Annual HEARTT Symposium & Pre-Departure Workshop
RSVP Please RSVP by Friday, June 24th to Kiger Lau at kiger.lau@umassmed.edu and include your name and affiliation. AGENDA AT A GLANCE Friday, July 8th Registration will begin at 8:00AM Morning: – Welcome & Overview of HEARTT – Liberia health metrics, malaria, malnutrition Lunch Panel: working as a team Afternoon: – simulation cases, HIV & opportunistic infections, emergency medicne Evening: dinner & social Saturday, July 9th Morning: – Liberia safety, culture & logistics – JFK resources: formulary, CPGs, library Lunch Panel: life as a...
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HEARTT’s current project is Liberia, with programs focused on the improvement of care at the John F.Kennedy Medical Center(JFK) . Liberia is a poor country in West Africa, which recently emerged from over fifteen years of civil war. Liberia, which was once the model of stability and prosperity in West Africa, now leads only when comparing rates of un-immunized children, illiteracy rates and infant and child mortality rates. HEARTT recruits and arranges for volunteer physicians and nurses to travel to Liberia to provide clinical care and teach local health care providers at...
Read MoreBoard Of Directors
The HEARTT Board of Directors consists of professionals with significant expertise in the fields of medicine, health care, and law. HEARTT’s working board volunteer their time and expertise by providing assistance with all aspects of the organization’s work, including: providing treatment and training on overseas trips, program development, fund raising and publicity, and legal matters. James A. Sirleaf, MD: Chairman – Email: jsirleaf@hearttfoundation.org. Senora Francis, RN: Treasurer – Email: sfrancis@hearttfoundation.org Althea Sherman, Esq: Secretary –...
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Blew Jem Management Services, Inc The Clinton Foundation Delta Airlines Goldman Sachs John Snow, Inc. National Coalition of Black Women-Atlanta Chapter Pan African Capital Group, LLC Physicians for Peace Project HOPE SNS Brussels Airlines-Liberia University of Chicago University of Massachusetts
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Alliance Medical Group Bridgeport Hospital Brown University School of Medicine Children’s Hospital Boston Harvard Medical School Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York University School of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Tulane University School of Medicine University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago-College of Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School University of...
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