November 16, 2007

Helping in New Orleans

Last month, a group of MGHers had the opportunity to contribute to the reconstruction of New Orleans through Operation Giving Back, a program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Residents Todd Lancaster, MD; Nicolas Melo, MD; Jennifer LaFemina, MD; Jeanwan Kang, MD; Ugwuji Maduekwe, MD; and Alex Haynes, MD, MPH; along with Suzanne Williams, executive assistant in the Department of Surgery, and her husband Anthony; and Susan Briggs, MD, of the Department of Surgery, teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to prepare a schoolhouse for renovation into a health clinic, which will be the only one in the devastated lower 9th district. Above, from left, Melo, Kang, Maduekwe, Lancaster, Williams, Haynes, LaFemina and Williams

Operation Giving Back was founded in 2004 by MGH Surgeon-in-Chief Andrew W. Warshaw, MD, FACS, while he was serving as chairman of the ACS Subcommittee on Socioeconomic Issues. For more information about the program, contact Williams at swilliams7@partners.org or (617) 726-8254.