Rochester General Health System
Chief of Surgery at Rochester General Hospital Deployed to Haiti to Help in Medical Relief Efforts
Ralph Doerr MD, Chief of Surgery at Rochester General Hospital and a member of the National Disaster Medical System, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been deployed to Haiti to help in the medical relief efforts.
According to the government website, "The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a federally coordinated system that augments the Nation's medical response capability. The overall purpose of the NDMS is to supplement an integrated National medical response capability for assisting State and local authorities in dealing with the medical impacts of major peacetime disasters and to provide support to the military and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical systems in caring for casualties evacuated back to the U.S. from overseas armed conventional conflicts." Dr. Doerr is expected to spend two weeks in Haiti.
