INSIDE THIS ISSUE: BOARD OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED Cast Your Ballot ...... 2 UPDATE: WILLIAM B. WALSH FELLOW, DR. LAXMIKANT PALO How His Work Is Progressing ...... 3 ALUMNI REMEMBRANCES Share with your fellow alums ...... 3 WINTER 2016 ® ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ALUMNI EDITION ALUMNI EDITION NEWS How Dr. George Kevorkian Helped Build Local Capacity, in His Own Words I n 1989-90, I had the privilege of serving as the initial full-time program director for Project HOPE’s Pediatric Orthopedic Rehabilitation Program in Armenia,” says Dr. George Kevorkian, a physiatrist, associate professor of medicine and Project HOPE volunteer. “The program was developed in response to the December 1988 earthquake that killed 25,000 people and injured many more. “At the time, there were no rehabilitation professionals in Armenia or most of the Soviet Union. The multi-pronged program initially brought 37 children to the U.S. for prostheses, and then developed local teaching for doctors, physical therapists, nurses and orthotic/prosthetic students. The duration of the program was eight years. “In October, I was asked to return to Armenia to give lectures and assist in setting up adult stroke rehabilitation programs. “My visit was truly gratifying. Many of our former students are now teachers and in positions of leadership in major hospitals in Armenia. Our initial orthotic/prosthetic student is now the owner of Armenia’s main orthotic clinic with 13 employees. “The pediatric orthopedic program has grown under the leadership of our initial Armenian PROJECT HOPE IN ARMENIA: continued on next page > Left to right: Ara Tekgyozuan (orthoptist), Dr. Laura Movsesyan (physiatrist), Hripsime Hovhanissyan (orthopedic nurse), Dr. Koloyan and Dr. George Kevorkian, October 2015. Education is a rewarding experience for HOPE professionals.
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walk, ride or swim, and help deliver medical care into poverty zones around the world. Become a Project HOPE team member today to make HOPE happen for vulnerable boys and girls, men and women ... one step at a time. To take part, visit ihopeteam.org today!
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o The Bill Kooiman Fund, supporting volunteer travel.
I am delighted to be part of the Alumni Association, and to support this wonderful group.
YES!
Please make your tax-deductible check payable to Project HOPE, and mail it, along with this form, in the envelope provided.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: BOARD OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED
Cast Your Ballot ...... 2
UPDATE: WILLIAM B. WALSH FELLOW, DR. LAXMIKANT PALO
How His Work Is Progressing ...... 3
ALUMNI REMEMBRANCES
Share with your fellow alums ...... 3
WINTER 2016
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Your generosity multiplied. Always.®
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
ALUMNIEDITIONALUMNIEDITION
NEWS
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HOPIES Unite! Stay in TouchStay connected with HOPE. Our website is updated on a regular basis, and we will continue sending emails with all the latest news. If you have news to share or updated contact information, please reach out to our Alumni liaison, Brooke Herndon, at [email protected].
Join Our Facebook GroupConnect, Reconnect and Stay in Touch
The Project HOPE Alumni Association Group is up and running, and we want you to join. To access the site, please
go to the HOPE web page at projecthope.org, click on “Get Involved” and then “Connect
with Alumni.” Use the Facebook group to reconnect with old friends, share photos and communicate about upcoming alumni events and happenings.
How Dr. George Kevorkian Helped Build Local Capacity, in His Own Words
HOPE Remembers Patricia Anderson Anesthesia, Sri Lanka, DOD September, 2015
Linda Michaud, M.D. Physiatrist, Armenia, October, 2015
Edwin Monroe Knights, Jr. HOPE pathologist (1961-64), September 19, 2015
Support Your Alumni Association✁
In 1989-90, I had the privilege of serving as the initial full-time program director for Project
HOPE’s Pediatric Orthopedic Rehabilitation Program in Armenia,” says Dr. George Kevorkian, a physiatrist, associate professor of medicine and Project HOPE volunteer.
“The program was developed in response to the December 1988 earthquake that killed 25,000 people and injured many more.
