Medical Links to Haiti
The Train the Trainer Project
The Brunswick (GA) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, in conjunction with
Southeast Georgia Health System, is sponsoring a seminar on medical and
cultural issues affecting Haitians. The seminar is designed to familiarize
medical professionals and the community on these issues.
To protect our patients, team members and the community from the spread
of COVID-19, the 2021 Medical Link to Haiti will be held as an online
webinar. Please see below instructions to participate!
Webinar
The presentations from this seminar are available online! Click on the
links below to watch each presentation.
Presentations
Making a Sustainable Difference in Haiti: Understanding the Needs and the
Culture of Haitian People
Diane Smith, Ph.D., R.N.
Medical Missions Project Coordinator
Helping Hugs, Incorporated
Outline of Diseases Experienced by the Haitian People
Mark G. Hanly, M.D., MBChB, FRCPath (Lond.), FCAP, FASCP, MAIC
Chief Medical Officer, Southeastern Pathology Associates
Chief of Staff and Chief, Department of Pathology,
Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus
Everything You Need to Know to Travel, Study and Work in Haiti
Diane Smith, Ph.D., R.N.
Medical Missions Project Coordinator
Helping Hugs, Incorporated.
Presenters
Mark G. Hanly, M.D., MBChB, FRCPath (Lond.), FCAP, FASCP, MAIC
Dr. Mark Hanly has been a member of the Medical College of Georgia’s
adjunct clinical faculty since 1997, and he is a Professor of Laboratory
Science at The College of Coastal Georgia. He has been Vice Chair of the
Communications Committee of the Medical Association of Georgia since 2002,
and he also currently Chairs the Georgia State Board for Physician Workforce.
Active in the College of American Pathologists (CAP) as a laboratory inspector,
he has been lead faculty on the CAP AP3 Ultrasound Guided Fine-Needle
Aspiration course since 2011 and has developed an Ultrasound Guided Fine-Needle
Aspiration Clinic, based at Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick Campus.
Diane Smith, PhD, R.N.
Dr. Diane Smith has practiced nursing in New York, Connecticut, Maryland,
Texas, Alaska, Florida and Georgia in civilian and military hospitals.
She served ten years in the Navy Reserve Nurse Corps. and has been volunteering
in developing countries since 1973 including Mexico, Jamaica, Nepal and
Haiti. She says that her most rewarding clinical practice has been in
these countries where the poor have such limited access to health care.
Contact
If you have questions about registering for this event, please email
Margie Harris.