University of Miami Global Institute for Community Health and Development
Barth A. Green, Chairman
Barth A. Green is chairman and cofounder of the University of Miami Global Institute for Community Health and Development and president and cofounder of Project Medishare. The following is excerpted from the July 29, 2010, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere hearing “The Crisis in Haiti: Are We Moving Fast Enough?” Within 24 hours of the earthquake, I was on the ground in Port-au-Prince working with our Project Medishare team and created a major trauma and critical care field hospital at the airport. We treated over 30,000 patients and acted as the staging point for U.S. military evacuations…