“At the time, there were no rehabilitation professionals in Armenia or most of the Soviet Union. The multi-pronged program initially brought 37 children to the U.S. for prostheses, and then developed local teaching for doctors, physical therapists, nurses and orthotic/prosthetic students. The duration of the program was eight years.
“In October, I was asked to return to Armenia to give lectures and assist in setting up adult stroke rehabilitation programs.
“My visit was truly gratifying. Many of our former students are now teachers and in positions of leadership in major hospitals in Armenia. Our initial orthotic/prosthetic student is now the owner of Armenia’s main orthotic clinic with 13 employees.
“The pediatric orthopedic program has grown under the leadership of our initial Armenian
PROJECT HOPE IN ARMENIA:
Since becoming Project HOPE’s SE
Asia Regional Director in April 2015,
Dr. Laxmikant Palo initiated country operations
in Nepal after the earthquake. He worked to
streamline medical and volunteer supplies to
the earthquake-affected population, and
implement a needs assessment for a long-term
global health program in collaboration
with an institutional partner for program
implementation. He initiated a USAID-Nepal
proposal on health and hygiene.
Dr. Palo has created and developed several
high-quality proposals on non-communicable
diseases, maternal newborn child health and
nutrition — with many breakthrough ideas for
unique proposals. He has initiated a process for
multi-country programs and multi-donor
partnerships, serving a range of public health
themes. He continues to scale up current
programs while maintaining their quality.
UPDATE: WILLIAM B. WALSH FELLOW, DR. LAXMIKANT PALO
Dr. Laxmikant Palo, an esteemed Walsh fellow, serves as Regional Director-South East Asia with Project HOPE.
continued on next page >
How His Work Is Progressing
Left to right: Ara Tekgyozuan (orthoptist), Dr. Laura Movsesyan (physiatrist), Hripsime Hovhanissyan (orthopedic nurse), Dr. Koloyan and Dr. George Kevorkian, October 2015.
Education is a rewarding experience for HOPE professionals.
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Barry Savits, M.D., on His Work with HOPE in Equador
“To assure sustainability of the lessons taught during the SS HOPE year in Ecuador (1963), Dr. Walsh realized a land-based program was needed to solidify the medical ethics and innovative practice patterns. Over two years (1965-67), it was implemented in Cuenca in the southern Ecuadorian Andes to rehabilitate a failing health care system.
“HOPE physicians Dr. Robert Class (cardiology), Dr. Chuck McGhee (OB-GYN) and I introduced modern patient care and open outpatient clinics, and we established sound teaching techniques and one-to-one training of local physicians and students.
“The results included the first open-heart procedure, pediatric and chest surgery; operating-room techniques and sterility; initiating grand rounds and pathology conferences.
“Through Project HOPE, local surgeons came to the U.S. for surgery training. All the senior medical students working with HOPE became directors and chairmen of their subspecialties — and one of them, Dr. Edgar Rodas, became Minister of Health in Ecuador. A new hospital, medical school complex and curriculum have been instituted, and a second medical school has been opened. Project HOPE’s work and the medical model were eminently successful.”
Paul Altrocchi, M.D., on His Work in Sri Lanka in 1968
“Although I made occasional visits to the capital, Colombo, as part of the second rotation of SS HOPE physicians, internist Marty Cohen and I spent the two-month rotation in the beautiful hill town of Kandy. Our teaching was much appreciated by our excellent Sri Lankan colleagues.
“Within a year of graduating from Colby College in Maine, my daughter was in Sri Lanka — then called Ceylon — with the Peace Corps and married Nandi, who is Sri Lankan. I now live with them in Honolulu where my daughter teaches, and Nandi is night manager of the only five-star hotel in Honolulu. I loved my time in Sri Lanka.”
The election of officers for the Alumni Association will be on the agenda for the October 8th reunion in Washington, D.C. As required in the Association by-laws, we are publishing the nominees for officer positions. Alumni are encouraged to submit additional names and short bios before March 15 to former president Esther Kooiman at [email protected]. A ballot with voting instructions will be in the next Alumni Edition of HOPE News.
