Daniel Ely MD

When Dr. Daniel S. Ely, Faculty Internal Medicine, isn’t teaching resident physicians as an associate professor at UT Graduate School of Medicine or working at The University of Tennessee Medical Center as the chief of internal medicine, he is reaching out to the homeless in East Tennessee. Ely is also the medical director for The People’s Clinic, an outreach of Volunteer Ministries, located in Knoxville’s inner city.

This grassroots effort offers services to people who might otherwise be overlooked. “We often assist people who have fallen below the radar because they don’t have a permanent address,” Ely explains. “They have no home, no documentation and no access to specialty care because they are not part of a health program.”