By Jennifer Browning When plastic surgeon Dr. Joel Kopelman and his son Ross volunteered at Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare (HBMPM) several weeks ago, one of the most noticeable things the two saw were the amount of amputees. What impressed upon Ross Kopelman the most was...
Read More[vodpod id=Video.4496519&w=425&h=350&fv=] Dr. Henri Ford continues to spread hope at Hosp...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2057" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Commissioner Ed Tobin (right) presented Project Medishare a proclamation yesterday. Accepting the proclamation and the donation raised from the Rock for Haiti event on behalf of Project Medishare were Dr. David Andrews and Dr. Gillian Hotz. Photo by Omar Vega."][/caption] Yesterday Miami...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2050" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Project Medishare volunteer Dr. Eric Dehoux goes over a patient's chart with Sindy Abdon, a nurse working with spinal cord patients. Dr. Dehoux along with nurse practitioner Lorenette Patrick are working with Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare nurses to improve care...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2023" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photo by Omar Vega"][/caption] By Jennifer Browning Project Medishare's prosthetic technician in training, Wilfred Messine, works with people like him everyday. An amputee patient himself, when Wilfred was fitted with his prosthetic limb in April, we immediately began running and kicking a soccer...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Fritz & Franz Bierhaus will be hosting a free performance by South Florida’s Nightscape on Saturday, September 25 between 8 p.m.-midnight as part of Project Medishare’s MISSION: HAITI. The evening will recognize the more than 7000 Project Medishare volunteers who rushed to Haiti’s aid...
Read More[caption id="attachment_2028" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare staff and volunteer doctors consult with doctors at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine about a critical care patient admitted recently."][/caption] By Jennifer Browning Last week Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare (HBMPM) volunteers participated in a...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Magdala, 22, hoists herself onto the examining table so that Project Medishare’s certified prosthetic orthotist (CPO) Davor Krchelich can scan her leg where her new prosthetic limb will be placed. She watches quietly as the laser scans across her knee tissue and curiously...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Project Medishare's future is mapped out in the most recent issue of the University of Miami's Medicine. The magazine's special edition focuses on how the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine and its partnering organizations like Project Medishare and the UM Global...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning U.S. Senator Bill Nelson vowed, during a visit to the Miami's Ryder Trauma Center last week, to continue his efforts to secure funds for the Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare, a critical care and rehabilitation hospital, operated by Project Medishare and the...
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