This Sigma Xi presentation will describe the status and plans of a group organized by Dr. Ladocsi working in Haiti. Their work is somewhat similar to "Doctors Without Borders" except that the focus extends beyond surgery and medical treatments. The team works in cooperation with the United Nations which is attempting to address the plight of peoples including the Haitians. He has selected Haiti as a focus area because it is in our "backyard" and readily accessible, appreciative, and very much in need of help. The talk points out that physicians deal with disease with mostly one-on-one health care. The engineer has skills that can leveraged far beyond that of the physician in technology areas such as water supply, public utilities including civil engineering projects, environmental and personal monitoring instrumentation, etc. The talk will include first hand observations technology and life in Haiti.

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Ladocsi is a well known surgeon working at Saint Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, NJ. He has pioneered laser surgery at St. Barnabas and is also active in laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques. He leads a team of volunteers who travel to Haiti periodically to provide medical services to the population there and also to assist in infrastructure development. Dr. Ladocsi received the BSME degree from NJIT and then went on to receive the MD degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey. He can be contacted at ladocsi@verizon.net.

For information, contact: Ms. Brenda Walker at (973)596-3513 or at brenda.e.walker@njit.edu or
Dr. William Carr at carr@njit.edu , or Dr. Andrew U. Meyer: at meyer@njit.edu.

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