More than 23 years ago, Barth Green co-founded Project Medishare, an organization that depends on volunteer doctors and nurses from the University of Miami and around the world to provide quality health care to Haiti’s poorest populations and training for the country's health care workforce.
Green, chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UM’s Miller School of Medicine, was there, in January 2010, immediately after the devastating earthquake that knocked down Port-au-Prince and killed tens of thousands of people.
UM doctors, nurses, engineers and others established a tent hospital on the grounds of the main airport, treating more than 30,000 victims over five months. When it closed, the tent hospital moved to Hospital Bernard Mevs, becoming Haiti's first critical care and trauma hospital.
When Hurricane Matthew ripped through the Caribbean in October 2016, Project Medishare provided tons of supplies, and its staff treated thousands of injured at a clinic in Jeremie. Trauma patients were transported to Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince for more advanced care.
