Marshall Medical Outreach (MMO) provides free medical care to the homeless, unemployed and those at risk for homelessness in our city and works to link those in need to primary care and social services in a fashion that is done with dignity and respect. 

Our mission is to improve health care access for our region's highest risk populations. Despite programs designed to address the needs of the underserved, many still suffer from chronic and debilitating illnesses that go untreated. Through MMO, we extend our clinical resources as medical students and physicians and provide comprehensive care.

MMO is a student-led free mobile health clinic that takes place one Saturday each month in Huntington, West Virginia. Under the guidance of School of Medicine faculty physicians and steadfast community volunteers, MMO offers on-site clinical and social services such as:

• health screenings
• physical exams
• immunizations
• ophthalmology services
• referrals
• over-the-counter medications

Upcoming Outreach Events

Partnerships Make MMO Possible

Through partnerships with the Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University School of Pharmacy, Cabell-Huntington Coalition for the Homeless/ Harmony House, the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, Ebenezer Medical Outreach, and the Bright Clinic, we have treated more than 3,100 patients. Under the supervision of family medicine physician Dr. Katherine Steele, the MMO goal is to link patients to primary care in the area as well as take care of other minor medical problems for the patients who present each month.

Since 2011, we’ve expanded services to meet the needs of those we serve.  An eye screening station is available through our partnership with Marshall Eye Surgeons. The screening station is run by students in the ophthalmology interest group. Patients are screened for eye changes caused by diabetes and hypertension, minor eye problems are treated and patients are examined and provided free reading glasses or scheduled for an appointment at the refraction clinic to obtain prescription glasses to meet their needs.

Due to the mobile nature of their services, over the years MMO has also had the privilege to serve in the area of disaster relief. With a generous number of volunteers at their fingertips, they have been able to quickly gather supplies and offer basic medical care to flood-stricken areas as well as offer a "boots on the ground" labor force to populations in need of urgent assistance.

Learning through Leadership

Beyond providing a necessary service, MMO offers a chance for students to develop leadership skills that they can take with them into their careers as physicians. Medical students, in collaboration with the Marshall University schools of pharmacy, psychology, physical therapy among others provide clinical and social services, and provide needed items like coats, blankets, snacks, water and hygiene items.

Student leaders, which are appointed each year, coordinate monthly MMO events. They act as the liaisons between various local collaborating agencies and with community members as well as city officials to share the goals and needs of MMO to better serve Huntington’s unsheltered population