The November 2011 Ghana team consists of 21 medical specialists and 6 volunteers that will travel to Kumasi, Ghana to care for children with congenital heart defects.
Coordinators and team planners
Dr. Francis Fynn-Thompson, Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon
Bev Small, Staff Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Christine Placidi, Staff Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Judy Hurley, Staff Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Medical Staff
Dr. Judith Becker, Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Vipin Mehta, Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Vamsi Yarlagadda, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Hospital
Dr. Ravi Thiagarajan, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Hospital
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit nurses
Mary Eisenhauer
Karen Horn
Lauren Danforth
Cat Dowling
Patrick Loughran
Operating Room Nurses
Lisa Klosterboer
Ellen Hiney
Perfusionist
Bob Howe
Echocardiography Technician
Marga Rivera
Respiratory Therapist
Stephanie Larsen
Pharmacist
Joanne Lee
Bio Medical
Frantz Teleau
Volunteers
Susan Mullins
Leslie Moore
Catherine Howe
Dwayne Green
Jacqueline Lopez
Terence Prendiville