Here are the nominees:President: Sharon Redding, EdD, RN, CNE After serving in the Peace Corps in Chad and Liberia, and as a HOPE nurse in Brazil (1976-1982), Sharon was most recently a HOPE educator in Wuhan, China. An adjunct professor, she serves on the boards of several volunteer organizations.
Vice President: Lingie Chui, MD A fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Lingie has worked in countries around the world. She’s put her experience to use with HOPE in Nepal and the Philippines.
Secretary/Treasurer: Michele Chapa, RN A firefighter, EMT and nurse, Michelle has worked in a variety of positions in nursing. With HOPE, she’s spent several weeks in Haiti responding to the cholera epidemic.
BOARD OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED
Ara Tadevossian Shares His Experiences as a Patient in Armenia
“I was 14 years old and at home in Gyumri with my mother in our five-story apartment building at the time of the December 7, 1988 earthquake. After two days of searching and digging, my father and older brother found us. I was airlifted to the capital, Yerevan, where both my legs were amputated.
“In January, 1989, Dr. Warren Gruppi led a Project HOPE team that selected me and 36 other children needing prostheses to travel, each with a parent or guardian, to receive care in the United States. I underwent surgeries in Syracuse, NY, for 14 months, where a local Armenian nurse became my legal guardian. After 7 months, I left the Crouse Memorial Hospital.
“In March 1990, I returned to Gyumri, Armenia, using two crutches, but I returned to Syracuse for reconstructive surgery in the spring of 1992.”
Dr. Paul Altrocchi (second from right) during neurology rounds in Colombo in Sri Lanka.
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$1 you give helps to send $105 worth of donated medical supplies into the world’s poverty zones. For example, if you pledge $15 a month, that gets multiplied 105 times, sending $1,575 worth of help each month. And over 12 months, that adds up to an amazing $18,900. Being a HOPE Lifter is easy and affordable, and the impact you have is huge.
To find out more, check the box on the reply form, call Donor Services toll-free at 844-349-0188, or visit: projecthope.org/hopelifters.
For people who love to make a difference
Ara Tadevossian with his wife on a trip to Armenia in 2015.
Alumni REMEMBRANCEScounterpart, Dr. Garen Koloyan. The department provides services for 70 percent of children with congenital and acquired orthopedic problems in Armenia and Karabakh. Under his leadership, a pediatric orthopedic residency program has been established, and services include surgery for 350 children annually — with 10% coming from Georgia, Russia and the Ukraine. The pediatric outpatient clinic provides services to 5,000 children each year.
“There are multidisciplinary outreach clinics in various regions of Armenia and Karabakh, regional ultrasound screenings, spinal surgery — with colleagues visiting from France and Switzerland — and a club foot treatment project.
“My October visit certainly reinforced the belief that the education of professionals is a very rewarding long-term experience for HOPE professionals, our in-country counterparts and generations of children who benefit from a better standard of care.”
How Dr. George Kevorkian Helped Build Local Capacity ... (continued)
Dr. William B. Walsh (left) with Dr. Koloyan, 1989, at HOPE’s Bethesda office while planning HOPE’s long-term program for Armenia.
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GET INVOLVED to MAKE HOPE HAPPEN!
It’s this simple: When you join iHOPE, you run,
walk, ride or swim, and help deliver medical care into poverty zones around the world. Become a Project HOPE team member today to make HOPE happen for vulnerable boys and girls, men and women ... one step at a time. To take part, visit ihopeteam.org today!
255 Carter Hall LanePO Box 250Millwood, VA 22646-0255
®
Your generosity multiplied. Always.
®
Your generosity multiplied. Always.®
Your generosity multiplied. Always.
D16
NW
ZZZ
Here’s my gift of $________________ for:
o The Alumni Fund, supporting alumni activities.
o The William B. Walsh, M.D. Endowment,supporting the William B. Walsh fellow.
o The Lee Olive Harrison Fund, supportingbasic nursing skills education.
o The Bill Kooiman Fund, supportingvolunteer travel.
I am delighted to be part of the Alumni Association, and to support this wonderful group.
