Align MD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) arm of Align MD. Our passion, shared by Dr. Randy Ellis is to bring medical care to the underserved throught the world. This campaign is to sponsor Randy, an emergency medicine physician and ER Director on our team trip
to Ghana, Africa. His mission, in collaboration with University of Michigan Emergency Medicine Residency Program is to share his experiences in emergency medicine with Ghanian emergency medicine residents, nurses and medical students.
We strongly feel that sharing our experiences in emergency medicine is a far greater resource than providing temporary health care. If we go and provide medical care, it is gone when we leave. If we share our experiences, it will stay forever and those
we share with can continue to share and develop emergency medicine in their countries.
$1,200 Tipping Point Goal
The money raised from this campaign at KATH will be used for Randy's airline ticket, Ghana temporary medical license and his Yellow Fever Vaccine.
The tipping point of $1200 on this trip is to cover half of Randy's major expenses. He will cover his own housing, meals and local travel costs.
Travel overseas to any destination has its own inherent complexity. However, having a planned destination, arrival and departure date and time makes major and local transportation coordinated much smoother. It is our first step in planning and executing
any safe trip.
Ghana requires a temporary medical license for all visiting healthcare professionals. This insures that only qualified personnel are working and volunteering in the country. It also helps fund the Medical Board that provided oversite on medical practice
and the development and growth of Emergency Medicine in Ghana.
As healthcare professionals we understand the importance of appropriate travel procautions. Yellow Fever Vaccine is mandatory for this trip. Yellow Fever, a mosquito borne illness endemic in parts of South America and Central Africa. Yellow Fever is named
for the yellow color of the skin (jaundice) of those presenting with severe infection. It is fatal to over 50 percent of unvaccinated people that contact it.
Thank you so much for helping this highly skilled emergency medicine physician share his passion with his collegues in Ghana, Africa. Many lives will be changed by this shared academic and didactic experience.