Dr. James Nelson Gingerich to speak about health care in the Maple City
Afternoon Sabbatical: “Affordable, High Quality Primary Care—from Oxymoron to Reality” with Dr. James Nelson Gingerich
Date and time: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 at 1 p.m.
Location: Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
Cost: Free and open to the public
Dr. James Nelson Gingerich, guardian of vision at Maple City Health Center, will offer a presentation called “Affordable, High Quality Primary Care—from Oxymoron to Reality” on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. in Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Maple City Health Care Center offers affordable medical services by valuing relationships, integration and empowerment in order to build community across cultures. At his presentation, “Affordable, High Quality Primary Care—from Oxymoron to Reality,” Dr. Gingerich will share the Maple City Health Center’s vision of quality health care for clients. He will share the newest direction of the health care center serving the needs of its community.
Dr. Gingerich, a 1980 GC graduate, attended medical school at the University of Chicago. He finished his residency in 1988 and quickly returned to Goshen. As one of only four students in his graduating class of 103 who intended to use their degrees to work in family practice, Dr. Gingerich was eager to achieve his goal of opening a health care center in North Goshen, a community that he lived in during his time as a student at the college.
Dr. Gingerich’s dream became a reality when he negotiated a 20-year lease with Goshen’s mayor—for $1 a year. The city also donated additional funds.
Future programs in the 2015-16 Afternoon Sabbatical series include:
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, Bus Trip
Bus trip to Chicago to see The Lion King costs $135, which includes a Dress Circle and Loge section (top-priced seating) ticket, bus travel and sack lunch on the way home.
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, 1 p.m., Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite by Dr. Luke Norell and Dr. Mary Rose
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, 1 p.m., Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
“All about that Bass (and Tenor),” by Dr. Scott Hochstetler and Steve Snyder.
Free and open to the public.