Intake Volunteers

Intake volunteers are essential volunteers in our clinic who serve as the link between our patients and their providers. Intake volunteers are responsible for taking vitals, obtaining health histories, presenting cases to the provider, and documenting in the patient’s medical record. This unique role allows volunteers to be fully involved in clinical visits while learning directly from providers. The intake team works with all teams to coordinate holistic care for patients.

Clinic Managers

Duane Macatangay 

Duane is a current third-year medical student at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate degree in materials science and engineering in 2017 and his graduate degree in 2022. He was an EMT/Firefighter for 3 years before moving to Illinois. He has been an intake volunteer for last two semesters and will be a clinic manager in 2024.

Kenny Zhang

Kenny is a second-year medical student at Carle Illinois College of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate biomedical engineering degree at Northwestern University in 2022. He worked as a scribe for an outpatient dermatologist for a year and volunteered as an intake volunteer at Avicenna since starting medical school.

Marlynn Lopez

Marlynn is currently a third-year medical student at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree at the Johns Hopkins University. She worked as a Spanish Interpreter for Johns Hopkins Hospital before starting medical school at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine in 2022. She has been an intake volunteer for the last 2 semesters, a Spanish Interpreter for Avicenna the past 2 years, and will be stepping into the clinic manager role in 2024.

Tyler Stritzel 

Tyler is from Carterville, Illinois and is a current junior at UIUC studying Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Public Health. Prior to volunteering with Avicenna, he has worked as a Pharmacy Technician and a Certified Nursing Assistant, and currently works as a Healthcare Tech at Carle Foundation Hospital. Tyler started as an Intake volunteer in the fall of 2022 before transitioning to Assistant Clinic Manager in the fall of 2023. Following graduation Tyler plans to attend Physician Assistant School.

Watch this video about what it's like to be an ACHC intake volunteer:

Summer 2023 Intake Volunteers

Nafay Abdul
Derek Anderson
Shireen Aydogan
Sophia Azim
Neha Bashir
Daniela Del Bosque Siller
Laya Krishnan
Soohyun Lee
Marlynn Lopez
Duane Macatangay
Ryan Monjazeb
Violet Park
Daivi Patel
Samantha Schatz
Bhavya Sharma
Isela Villasenor
Mohammad Yaseen
Kenny Zhang
Kevin Zhang