If it were not for h op e,..the h eart wou ld brea k.

Letter from Dr. Meilman

Dear Frie nds ­

Hop e For To mor­row is now I 7 vea l's old . For all t~ f lIS

invo lved with th is Buffalo orga n iza­t ion it has been a great expe rie nce . I ap prec iate hav­

in g this opport uni ty ~lgai n th is year to thank ev e rv o ne of you who has h el ped and part ic ipated th ro ughout t he veal's. A!.;ain , than ks to everyone who ' help ed starr the o rganization, who part icipatcd with rhc surgery trips through out t he world and ar the yearly dinner.

This yea r Hope For Tomorrow vis­ired Ecuador where we Oi eruted in Orava lo, a town just outsi Ie of Q uito , the country's cap ital, wirh the help of Dr. Ken ne th Anrhone, Dr. Hrarch Karamanou kian, and o ur anesthesio l­og ist Dr, JJh n H uebsch ma n n. Surgery included cl eft lip and pa lat e , cata rac t, and pe rij hera l vascular procedures.

W e were also reun ited with C hris­t ian , a 14 month old bov fro m the G ala] agos Isla nds wh o w'e operated on to repai r h is cleft lip on our trip las t yea r in Peru and th e Ga lapagos Islands, He and has f~l[ n i lv met us in Ecuador and thi s yea r his ' pa late was repa ired .

O ur tota l surg ica l patient number is close to 16 -ch il lrc'l1, through lU I'

the wo rld, a n umber we an be Ycn ' pJ:oud of. l ext year we a re plan n in g to v isir ;:m d work ill Vietnam , A I1\'­

one with inte res t in pm i cipar i ~g please let me kno w.

f \ S a lways, I hopt' to set' you a r the d inner in Seprember.

- Dr. Jeffrey Meilllull1, C hair

Vol. 4 Issue 2

Amherst plastic surgeon puts smiles on faces of boy, parents A~ prin ted in T he Buffalo N w 's on J un e 22 , 200 9

,4. I' ~, r-old Gah l'ago, sl.mJ 1-,,,1'W;;l< born with ,I clctr IiI' JnJ ;1 c1e11 palate, i3CI~1 Jd~,nnit1 t.:.~ that cuulJ force parents 10 disown their child In rnanv Third \Vorld countries

His name 1, Chrisnan, arul hi, parents deciJ to keel' hun and to find J way to have him treated.

'v/ ith no rnonev, the ruaJ to rec" vcry ( t'lIld haw taken vcars, RUT luckily for Chris tian" ,ah, Dr. Jeffrey Mcrlman. an Amherst plastic surue in has pertorrncd "urgery Oil h111) twice 111 the last y.-.ar at no charue.

"When I got otf of t he plane. then: they srrx - rno er, t:'Hher anJ child - each with a h,g smih,

on their f;Kt::." Mellman said. "The kid 'J-x,h ,j beauuful. He couldn't have galt,'n his treatment anv other wav, TIm surgery sort of made him the star n( th o:' J t' ~ I :'

Chn-nan is co nsidered ;I star because h l~

surgeries were f,oth un('xpeclt'J I-- k dm:,n nrst pcrtorrncd ,;u r~t~rv on the child .u 1m horne in 200(:i. HeJd not intend on ,'pt'f,ltlng on .invonc while in rh<: Gabp.lg,)S, but there \\ :l , no other wav to 11 :-: C hr ist ian" lip.

When Chnstian's parents heard of ~ ledman\

trip (0 Ecu;,dor, they [«lwleJ more rhan 6C ' nules

to han ' him finish the joh just 0\'Cf :l week :1 ~O . ~k i lman , ahmg with rim:" other plrvsicians. srx nursesand ciuhrvolunteer" had traveledIII EcuaJor to treat c h l l~jrc r\ and teach n:J!IW rhv'lCt,1lb t;, r threeJays,

,A. IXI;Jl 30 children aljd 25 'l,lulb were treated, with either c ~rdio\',,~uhr (lr ce'~ ll\l· t tC 'urgt:rte", Ecu:!dnr m~ rb ;Vleilm:1n', 19th ((jn~'( l\l l \'e trip a, parr o( th,' flopt· F,x Tomorrow Foulldati<m , ' l1onpfL'tit orgJI1I:ation that ;b, i ,t~ rhe l!ledic,.lIy n~'eJ v. "Jr', \'crv. I'en ' "'j'".openmg," ' :IIJ Ur,;nla Camp:md la, vic" prhident ,II C nnr ;.tnd l;J O rtho tic, and Pr'lStht'tiL, .md a I'hv,iCl;.tn \l'h" hd pcJ on the (n r . "We :Irc' ' l~ luc.k\- here, \Vhell !'\:oplc III .A menC:l comphlll, lik "" '\'i/e Jon 'r h~\'e

rhi ,,' "nJ ' 'VI/t: don't ha\'t' Ih:1l: 1l1e\, Jon'( knl l\\'

wk lt Ih <.' ~~' l'e l1pk ,)re going Thwugh. "Thew J"',~lr p<.:\ \ple are "\ 't'r!,d;eJ h"c :lu, ,,

tht' IC JUjt Im ' t money [() help them, It'.; no t p..N

c \ ,~m ... ti( , it '~ Illt'Jically n,'( <;';';;I[\', If II lI',b ll 't t'pr II' . Ih, <e re"ple (tlulJ n,'t haH' I1.lJ any hdr -

