Several Volunteers Assisted in Recent Tsunami Mission
MILLWOOD, Va., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Close to fifty emergency
physicians and nurses recruited by Project HOPE were quickly dispatched to
Indonesia to assist victims of the region's most recent earthquake. The
volunteers are providing emergency care aboard the USNS Mercy, which is
anchored off the coast of Nias Island.
For more than three months, Project HOPE has been coordinating a volunteer
humanitarian effort in the region through its partnership with the U.S. Navy.
Twenty volunteers on the present mission were among the more than 200 Project
HOPE volunteers who provided medical assistance to more than 20,000
Indonesians in a two-month mission off the coast of Banda Aceh.
"Project HOPE has developed a strong connection to the region and its
people, and is honored to again respond to the Navy's request for help," said
John P. Howe III, M.D., President and CEO of Project HOPE. "This region has
experienced such devastation in recent months, and Project HOPE is pleased
that it can offer its experience and leadership to help those in need."
The medical professionals supporting Project HOPE's work aboard the USNS
Mercy include:
Carrie Alexander, RN, Washington, DC
Anne Blake, RN, Saugus, MA
Dana Braner, MD, Portland, OR
Bonnie Carl, RN, Freemont, CA
Jean Coffman, RN, Maurertown, VA
Virginia Cohen, RN, San Antonio, TX
Akshay Dalal, MD, Boston, MA
Meghan Dawson, RN, Hudson, MA
Melody Fadness, RN, New York, NY
Mary Fleming, RN, Florence, WI
Andrew Garrett, MD, Lexington, MA
Diana Hardin, RN, Colton, OR
Karen Holland, RN, Swampscott, MA
James Honl, OD, Anderson, SC
Eugenia Johnson, RN, Martinsburg, WV
Mariko Kimura, RN, Los Angeles, CA
Jonathan Kissane, Frederick, MD
Ronda Klotz, RN, St. Pete Beach, FL
Maryellen Kluxen, Caldwell, NJ
Judith Knickerbocker, RN, Winchester, VA
Alison Kniss, RN, Annville, PA
Andrea Koenker, RN, Winchester, VA
Tammy Leung, RN, Hayward, CA
Katarina Maglic, RN, Los Angeles, CA
Eric Matchko, RN, Harrison Township, MI
Tiffany Moore, MD, Sutten, MA
Gerald Murphy, MD, Mt. Prospect, IL
William Murphy, RN, Southampton, MA
John Neale, MD, Pescadero, CA
Richard Newman, MD, San Antonio, TX
Robert Noyes, MD, Salt Lake City, UT
Michele Okamoto, RN, New York, NY
Emily Olmstead, RN, Amesbury, MA
Michael Polifka, MD, Manchester, VT
James Pressly, MD, Lake Wylie, SC
Carol Rogers, RN, Columbia, MO
Donna Schroeder, RN, New Hope, MN
Peter Selufsky, RN, Gerardstown, WV
Ranee Selufsky, RN, Gerardstown, WV
Vivian Smith, RN, Owensboro, KY
Carole Snyder, RN, Los Angeles, CA
Susan Sodetz, RN, Palos Park, IL
Olinda Spitzer, RN, Monument, CO
Sandra Townsend, Georgetown, TX
Donald Van Nimwegen, MD, Seattle, WA
Jo Anne Verplaetse, RN, Greencastle, IN
Laura White, RN, Winchester, VA
Deborah Woodward, RN, Quicksburg, VA
Christine Zaiser, RN, West Covina, CA
Project HOPE has a history of disaster relief and shipboard assistance,
beginning in 1958 with the first peacetime hospital ship, the SS HOPE, donated
by President Eisenhower. Its maiden voyage was to Indonesia. Today, Project
HOPE conducts land-based medical training and health education programs in 34
countries across five continents. For more information about Project HOPE,
visit http://www.projecthope.org.
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CONTACT:
Jacqueline Donohue, +1-202-778-1022, for
Project HOPE
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