Handing over her contact information Project Medishare's Nurse Liaison Maguy Rochelin is pleased that she can make an appointment for Ambrose Widzar. In accordance with The Smile Train grant the doctors from the University of Miami will return to Port-au-Prince two more times this year...
Read MoreAfter spending the night in recovery at Santé Bernard Mevs, Lise Marielle is comforted by her father. Lise had her first cleft lip surgery in Cange when she was 9 months old. Yesterday she had her palate repaired by Dr. Sam McDonald who is here...
Read MoreDuring morning consultations a volunteer medical resident from the University of Miami observes Dorine Mesidor's scar from an electrical burn she received three years ago. Below: Nervous about going into surgery, Dorine was given a mirror to play with while she waits. Photos by...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Kim & Monica Vohra Pareidon, HAITI--Today we journeyed down the bumpy road to Pareidon, a village in close proximity to Casse. After the hour and a half ride, we got to the town church and set up our four clinics: pediatrics,...
Read MoreCritical care recovery nurse Janet Shanley tickles Lise Marielle to get her to smile. Today will be Lise's second surgery by Dr. Sam McDonald who will repair Lise's palate. Photos by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning Port-au-Prince, HAITI--Taking the bumpy, winding road up to the Partner's...
Read MoreJeff St. Elois, 8, looks into a mirror for the first time since his surgery yesterday. A grant provided by The Smile Train to the University of Miami Department of Plastic Surgery made this week's cleft surgeries like St. Elois' possible. Photos by Jennifer...
Read MoreDoctors working with Project Medishare begin marking Clevil Nesilomme for his cleft lip surgery. Nesilomme said that many times when he notices people looking in his direction he covers his mouth to hide his cleft lip. He hopes that this surgery will help him look...
Read MoreSecond year resident Ying Zhuge and fourth-year medical student Reagan Ross stop by to check on Junior Viciere. Viciere was one of the first children to have cleft palette surgery during the week. Photo by Jennifer Browning. By Jennifer Browning Port-au-Prince, HAITI--Project Medishare is back in Haiti...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Thomonde, HAITI--While the surgical team is working at Saint Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince, Morehouse School of Medicine along with George Washington University School of Medicine and School of Public Health is up in Haiti's central plateau working with Project Medishare's Haitian team. Morehouse...
Read MoreKimberly Green of the Green Family Foundation is currently featured on The Huffington Post in response to the recent "mud cookie" article by AP reporter, Jonathan Katz about malnutrition and hunger in Haiti. Kimberly has been an advocate for the people of Haiti since she...
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