Addressing the Surgical Burden of Disease in Haiti
Feb 2, 7 - 8 pm | Student Life Center, Board of Trust Room
Dr. Telemaque has been instrumental in training most of the general surgeons practicing in Haiti and knows the health system and its challenges intimately. He serves as the Coordinator for the Haitian Review of Surgery and Anesthesia, the Haitian SAGES curriculum for resident education, and the Hernia Repair for the Underserved program. He is a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons and is a Member of both the Haitian Association of Surgery and the Haitian Medical Association. Dr. Telemaque holds a Master of Science in Health Services Management and trained clinically as a surgeon in Haiti, Belgium, France, and the United States. He has spoken at a variety of international venues including the Boston launch of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. The Huffington Post featured Dr. Telemaque in an article shortly after the 2010 earthquake.
Dr. Pierre is a graduate of the Haitian State University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, where he became certified to practice medicine. He worked at Saint Antoine Hospital in Jeremie, Haiti before becoming a physician for five health centers of the Health Department in Grand’Anse. From 1999 to 2003, he served as project manager of a health program on HIV/AIDS, financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and CARE-Haiti. Following the earthquake in 2010, Dr. Pierre founded the Community Mission for Hope, Inc., a non-profit organization that aims to helping Haiti with education, health care and economic opportunity.
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