D r, hffTl:Y Mei lmall checks !ll C face of I -year ­oW Cllri.,tian after pcrfonning tJul., t ic surge'')' on hi..~' [ac e in Ecuador.

~ urg,'n e" , prosthetics , cardiovascular or cataracts ,

It i ~ trulv excilin ~ . It's an honor tu h<'!r the-e [.1 ('(\1'1<.: ."

C lt 3f'<ct :,['\'ciabt and lIP rhalmic .'ur:,:eun Ken Anthon c taueht the locals ho« to handle ,'y" e- re :mel how 1<.' work with r :Hicnr<with eve problern -,

Card1twasclJl:u ,u rgcl)n Hratch Karaman,"I\lklan worked Sp,-clhGlllyon 25patients between the a\!cs of 40 to 60, E:JCh had 1..aricose vein" He laid '1fter \\'ofcl.. of-rnourh mforrnauon traveled on their fiN J :ty of work, there \\';l ' :1 line I~i I) people h \kmg ll ~ be treated l h .· next mornmc.

"In (he,c counmes, rwr l..: lI'ili show up , t 7 il.m, or earlier, trymg tp gel medlc,,1 attention," he 'OIJ, "Ewn It thel' ~lf t' lht" bst p;)[lent p{ he d"y, they will ,it until It I, their \Urn. Jr', nul like he U..S.. , wh<:re Ihere ,He C ()mpI.Hnl~ ;lflt'r a 3'-) .. rnlllut e \\' ;l l t , :)1' many p<.'nr 1e sh,'\n:J !Jr. IV<: «()uIJ l 't II -II' them all. Wt'Just dldn'l ha \,<: enough equ1rmt'nl:'

It may ,t'em lI' u~h tilr ~ork in the UnHcJ Stil te, in {he currcn t ('cunoml', ~ te il m ;lJ1 ,aid. f,,]\ h:lf,1,h1r' :'1ft' cw n W\IN,' tn n1ird \X/<'fl J Wllntri ~ ' .

HI' ' ;l Id he IV,OS Ifll l r<" " e,1 wilh the d ,1(lO r~ ' '

perfl)rm ilnC e ~ and wd l i Ilglle,~ to hell" in ;111)' \\~l\".

"It ,huw~ '(I much 1;11~re Je,!ic,ltiuo." he ' ak!. "Tht"" '''pit- ht1n\'sl!y didn't han: 1,\ !l' ). but 1-<.'CIll>e hey tlid, th\',e rel) plc '~ health I ' milch ben er l.ff. The) Jid it, ,10,1Thl') did il well."

If it were not for hope...the heart would brenk.

2009 Hope For Tomorrow Honorees

Ted Bell

International Honoree ~ New York Times bestselling author of Hawke, Assassin, and Pirate

A native Flon.lia n. Ted Bell ~r,ld ll:o\ ll'd DDB, In 19::: 2 he joined Leo Rumen Co.. CI)I(agl1 . :)" ,I (fC:lt l\'C direc­Irotn Randolph-Macon College in' Virginin tor. He was named ['resident. Chic! C reative O! "t"](t~ r just r;-,ur ~; l':l r, later, and i ~ <l f( .rrner meml-er lIf the cd In:e'~ &.larJ rx~ 1l joined You ng &. Rubicam. London. in 1991 .b Viet-Chairm:1l1 and of Trustccs &'-11r eg:,n hi, O1dvcrli.<ing career \X1nrlJwidL' Creative Director. After 10 vears at Y&.R, Gell retired in at D,\\'I", n ark BemhKh, New York. a, a ju­ 2(101 r,l write fli ll time. ruor copvwrircr in th.. c,lrly seventies. Bell holds an honorary Doctor of Fine Art" Jegree fmm / endall

By age ~ 5 he'd sold hi.; tirst screenplay and College in ~1ichl g an . Ted b alsoa member d the 1'\'len '.; Buard at Gen­become rhe vounge, r vice prcsiden r in the eral \V<l ~ h ll1gt(ln', Horne at lilt. Vernon. a group chaired hy rmncr Sec­storied hisrory of The creative powerhouse, rcrary of the ,Arrnv, Togn \Vc, t.

