AAMC Seeks Physicians to Work in Haiti

The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the US Department of Health and Human Services seeks to partner with AAMC to identify specialty physicians who are willing to volunteer to deploy with HHS National Disaster Medical Assistance teams in Haiti.

Specifically, they are looking for only trauma surgeons, orthopedists and anesthesiologists or others with experience and capability treating crush injuries. Volunteers should be willing to work for at least a two-week period, and to live and work in austere conditions.

Preference is for Creole or French speakers, and those currently credentialed through the Medical Reserve Corps in their states, or the ESAR-VHP (Emergency Services Advanced Registration of Volunteer Health Personnel) program.

Because volunteers need to be credentialed as temporary federal employees, volunteers will need to be able to provide credentialing paperwork as soon as asked. Credentialing normally takes about a week.

Please ask volunteers with these clinical skills to contact Michala Koch. We regret that we may not be able to accommodate everyone who wishes to help, and may not be able to get back directly to those without the requisite skills. More information is available on the AAMC's website.