$_SerializerTool.serialize($caption.textValueAsXMLElement, true)

Rowan-Virtua Community Health Center

The Rowan-Virtua Community Health Center (RVCHC) is a patient-focused, free clinic funded entirely by student efforts and donations. It is staffed by physicians in the Rowan-Virtua SOM family, as well as medical student volunteers. The clinic’s main goal is to ensure accessibility to high quality health care in underserved areas and promote healthy living. Review our services below and request an appointment!

Services Provided

FLU SHOTS NOW AVAILABLE!

At-home colon screening kits
Free urgent and preventative healthcare
Health education materials
Referrals to specialists when appropriate
Adult and child examinations
Work and school physicals
Chronic disease management
Free prescription program
Hearing and vision screenings
Osteopathic manipulative treatments
Sexually-transmitted diseases counseling
Smoking cessation counseling
Referrals to community resources
Stitch removal
Educational classes
Translators
(Spanish-English, other languages may be available)

** For information regarding our COVID-19 policies, please call us or email us

Appointments with RCHC

Avaliable dates:

April 20, 2024 (only patients 18 years and older)

April 27, 2024 (only patients 18 years and older)

2 Berlin Rd S, Lindenwold, NJ 08021

Online appointment request: Click here
Phone: 856-874-6688
Email: RowanCommunityHealthCenter@rowan.edu

More Information

How to Volunteer

Clinical Volunteering
- We currently only accept Rowan-Virtua SOM students for clinical volunteering and shadowing. Sign-up forms for our upcoming clinic days are sent directly to your Rowan email. Volunteers are assigned first-come, first-serve.
Non-Clinical Volunteering
- We conduct a number of community events in partnership with local organizations and always need a helping hand! If you are interested in volunteering at any upcoming non-clinical events, please check your email or our social media pages.
Join a committee to assist with projects we are working on!

How to Donate

We encourage any and all donations, regardless of amount. Because we are an entirely volunteer-run clinic, 100% of all private donations go directly to providing and improving patient care. If you would like to earmark your donation to a specific service (such as covering lab expenses for patients), please email us at rowancommunityhealthcenter@rowan.edu to confirm that it is a service we provide.
Donation Drives
- We are also accepting donations for our community resource table, which provides toiletries and other supplies to the community for free.
- If you are interested in donating food (non-perishables only), toiletries, or other items to our patients, please email us directly to schedule a drop-off.
- For more information on our donation drives, email us or check our social media pages for more information.

Blood Work:

HNL Lab Medicine

Scans:

Jefferson Health (print Charity Care forms)

OBGYN/Women’s Care:

Rowan Medicine OB/Gyn, offering Telehealth, accepts insurance 856-589-1414
CamCare in Camden, Clementon, and Paulsboro – gynecological services (STD testing, cervical cancer screenings, contraceptive services) and obstetrics services from first trimester to postpartum. Offers sliding scale payments.
Planned Parenthood: Bellmawr and Camden locations
The Women’s Centers: Cherry Hill and Philadelphia locations

Addiction Services:

Center for Family Services: has many addiction and recovery resources including treatment opportunities, relapse prevention, and help with housing and job searches
Rowan Neuromuscular Institute: offers outpatient detox, medical assisted treatment, and family counseling services

Immunizations:

Bienestar Pharmacy (Lindenwold, NJ)
Minute Clinic (CVS)
ShopRite Pharmacy (requires consent form and appointment)

Mental Health:

CamCare Generations Health Center (Clementon, NJ)

Optometry

South Jersey Eye Center
NJ Dept of Health - Project BEST: free eye screenings - held every few weeks in locations across the state
Gloucester County Health Dept: free health screenings to Gloucester County residents

Food Banks:

Cathedral Kitchen- serves a hot dinner every night from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Food Bank of South Jersey- provides food for many local churches and organizations including Hope United Methodist Church in Voorhees and Cultivate Church in Voorhees.

Our Outreach Organizations

Community Organizations

IHOC - Interfaith Homeless Outreach Council
AGAR - America’s Grow A Row
BBFSC - Building Bridges Family Success Center
Bienestar Pharmacy
HomeBase
Hispanic Family Center
PSYL - Project Shine Your Light
LOT - Least of These
VITAS Healthcare
Camden County Women’s Center

Schools

BRIMM Medical Arts High School
Overbrook High School
Sterling High School
Osage Elementary School
Rowan University Undergraduate

The RCHC’s research committee has been busy at work, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. We have particpated in various poster presentations, reviewing topics such as COVID-19, mental health, vaccine coverage, and chart reviews.

Our longest running project aims to understand the patients that utilize our clinic, so that we can adapt the clinic to be more suitable to the community. One major finding is that some of our patient population (n=1750) has not been following up with recommended labs and blood work. This leads us to question if this is due to a lack in accessibility. From seeing these trends, we as the RCHC have started implementing our own accommodations to administer blood work. With this, we will be able to draw blood and check lab values, such as glucose and iron, right in the clinic so the patients can recieve immediate care and feedback.

In addition to this project, the research committee is in the early stages of three new projects. The first project explores mental health within our patient population where we focus on major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The second project examines the level of health literacy of our patient population in order to determine how it impacts other aspects of their lives. Our last project is to educate and quantify knowledge about strokes, including understanding what they are, recognizing symptoms, and being able to assist someone undergoing a stroke.

As our numerous projects begin to unfold, our overall hope and goal at the RCHC is to close the gap in healthcare disparities and improve accessibility through the data we collect from our research projects.

Check out The Ticker, the Rowan-Virtua Community Health Center's biannual newsletter, that is created by our fellow medical students! We strive to provide healthy lifestyle columns, student persepectives, clinic updates, event recaps, and much more! Take a look at the latest edition of The Ticker.

Here are our previous editions:

Our Advisors

John Bertagnolli, D.O.

Dr. John Bertagnolli is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. Dr. Bertagnolli graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now known as Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine), and currently works as a Family Medicine Physician with over 38 years of experience. Dr. Bertagnolli is affiliated with Jefferson Health-Stratford, Cherry Hill, and Washington Township.
Nils Brolis, D.O.
Dr. Nils Brolis is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. He received his medical degree from Rowan's School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Brolis had served as the Family Medicine Chief Resident for Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, and then continued to provide care as a Family Medicine and Urgent Care Physician. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Clinical Education Assesment Center at Rowan-Virtua SOM.

Thank You

Thank you to our advisors, Dr. Bertagnolli and Dr. Brolis, as well as the other providers that allow us to run our clinic. Special thanks to the Commitment Community Church, the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, and our various partner organizations. Your help allows us to continue to provide the best care for our patients and community.

Please be sure to check in with us by phone or email if you have further questions. See our Facebook or Instagram for updates on related projects and events.