Society of Sedgwick County
• Bradley J. Newell, Pharm.D.
• Novo Nordisk
• United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
• Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation

In-Kind Donors:

• Abuelo’s
• Aloft Wichita
• Bliss Climbing Gym
• Color Me Mine
• Dempsey’s
• Game Time Wine & Spirits
• Grace Hill Winery
• Headshots Bar & Grill
• Healing Waters Spa
• Il Vicino
• Imagine That Toys
• Kendra Scott
• KU School of Medicine-Wichita Office of Public Affairs
• Larcher’s
• Museum of World Treasures
• Newport Grill
• Orange Theory Wichita
• Paris Baguette
• Sam’s Southern Eatery
• Scheels
• Sedgwick County Zoo
• SweatHouz: Cold Plunge and Infrared Sauna Studio
• Texas Roadhouse
• The Spice Merchant
• Top Golf
• Total Wine & More
• Trader Joe’s
• Urban Air
• Vander Griend Family
• Wichita Thunder
• Wichita Wind Surge
• Yoder Meats

Photo album

View the Flickr photo album from the event.