Doctors and Medical Students Stand with Haiti


How We Can Help

Volunteer:

Donate:

  • Lists of direct relief organizations from the New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC.
  • Text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross relief efforts.
  • Build a fundraising page through MercyCorps

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We created this forum where we can share our sentiments, experiences, and ideas with one another during this difficult time. Submissions will be posted below.

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kin lam, MD

I am an internist, want to help the people in Haiti. Available during this president week or during the coming summer
 
Lisa Wong, MD

In response to the tragedy in Haiti,Longwood Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of Boston's medical community, has partnered with New England Conservatory to create "Symphonic Relief for Haiti." Many of us have students, friends, and family whose lives have been directly impacted by the earthquake.

Symphonic Relief for Haiti has raised over $20,000 for Partners In Health and has inspired musicians across the US, in London and Germany to join our global effort.

We invite our medical/musical colleagues across America to join this effort! For more information please visit www.longwoodsymphony.org
Thomas Gregus, MD

I am an Anesthesiologist with emergency care experience and routinely perform regional anesthetic blocks for extremity surgery
which has become the standard in combat field hospitals but have been unable to get a response from aid organizations. Ready and willing to volunteer.
 
MONIQUE MCKENZIE

I AM TRYING TO GET A GROUP OUT ASAP PLEASE E-MAIL ME MCKENZIEFAMILY2002@YAHOO.COM
Asad Shah, MD

I am an internal medicine hospitalist and would like to help the relief effort. As time passes many of the patients surgical problems are going to become medical problems. They will need antibiotics, and ongoing medical observation as opposed to surigcal interventions. Please contact me if there is a way to get me down there to provide my services. Thanks.
 
Maria GiL, MD

I am an foreign Doctor who is living in usa, i would like to help the people from Haiti, but i dont know if i can travel because of me inmigration status.
Joseph Mitchel, MD

I am immediately available. Cardiologist and ARMY reserve physician. Will help any way needed.
 
susan sykes, MD

For anyone going to Haiti or sending supplies, please know that Hesperian Publishing offers FREE text of Where there is no doctor and other fabulous health care resource books, some in Creole, on-line at hesperian.org.
Alfonso Espinel, MD

I am a family medicine resident with surgical experience who is prepared to go to Haiti and help if my residency program will permit me. I stand ready to go if given the opportunity. I can commit 2 weeks.
 
Alfonso Espinel, MD

I am a family medicine resident with surgical experience who is prepared to go to Haiti and help if my residency program will permit me. I stand ready to go if given the opportunity.
James Miller, MD

I am a hospitalist/internal medicine physician. I would be able to go for up to a week. I would need to know what the organizing group was. place to stay, supplies to work with and and support staff were available.
 
Wufaa Alrashid, MD

Such a tragedy. I am prepared to go to Haiti to help the people, even if it's for a day! I think more than anything, they will probably need IV fluids (lots of rhabdo from trauma), IV antibiotics, etc...
Either way, whatever we can do will be helpful at this point.
Tomas Flores, MD

i want to go Haiti for help the people.Please contact to my e-mail .
tflores_74@hotmail.com
 
Adela Villatoro, MD

I would like to going Haiti for help the people.
Tomas Flores, MD

i want to go Haiti for help the people.
 
Jennifer Johnson, MD

Please read Dr. Kim Bentrott's blog and visit the website to try to get her Haitian born son home.
www.savesolomon.com and www.kimandpatrick.blogspot.com
Kim is an amazing doctor and teacher, she and her husband were in Haiti with Global Ministries and are in the process of adopting Solomon whom they have had since birth. He is now 14 mo old. They are trying to get him an emergency visa and come home to the US. Please help in any way you can.
Raquel Murphy, MD

I am a family medical resident in New York who is interested in going to Haiti. I can suture, stent and set well. I am willing to assist in any way I can. I can leave ASAP and commit 2 weeks.
 
raquel murphy, MD

My heart goes out to those who are suffering. I can not imagine what it would be like to wake up without a place to rest my head.
VIRGINIA WRIGHT, MD

Interested in going to Haiti to help. Trained in Internal Medicine and practicing in Geriatric Medicine but willing to assist in any way that I can.
 
prasad manne, MD

I am an Internal Medicine physician who is prepared to depart as early as January 17th and commit for the next 4 weeks. I have emailed several organizations that need monetary donations but have noit from any that need a physician.
J-Francklin Blaise, MD

RE:
Earthquake /Present Catastrophe in HAITI/Medical Relief

I am a physician specialized in forensic pathology. Besides my experience in performing hospital-based autopsies and my expertise in medico-legal investigation of sudden, unexpected, accidental or violent death, I can assist during surgical interventions.
I grew up in HAITI (precisely in Saint-Marc and Port-au-Prince) and studied medicine in Germany. I obtained my postgraduate training in the United States of America. I am fluent in spoken /written Haitian Creole, French and German.
Additionally, I have broad experience in telecommunication: I am a licensed amateur radio operator (FCC call sign: KD4VIL).
Presently, I am in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). I am trying to join any philanthropic team from anywhere on the globe that is looking for someone with my background and experience to go to HAITI as soon as possible.

