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Butterfly Foundation Volunteers Train Medical Professionals in the Dominican Republic to Perform Life Saving Spine Surgery PDF Print E-mail

Doctors Plan Nine to Ten Surgeries on Children with Complex Spine Disorders

September 24, 2009

Leading surgeons and medical professionals from the USA are headed to the Dominican Republic the first week of October, 2009 as part of a Butterfly Foundation funded Spinal Clinic. Dr. Andrew Moulton MD, a founding director of the Butterfly Foundation and Attending Physician at New York Medical College, will lead a team to Gautier Hospital in Santo Domingo. Dr. Arash Emami MD, a Clinical Assistant Professor from NYU Langone Medical Center, Denise DiGioia MS, CRNA Director of Anesthesia for the Butterfly Foundation, Kevin Costadura Equipment and Supplies Coordinator, will assist the surgeons in performing complex spine surgery on 9-10 children and perform routine checkups on up to 15 previous patients.

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Butterfly Foundation, a Surgical NPO, Has Launched a Redesigned Website at WWW.BUTTERFLYFOUNDATION.COM PDF Print E-mail

The new site thanks its key supporters and makes donations safe and easy through Paypal

September 15, 2009

Butterfly Foundation, known as Fundacion Mariposa in Spanish speaking nations, has updated its contents and redesigned its website with a focus on those whose support has helped the foundation operate on 230 children with severe scoliosis and train numerous medical professionals in developing nations on the latest practices in complex spine surgery.

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