Emory Gives Thanks in Haiti

By Karena Wienands
After another long day out in the field, the doctors, medical students and other affiliated health workers returned to the compound. Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Haiti, but the fabulous cooks had prepared two turkeys. Before the meal, everybody formed a circle around the dinner table and shared their personal “Thanks”. It was [...]

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Former Peace Corps volunteer assists medical group

By Brian O. Gross (BOG)
Technically, caregivers do a physical examination of the patient, crunch the data, and report the results. Science is often seen as a cold, open-and-shut, just-the-facts discipline, but it’s interesting how delivering the news at a Medishare mobile clinic affects the messenger. Whether it’s the falling, disappointed expression of a patient who [...]

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Case study: Retinoblastoma

By Gabriele Denis
During Emory’s second day in clinic our first case in pediatrics was a two-year old male with right eye retinoblastoma/retro orbital mass. Based on research, it is a malignant tumor on the retina, the light-sensing part of the eye, and would be preventable if found early. While in this case the cancer is [...]

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Stories from the mobile clinic: triage

By Maryam Hosseini
Today is Tuesday, the third day of our trip to Haiti with Emory Medishare. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to join this incredible group of doctors, students, nurses, and social workers in Thomonde, Haiti. While yesterday was spent working in a clinic in the town, today went a little [...]

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Emory Medishare’s co-founder returns to Haiti

By Rick Spurlock
The mornings can be tough in Haiti, usually the fault of the preceding evenings festivities or the roosters that seem to start crowing as soon as you close your eyes. But this is not another day for an ER physician from Atlanta. This being my 10th trip to Haiti for either a [...]

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Translation of medicine

By Claude Bruny
I was born and raised in Haiti but I’ve never experienced doing a clinic before. Upon arrival I felt like we were anticipated. We were greeted with what seemed like a thousand smiles.
 
I was asked to help translate in the pediatrics side of the clinic. It seemed like a simple [...]

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Emory medical student gets a first glimpse of Haiti

By Nayla Khoury
It felt like we were walking into summer again as we descended the steps of the airplane and onto the tarmac. “Hopefully, living in Atlanta, you are used to this heat,” Arabelle said to me. “Some people pass out, you know.”
The five-hour car ride gave us a peek of Haiti. We leaned into [...]

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