Thanks.

My e-mail address is jfrankblezo@hotmail.com

J. Francklin Blaise, MD

 
Mitzi Sampson, MD

Please try to donate to organizations that will give 100% of your donated funds to the Haitians. Consider sending supplies through organizations such as Haiti One, Partners in Health, Medcins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders), Haiti Missions Organization, the American Red Cross. The home we stayed in yearly for our mission trips has been destroyed. May God bless all who are moved to compassion to help in every way possible.
MJSampson
Jose Loaiza, MD

Please, lets go there to help. now not in one week or in one month. they need us now!!
 
Hallegere Murthy.MD, MD

No one can prepare fully to avert the natural calmity all the time.We can only help the victims now, at the time of need ASAP. I am ready to help them as a physician and also will be donating the funds.
Thank you for your efforts
Michael Glode, MD

I have been to Haiti twice. Hopital Schweitzer, which survived, is being inundated with patients. They have a 50+ year history of serving Haiti's poorest people and could use our help. If you would like to donate to a place I guarantee will use your funds appropriately, please visit their website: http://www.hashaiti.org
 
Ghulam Muhammad

i m very sorry to hear this painful news .i wil be very happy to help these peoples.....i study medicine .is it possible can i help them
beatriz arpayoglou, MD

I'll be avaiable to go as of Sunday 17,for at least 1 week for now.I an emergency pediatrician from NJ
 
peri kamalakar, MD

we are able to come together as people from all accross the globe during the disasters. Why cant't we do the same all the time so that we can avoid unnecessary wars.
well,the answer is people like Rush LImbaugh. I hope the garbage he has bben saying last couple of days will make WABC to kick him off the air
Kathleen Lucas, MD

The earth's power of majesty and fury remind me that we have been humbled once again. It is so astonishing how seconds and minutes can destroy man's habitat and end so many lives here on that earth.
I definitely will donate money since it is such a necessity to help save lives and rebuild the physical and mental stability of so so many inhabitants of the Haitian Island. As a pediatrician I believe in hope and have been blessed to see infants and children grow and overcome some tremendous ODDS. These children of the earthquake will rise above the rumble and play happily again.
 
Marie-Jose Francois, MD

Haiti needs money. My concern is also for the mental health condition of the Haitian families living in the United States. I am looking for counselors in the Orlando area to assist the families in Central Florida. Not knowing what going on with your family back home is very stressful, sad. Please contact me at mjfrancois@cmwp.org
Ruel Michelin

The devastation is a tremendous challenge to a country and its people already dealing with the impact of other natural disasters. While I have been unable to accept pre-earthquake invitations to assist in other projects, an opportunity for helping in this crisis would certainly be a priority. While the student status might limit the scope and level of assistance, present public health training could certainly provide some benefit. This outpouring of empathy is a reflection of our capacity to help even while acknowledging our own unacceptable inadequacies.
 
Paul Christakis, MD

I am a solo peds and would like to help somehow. There will be much suffering on an ongoing basis. For now I can only donate but this kind of forum can put heads and hearts together, what valuable pearls from the nephrologist to stem kidney damage and dialyze under duress.
John Friedman, MD

Wow! We are sending our limited medical, military and technical resources to Haiti to help these poor people in the time of a terrible disaster, as well we should! But we cannot find the will to provide adequate resources to our terrible disaster-our health care system which denies adequate health care to millions of our citizens. We our pounding our chests for the world to see how humane and powerful we are, and yet New Orleans has never been adequately helped to repair itself after Katrina, and, after almost 100 years, we are unable to find the will to repair our broken health care system.
 
