Medical
Missions: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Palestinian-American
Surgeon Returns for 8th time to Gaza
On
December 3, 2005, Dr. Imad Tabry, a cardiac surgeon from Holy
Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida traveled to Shifa
Hospital in the Gaza Strip to perform a week of cardiac surgery.
Dr. Imad first went to Palestine through the PCRF in Sept.
2000 and has gone back many times since. He is the only cardiac
surgeon who has gone to Gaza to work since then, treating
and saving the lives of hundreds of poor people.
Cardiac
Surgeon Returns to Gaza for 7th time to save lives
On Sept. 2nd,
2005, Dr. Imad Tabry, a cardiac surgeon from Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, returned to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City through the
PCRF for his seventh humanitarian mission since the start
of the Palestinian uprising in 2000. Dr. Tabry is the only
adult cardiac surgeon who has been working on patients with
heart disease in the Gaza Strip since the uprising began.
"There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of people
here who need cardiac care not currently available to them
in Gaza," Dr. Tabry says. "It is my pleasure to
be able to help these people during these very difficult days."
Dr. Tabry operated on three patients a day during the week,
including Friday, and finished on Sept. 11th.
American-Palestinian
Surgeon Returns to Gaza to Save Lives
In mid-November, 2004, Dr. Imad Tabry, a cardiac surgeon from
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, went to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City
for 10 days of intensive open-heart surgery on sick patients
in the Gaza Strip. This is Dr. Tabry's seventh mission to
Gaza through the PCRF since the Intifada erupted and he has
saved hundreds of lives there through his hard work and expert
skills. There is currently no cardiac surgery program functioning
in Gaza, though heart disease is the number one cause of mortality
there.
American
Cardiac Surgeon in Gaza for the sixth time
On April 23rd, 2004,
Dr. Imad Tabry, an adult cardiac surgeon from the Holy Cross
Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida arrived in Gaza City
for a week of open-heart surgery on patients with heart disease.
Dr. Tabry is the only cardiac surgeon from outside who has
been going to Gaza to do open-heart surgery on adult patients
since the Intifada began. This is his sixth mission to Shifa
since 2000, and he has saved the lives of over one hundred
patients who otherwise would not get the care that they need.
Dr. Tabry is on the governing board of the International Palestinian
Cardiac Relief Organization, which is part of the PCRF.
See the list of cases treated.
American
Cardiac Surgery Team Saves Lives in Gaza
On December 2nd, 2003 the first ever Ross Procedure at
Shifa Hospital in Gaza City was done by Dr. Imad Tabry . The
three-member American cardiac surgery team from Florida worked
for the 5th time in three years to save the lives of patients
in Palestine with heart disease. The Ross Procedure is a very
complex operation that requires a special valve that was obtained
through a generous donation by Cryolife INC in the US. >>>See
the AP story on Dr. Tabry's mission to Gaza. |
See surgery list
Palestinian
Expatriate Surgeon Helps the Hearts of Gazans
On
December 2, 2003 the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the
administration of Gaza welcomed cardiac surgeon Imad Tabry,
who had a press conference to speak about heart surgery in
Palestine and the development achieved in that sensitive field.
>>>Read More
PCRF
Sends Cardiac Surgery Team to Gaza
In April, 2003 a 5-member American cardiac
surgery team, led by Dr. Imad Tabry, went to Gaza for a week
of open-heart surgery on patients with heart disease at the
Shifa government Hospital in Gaza City. This was the 5th mission
by Dr. Tabry of Fort Lauderdale to Gaza through the PCRF since
the uprising started in Sept. 2000. Also on the team were
ICU nurses Mari Noel Weatherly and Mark Schweyerrn, also of
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, perfusionist Yousef Rizak of Montreal
and Amal Jubran of Harrisburg, PA. Mari Noel, Amal and Yousef
have all worked with Dr. Tabry in the past. Dr. Imad is a
member of the PCRF medical advisory board and the secretary
of the International Palestinian Cardiac Relief Organization.
List of Patients treated by Dr. Imad
Tabry's team
See our past Adult Cardiac
Surgery Missions to Palestine
• Dr.
Tabry Mission to Gaza in September, 2001
•
Dr. Tom Wisenbaugh Mission to Ramallah
in August, 2001
• Dr. Tabry cases treated
in April mission
• Dr. Tom Wisenbaugh mission
to Ramallah, February/March, 2001
• Florida Cardiac Mission to
Gaza, October, 2000
• Project Open Hearts Mission,
April, 2000
• Tulsa Cardiac Mission, November,
1999
