Lang Youth Medical Program

MONICA HIDALGO • Manager • moh9017@nyp.org MARA MINGUEZ, MD • Medical Director • mm2060@cumc.columbia.edu

Mission and Goals

The Lang Youth Medical Program (Lang Youth) is a six-year health science enrichment and medical pipeline program for underserved youth who represent the diversity of the Washington Heights and Inwood (WHI) communities Lang Youth’s mission is to inspire and motivate middle school and high school students to achieve their college and career aspirations through hands-on learning and mentorship at a world-class academic medical center Lang Scholars meet on Saturdays during the academic year and summers during the month of July for six years from 7th12th grades

Lang Youth fosters an environment for academic and personal success through:

• Health career exploration. Hospital tours, career panels, clinical rotations, and summer internships

• Health science education. hands-on curriculum interweaving human anatomy, physiology, pathology, public health, and personal wellness

• Mentorship. guidance from graduate students, medical trainees, and healthcare professionals from various

Hospital departments

• College support. college campus tours, SAT preparation, college application assistance, and academic and career development for Lang

Youth alumni

Number of People Reached

200 Over the past 15 years, Lang Youth has served over 200 students and their families

100 Since 2009, 100 students have graduated from Lang Youth, graduated from high school, and matriculated into a fouryear college/university 85 Number of students currently enrolled in Lang Youth

Key Accomplishments

Lang Youth aims to increase high school and college graduation rates, with the goal of improving health outcomes in the future The program also helps to reduce the deficit of minority healthcare workers in the United States

• Lang Youth inducted 15 new Lang

Scholars to the program, representing 11 of our partner middle schools in WHI • The Program held its 10th annual graduation ceremony, celebrating 12 graduates This cohort of Lang

Scholars had an 86% retention rate over six years, and all are attending four-year universities — including

Boston University, Syracuse University,

SUNY Binghamton, and CUNY Hunter

College • NewYork-Presbyterian welcomed its fifth Lang Alumna as a full-time employee of the Hospital: Annabell

Marcelino (Lang Class of 2013), who serves as Program Coordinator for the

Uptown Hub

• For the first time, Lang Youth offered three summer internship placements to alumni Sites included the Ambulatory Care Network

Child Advocacy Center, Morgan

Stanley Children Hospital’s Child Life

Department, and Milstein Hospital’s operating rooms • Recently, Lang Youth launched its first online new scholar application It hopes to increase outreach to eligible 6th grade students attending public/ charter middle schools in WHI