YES!
Please make your tax-deductible check payable to Project HOPE, and mail it, along with this form, in the envelope provided.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: BOARD OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED
Cast Your Ballot ...... 2
UPDATE: WILLIAM B. WALSH FELLOW, DR. LAXMIKANT PALO
How His Work Is Progressing ...... 3
ALUMNI REMEMBRANCES
Share with your fellow alums ...... 3
WINTER 2016
®
Your generosity multiplied. Always.
®
Your generosity multiplied. Always.®
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
®
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
ALUMNIEDITIONALUMNIEDITION
NEWS
CLIP ALONG THE DOTTED LINE, AND RETURN WITH YOUR GIFT OF SUPPORT. PHI-1525
HOPIES Unite! Stay in TouchStay connected with HOPE. Our website is updated on a regular basis, and we will continue sending emails with all the latest news. If you have news to share or updated contact information, please reach out to our Alumni liaison, Dulcy Hooper, at [email protected].
Join Our Facebook GroupConnect, Reconnect and Stay in Touch
The Project HOPE Alumni Association Group is up and running, and we want you to join. To access the site, please
go to the HOPE web page at projecthope.org, click on “Get Involved” and then “Connect
with Alumni.” Use the Facebook group to reconnect with old friends, share photos and communicate about upcoming alumni events and happenings.
How Dr. George Kevorkian Helped Build Local Capacity, in His Own Words
HOPE Remembers Patricia Anderson Anesthesia, Sri Lanka, DOD September, 2015
Linda Michaud, M.D. Physiatrist, Armenia, October, 2015
Edwin Monroe Knights, Jr. HOPE pathologist (1961-64), September 19, 2015
Support Your Alumni Association✁
In 1989-90, I had the privilege of serving as the initial full-time program director for Project
HOPE’s Pediatric Orthopedic Rehabilitation Program in Armenia,” says Dr. George Kevorkian, a physiatrist, associate professor of medicine and Project HOPE volunteer.
“The program was developed in response to the December 1988 earthquake that killed 25,000 people and injured many more.
“At the time, there were no rehabilitation professionals in Armenia or most of the Soviet Union. The multi-pronged program initially brought 37 children to the U.S. for prostheses, and then developed local teaching for doctors, physical therapists, nurses and orthotic/prosthetic students. The duration of the program was eight years.
“In October, I was asked to return to Armenia to give lectures and assist in setting up adult stroke rehabilitation programs.
“My visit was truly gratifying. Many of our former students are now teachers and in positions of leadership in major hospitals in Armenia. Our initial orthotic/prosthetic student is now the owner of Armenia’s main orthotic clinic with 13 employees.
“The pediatric orthopedic program has grown under the leadership of our initial Armenian
PROJECT HOPE IN ARMENIA:
Since becoming Project HOPE’s SE
Asia Regional Director in April 2015,
Dr. Laxmikant Palo initiated country operations
in Nepal after the earthquake. He worked to
streamline medical and volunteer supplies to
the earthquake-affected population, and
implement a needs assessment for a long-term
global health program in collaboration
with an institutional partner for program
implementation. He initiated a USAID-Nepal
proposal on health and hygiene.
Dr. Palo has created and developed several
high-quality proposals on non-communicable
diseases, maternal newborn child health and
nutrition — with many breakthrough ideas for
unique proposals. He has initiated a process for
multi-country programs and multi-donor
partnerships, serving a range of public health
themes. He continues to scale up current
programs while maintaining their quality.
UPDATE: WILLIAM B. WALSH FELLOW, DR. LAXMIKANT PALO
Dr. Laxmikant Palo, an esteemed Walsh fellow, serves as Regional Director-South East Asia with Project HOPE.
continued on next page >
How His Work Is Progressing
Left to right: Ara Tekgyozuan (orthoptist), Dr. Laura Movsesyan (physiatrist), Hripsime Hovhanissyan (orthopedic nurse), Dr. Koloyan and Dr. George Kevorkian, October 2015.
Education is a rewarding experience for HOPE professionals.