Keisha Bell, MD

I am a Peds Intensivist. Are they sure that they only need surgeons and ER folks?
quazi Bari, MD

This is an unbelievable tragedy, very hard and painful to hear about the stories.I would like to help in any ways I could, I am practicing internal medicine in palm beach,FL
 
Pamela Lindor, MD

I am a pediatrician with strong ties to Haiti. My husband is Haitian, having moved here only two years ago to marry me! His mom, 8 siblings and many,many family members and friends live in Les Cayes on the south coast of Haiti. We have spent much time in Haiti, both with family, and working on mobile medical clinics. For the 5 years before my husband moved to the US, he was coordinating mission trips and medical clinics all over the area around les cayes. One of his most recent projects was a very successful food distribution effort after the hurricanes.
Please, pray for all the people affected. Please, say a special prayer that we will hear from our family soon. We are frantic. This is an unimaginable catastrophe. Many Haitians want to know "why?". The Haitian people are hard working and incredibly resilient, but weary and have so few resources in the best of times.
We have an incredible need to just get up and go there to help, as I am sure many do. But, we are trying to be patient, praying for word from home and spreading as much information as we can.
My relationship with Haiti and my Haitian relatives is precious, it has taught me the most important life lessons I have learned. Always remember that we are all the same, we all have the same hopes and dreams and fears. Please do what you can in prayer and support.
Sarah Russell, MD

I think they will need more than just surgeons and ER docs to deal with the illnesses people will be getting from poor sanitation and living on the streets... I am a Family Practice doc and am willing to go if needed--does anyone know if they want PCPs? If anyone is forming a team to go, feel free to contact me: sarus75@yahoo.com
 
Stephen Norris, MD

I am a nephrologist and am unable to go to Haiti myself, but have some thoughts on the medical care that will be needed there (I'm sure the extraction and medical teams are already well-versed in the resuscitation treatment that originated in Israel).

1. For those living victims still buried in the rubble: even before they are moved or extracted, expose a vein and start an IV with normal saline, wide-open, and keep it going through the whole process of extraction, first-aid, triage, transportation, and treatment. This may prevent or ameliorate the expected tens of thousands acute renal failure cases from crush injury and rhabdomyolysis.

2. For survivers with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis, continuous peritoneal dialysis using temporary PD catheters inserted blindly at the bedside or even using the bowel as a dialyzing membrane (NG tube with NS running through) would probably be the cheapest and most effecatious temporary renal replacement therapy.
Ina Roy-Faderman, MD

Wish to goodness I can go. I'll contribute what I can, and want to hear more about ways we can help goods and services get to where they need to go, as the infrastructure sounds like it's completely torn up. My heart goes out to the wounded and the families of the deceased.
 
Suba Krishnan, MD

Feel so helpless. Can only give money. Is anyone aware of short-term training courses for physicians not working in ER/trauma/surgery/anesthesia such that they can gain skills to volunteer when such disasters strike?
Danielle Loeb, MD

I wish I could go down right now. I am happy to be able to spread the word on how to help. Please continue to keep us informed on ways we can help from home! Thank you for this page!
 
dinesh ghiya, MD

We should cherish what we have.We live in the comfort & security of this nation.But the disparity we see in Haiti is disheartening.All of us should do whatever we can,to help .Remember we are all citizens of this planet & we are connected to each other.
Julianne Forbes, MD

It would be so helpful to have some homeopathy to help with the trauma and healing of these people....ARNICA would help many and Aconite for the shock.
 
Philp Levitt, MD

This is an incredible tragedy. I have volunteered to do neurosurgery with both of the agencies that are linked to your message. I anticipate that with the three major hospitals destroyed and no power that it will be rough going to manage head and spine injuries especially if there is no CT, but we'll see. My wife and I have already sent money.
beth neary, MD

Money is critical to this area and it is important to give to organizations who are already in Haiti---We need to encourage CNN and news outlets to encourage donation to Partners in Health (Dr Farmer\'s group) as they have an established presence in Haiti.
 
Derrick Mobley MD, MD

I\'m a retired primary care doc willing to offer my services to the people of Haiti. It is an awful tragedy!
sean ragone, MD

I graduated from Medical School in the Dominican Republic(UCE). I have gone to Haiti as a medical Intern on a medical mission, it had changed my life and to have helped the Haitian people before I would love to help now, I will be collecting donations at the Poison Center that I work at, it is a start,,,, my and my family are praying for a quick recovery!!!!!
 
Henry McCurtis, MD

My gut instinct is to go! My colleague flew in yesterday. I have not heard from him since he landed in the DR. It was a 5 hour drive ti Haiti. I want to put together a container. The feeling is of helplessness image what they feel.
Rajendra Trivedi, MD

Our office CCA and Pain Center's two Physicians will help going in persons to help the sufferings by giving there service as a Psychiatrist
and as a Anesthesiologist.
 
Rashmi Murthy, MD

I am a family practitioner in Miami and Haiti is literally our neighbor. This scope of this tragedy is beyond belief. I want to go to Haiti to help and would love to do so in a group with other physicians (especially if one of us speaks the local language). If anyone is interested in going together or has leads, please let me know (rsm24@yahoo.com).
Alice Chen, MD

It's hard not to want to jump on a plane and just go, knowing there is so much need there. Glad that we can at least contribute in some way. Will be following closely.