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Curtis R. Welling, President & Chief Executive Officer
Areas of Expertise:
- Access to medicines and health care; the importance of humanitarian relief
- AmeriCares international and domestic efforts and response to improving health
- AmeriCares gift-in-kind model – partnerships that provide access to critically needed medical aid in times of crisis; how corporate and nonprofit partnerships contribute to improving global health
- What nonprofits and for profit businesses can learn from one another (as a "recovering investment banker" Curt can speak to how he parlayed his corporate experience into nonprofit leadership)
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Christoph Gorder, SVP, Global Program Operations
Areas of Expertise:
- Leadership in non-profit sector
- Disaster response and disaster preparedness (International and U.S.)
- Best practices for international and domestic gift-in-kind medical donations
- Pharmaceutical supply chain management in the humanitarian sector
- Public/private partnership in relief efforts on a global scale
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Frank J. Bia, M.D., MPH, Medical Director, AmeriCares
Areas of Expertise:
- Medical issues currently challenging global health (HIV, malaria, swine flu, emerging chronic diseases, etc.)
- Infectious and chronic diseases; nutritional and vitamin deficiencies
- Disaster relief/medical issues faced during emergencies
- Medical conditions in refugee camps and disaster relief
- U.S. medical education and international health issues
- Medical/pharmacist roles in the AmeriCares gift-in-kind model
- Issues in travel medicine including vaccinations, malaria prevention and safety
- Tropical global health issues, e.g., neglected tropical diseases
- History of medicine and tropical diseases
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Purvish M. Parikh, M.D., VP & Managing Director, AmeriCares India
Areas of Expertise:
- Cancer in the developing world
- Health landscape in India
- India's emerging pharmaceutical industry
- Public/private partnerships
- Gift-in-kind model in Asia and Africa
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Karen Gottlieb, Executive Director, AmeriCares Free Clinics
Areas of Expertise:
- The health care crisis and the uninsured
- AmeriCares Free Clinics and effects on the uninsured
- Community engagement and volunteerism
- Partnerships to provide for the uninsured
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