Physician Training

Dr. Arno Vosk, MD, FACEP

Arno Vosk is a retired emergency physician, and has been a volunteer asylum examiner for Physicians for Human Rights since 2009. He is a member of the board of directors of Health Care for All PA, the organization that wrote and is promoting a single payer bill in the Pennsylvania State Legislature, and a former member of the state board of Pennsylvania ACLU. He plays bagpipes in the Nittany Highland Pipe Band, and bass in community orchestras in Williamsport and Bloomsburg. He lives with his wife Cynthia and various animals in the woods near Williamsport.

Dr. Alisa Gutman, MD, PhD

Dr. Alisa Gutman completed a combined M.D., Ph.D. program at Emory University School of Medicine. Her Ph.D. work focused on underlying biological mechanisms related to fear and anxiety with findings that are particularly relevant to understanding posttraumatic stress disorder. She then continued her training as a psychiatry resident and forensic psychiatry fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gutman is the Founder and Medical Director of the Philadelphia Human Rights Clinic, an organization that works in collaboration with Physicians for Human Rights to provide pro bono psychiatric and physical evaluations for asylum seekers in support of their claims for immigration court. Philadelphia Human Rights Clinic is the first asylum clinic with a collaboration among several medical schools; its mission is based on education, volunteerism, and community collaboration. Dr. Gutman treats patients in the outpatient Behavioral Health clinic at the Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia where she serves as Team Leader for the Serious Mental Illness Team. Additionally, she teaches residents and medical students as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Penn and consults through her private forensic psychiatry practice.

Jonah Eaton, JD

Critical to the success of the training is the inclusion of legal background and a session on writing the affidavit to submit to court. Jonah Eaton is a staff attorney at the Nationalities Service Center, where he provides pro bono legal representation for asylum seekers. Jonah was a Bates Fellow at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Bureau for Europe. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School.

Jasjit Beausang, MD

Jasjit K. Beausang, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Drexel University College of Medicine. She is course director for the gynecology sub-internship and facilitates case-based learning sessions for the MD program. Dr. Beausang teaches medical students, residents and physician assistant students rotating in the OB/GYN outpatient offices, operating room, and labor and delivery service.

Dr. Sandra Wolf, MD, FACOG

I am a practicing Obstetrician Gynecologist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Drexel University College of Medicine and hold a faculty appointment as Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. I received my medical degree and completed my residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Currently I am the Medical Director of the Women’s Care Centers at Drexel. My clinical focus and area of academic expertise is in providing culturally sensitive and language appropriate care to medically underserved urban populations and ethnic and racial minorities in Philadelphia. Part of my goal, at the Women’s Care Center, is to create an environment in which students, health care professionals, patients, and community members can work to address barriers that affect health and access to health care. We are proud to be the clinical partner of the Philadelphia International Women’s Project. This is an innovative community-based project providing comprehensive services to women affected by Female Genital Cutting. This program has provided asylum related interviews, exams and reports to over 80 clients in the past three years.