New Crop of Medical Residents to Volunteer in Haiti

It’s been four years since the 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti, but there is still a great need for medical care and doctors to deliver that care. Now in its third year, CIR’s Policy and Education Initiative Haiti volunteer program, in collaboration with Project Medishare, will send 20 new CIR members and alumni to work at the Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince.

CIR grantees donate personal vacation time to spend a week in Haiti to work side-by-side with a team of local medical professionals at the trauma center and teaching hospital to treat hundreds of patients at the only critical care and trauma hospital in the country.

“I am originally from Haiti, and my life dream is to eventually be able to give back to this beautiful country that needs our help,” said Beatrice Kenol, MD, one of the chosen residents from the 2014 cohort. “The opportunity to make a difference in a patients’ life, while testing my clinical skills in a resource-poor environment, will hopefully strengthen my acumen, but more importantly, my desire to continue making time to serve others.”

The 2014 cohort includes CIR members and alumni from hospital systems across the country. Grantees deploy now through fall 2014. These inspiring individuals include:

• Liliya Abrukin, Bellevue Hospital Center (New York)
• Tokundo Akande, Bronx-Lebanon (New York)
• Anel Alexis, The Brooklyn Hospital Center (New York)
• Brandon Allport , Jackson Health System (Florida)
• Marvinia Charles, Rutgers-NJMS (New Jersey)
• Erica Crew, Kings County Medical Center (New York)
• Lindsay Gaddis, St. Barnabas Hospital (New York)
• Vibha Gupta, Bellevue Hospital Center (New York)
• Beatrice Kenol, LAC+USC (California)
• Joan Medina, Rutgers-NJMS (New Jersey)
• Ezekiel Melquist, Kings County Medical Center (New York)
• Brian Mikolasko,Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (New York)
• Andrew Oh, Bellevue Hospital Center (New York)
• Deliana Peykova, Lincoln Medical Center (New York)
• Joseph Point du Jour, Jacobi Medical Center (New York)
• Frank Quintero, St. Barnabas Hospital (New York)
• Ambreen Rahman, Rowan/SOM (New Jersey)
• Francoise Raiola, Harbor-UCLA (California)
• Mona Rezapour, LAC+USC (California)
• Richard Salway, LAC+USC (California)

Visit www.cirseiu.org/haiti for updates on Project Medishare and resident experiences in Haiti.

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