Dr. Bob Fauer tended patients for 40 years as a family physician, much of that time in upscale Scottsdale, AZ. In 2011, he also began serving a different clientele – the homeless in Phoenix – during the Occupy Movement, protesting the gaping economic inequality in our country.

He began by driving the streets and alleyways of Phoenix, handing out money and supplies to those in need. Realizing his medical skills could be put to better use, he began searching for organizations that would help him make that happen.

In 2021, he was contacted by Street Medicine Phoenix, a student-led organization from the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. He began volunteering with them, and the group grew quickly, fueled with student volunteers from the medical schools at U of A, Arizona State University, Creighton, Mayo Clinic, and the Midwestern schools of optometry and veterinary medicine.

Bob ultimately retired from his medical practice, and is now medical director of the organization. He is also a member of the international Street Medicine Institute, with hundreds of chapters over six continents. He is making a difference not just in the lives of the unhoused he is helping, but in hundreds of medical students as they learn the value of service.

Click here to learn more about Street Medicine Phoenix: https://streetmedphx.wixsite.com/uarizona

Original air date: May 8, 2025.

Dr. Bob Fauer tended patients for 40 years as a family physician, much of that time in upscale Scottsdale, AZ. In 2011, he also began serving a different clientele &ndash; the homeless in Phoenix &ndash; during the Occupy Movement, protesting the gaping economic inequality in our country.
He began by driving the streets and alleyways of Phoenix, handing out money and supplies to those in need. Realizing his medical skills could be put to better use, he began searching for organizations that would help him make that happen.
In 2021, he was contacted by Street Medicine Phoenix, a student-led organization from the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. He began volunteering with them, and the group grew quickly, fueled with student volunteers from the medical schools at U of A, Arizona State University, Creighton, Mayo Clinic, and the Midwestern schools of optometry and veterinary medicine.
Bob ultimately retired from his medical practice, and is now medical director of the organization. He is also a member of the international Street Medicine Institute, with hundreds of chapters over six continents. He is making a difference not just in the lives of the unhoused he is helping, but in hundreds of medical students as they learn the value of service.
Click here to learn more about Street Medicine Phoenix: <a href="https://streetmedphx.wixsite.com/uarizona">https://streetmedphx.wixsite.com/uarizona</a>
Original air date:&nbsp;May 8, 2025.

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world.

Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism.

Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world. Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism. Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/">https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/</a>

Rescuers radio show

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.