Team members

Elizabeth Heidi Jerome

"I am a pediatric anesthesiologist and, until recently, a pediatric intensivist at Columbia University’s Children’s Hospital. I have enjoyed several medical mission trips to Haiti, Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, Egypt, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and China over the last few decades. Most of the anesthesia was for plastic surgeries, including clefts. Helping children and young adults with medical problems is rewarding, and gaining insight into their cultures is very instructive. The camaraderie with new and old friends on each of these trips has been most enjoyable. I have also enjoyed traveling around many of these countries before and after missions, and I look forward to returning to Vietnam. In addition, I served on the medical advisory board for Smile Train for many years and presented lectures at their international meetings in Ghana, India and Kenya. Many years ago, as a pediatrician, I spent 6 months in Thailand’s largest refugee camp caring for Cambodian refugee children. It was an eye-opening experience in so many ways."

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