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

Alex Teague

Alex is from Elmhurst, Illinois and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (go Badgers!) in 2019. During his time in Madison, he served as the president of a local community health volunteer group, helping to coordinate multiple volunteer programs. He then worked in surgical robotics research and development before starting medical school at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine in 2020. He volunteered with Avicenna for two semesters as an intake volunteer before starting as a clinic manager in 2023. He is currently a fourth year medical student and will be applying to general surgery residency.

Maxine Arnush

Maxine is from Los Angeles, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2017 with her degree in bioengineering. She worked as a medical assistant in internal medicine for several years before starting medical school at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine in 2022. She has been an intake volunteer for the last 2 semesters and will be stepping into the clinic manager role in 2023.

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:


Fall 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