The physicians of premier live here in the Hudson Valley, so their patients are also their neighbors and Valley culture and institutions are their culture and institutions. These are some of the worthy organizations they are part of. You can be a part of them too.
Vassar Haiti Project: Daniel Katz, MD — member, Medical Advisory Board
“Being involved in the Vassar Haiti Project Medical Advisory Board has been an inspiration to all of us. We have helped build a clinic to bring medical care to a place and people who lacked even the most fundamental services. This clinic will absolutely save lives and improve the welfare of many people who might otherwise suffer greatly. This is medicine in its purist form and it is very exciting to be a part of it.”
The Vassar Haiti Project has three main goals: Promoting the art of Haiti and supporting the welfare of Haitian artists; fostering education, health, and sustainable development in the village of Chermaitre, Haiti; mentoring student and community volunteers in the principles and practices of global citizenship.
As part of its mission, VHP has built, staffed, and supplied a brand new clinic to provide regular professional health care to residents of Chermaitre and surrounding villages. Funding supports the salaries of a full-time Haitian community health nurse and a Haitian doctor who runs the clinic every other week. A local medical committee oversees the administration of the clinic, while the Medical Advisory Board in the US, of which Dr. Katz is a member, helps to improve access to medicine and provides VHP with expert advice.
For more information, visit thehaitiproject.org.