Meet Our Heroes: Medical Volunteers and Surgeons

Dear friend,

We have some exciting news! Thanks to the Association des Français Fonctionnaires Internationaux de New York (AFFIN), we will hold our next event on September 12th at 6:30pm! The focus of the evening will be a panel of some of the amazing and inspiring doctors who volunteer with Surgeons of Hope.

They will discuss their experiences and answer any questions you may have. In addition to the panel, there will be a meet and greet with our team and a showing of a video that captures all of the wonderful work done by Surgeons of Hope.


The panel will include:

Emile Bacha, MD

(Chief, Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Surgery, NY Presbyterian Hospital)

Charles Catherine

(Executive Director, Surgeons of Hope Foundation)

Eva Cheung, MD

(Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director, Pediatric ECMO Columbia University Medical Center)

Sibylle Eschapasse

(President, Association des Français Fonctionnaires Internationaux de New York and Moderator)

His Excellency Mr. Juan Carlos Mendoza Garcia

(Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations)

Shannan Pearsall

(Mended Little Hearts National Steering Committee Member, MLH of Long Island Group Coordinator)

Her Excellency Mrs. Maria Rubiales de Chamorro

(Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations)


The event will take place on Tuesday September 12, 2017 at 630 PM in conference room 8 at the UN Headquarters (46th Street and 1st Avenue).

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