Anthony H. Gioia has rem a lifelnnl! re-i­dent of Upstate New York. H,· received a BS degree from SUNY llf Buffalo and an Id B:\ from the University ot Southern California . He then joined the i';} mily busine«, (Jioi:l Macaron i, holding the office' (,f Vice l'r c-idcnt , President and Presidenr/CE O . After negotiat­ing the de of the comrany in 1976 to British

Anthon)' Gioia based Rank Hovis McDougall (RH:VI) . he then became President of RH:-l P;N,l Inc. haviru,

rC'!"fll1sihility for the Gioia l1pCf01t H)11.< 111 Buffalo, along WIth pci:it:lcompa ­nics in St. Luuis,Chicag(\ anJ Seattle.

In 1988,!\mb~,ado r Gioia, <llong with hisbrother Richard. purchased a conrrollina intere-t ill Armor-Box Corporation, and later, Cello-Pack Corporation. hoth located in western Nell' York.

,-\mhlssador Gioi a has served ,1, Chairman ot the National Pasta A, · , nc i,l t ln n , founding Chainnan of the Board (".t Directors of the Greater Ruffalo S:l\'ings Brink. and the !\l rird nl" Direcwrs of Perry'" Ice Cream. In 1995. G,wernor Georgl' Patab <l1)J:'oinred Amras:,ador Gioia to the

Honoree ~ United States Ambassador to Malta , Ret.

Board Ilf the t<ew York ST:lte 'rh:ln [\~ \' c1opment Corporation, the "t<Il<" '­lead eWnOlTIlC development agency all!ng With the State Joh Dcvclor' ment Authority HE' has a l,; ,~ served on the Board of lI ireCIOD' '1f Niagara \ loh:l\vk rowc; Corpora tion- lIT',tiltl: NewYork's largesTpubl ic lJollty."the Alhril!hl Knox ArT Gallerv, Chairman 01the Bo~rd uf Children', Hospital of l3uifal, and Chairman i,f thc- Kalcida Health Sv-tem.

On Ap ril 4. 2001. President George W, Bosh announced hi., inten­rion to nominate (\nthony H. GIOia to beAmbassadorExtraordiuarv ,md Plcnipotcnti arv oft he United Stares of Arnenca to the Republic l1l'\1:<I [;1, The 11,'\\, Ambassadorwassworn 111 ,)11\Ve,lnesd ;;l,)' . l\ug u ~ t .s . 2i.\.1) ryU.s , Secretary of Sta te Colin rowell.

In August 2i..\)5. after retum ing to the US .. he Amh;] ~~<ldt) r was ap­pointed Chair nf the Erie C m;l! HarhorDevelopment Corp,irar ion's n.l,ml of Directors "v New York Stare Governor, George Pataki.

In the carlvFil II ,-l2l,"lS Anthony H. Gioia \~ 'd ' once again called into l'uHic service. I'residen: George \v. Bu,h appointed Anrhonv H. Gioia to serve a~ rhe U n ited Sl:ltc,' Repre"enr:ltivl" to the 63rJ SL'-'>:il"ll n( the Unllt,J !'--btion' Ut'neral A",emhl\' which \\, ,1:' unanimnu,!\' contlnnd hI' the Se[).8te ,10 Octol'<'r 5, 2C{1S, . "

Campanella Orthotics and Prosthetics Mis~ion to Ecuador On lun<: 27, 2l\ "l m~' wil(: Ur' u1.l anj I m~[ wlrh rhe H,'l'<: Fi' l Tommrow

Jcle~~r ion ,ll rhe [)lIff,1Ir,:,')\! i,1gm:l Inrcrn~r inn~ 1 A''l"n: , 1111' \\',\; rhe ' l ,lr[ "I ,'ur mi.; ~ i,)n w [ cu" d,,! ,1IlJ .lU! ~i Xlh p~lt1:ic i rJ ck) \1 in l1) i~, kln , ((1 JC\ 'c l ,'ri n ~

( \luntn c.." _ Each "I Ih~ ,xtC"l" n hl'c, lrh r fi,fc" i"n:ll, dnJ \·,'!ul1t <:c·r, !C',c'f\'eJ n, '!n In

th.·tr l u~g~t ~e (or met.heal equipment cmJ ' UpplilC' C(1 h: d" n;Ul\ 1. Inclu,!L',) werl: ,1(ln;IllC1n., ~" t hcrnl hI" lht:C unr Mnd h '.; In 1l11 thcir ( ompCt m' :md dnl1:1tll111,lrom ' LlI' I'Iit.: r, ,mJ phl", i(ialb , TI l e~' J, 'rH,tinlb w<:r<: \', IlIll'lleJ 10) be 'll'I'rl}xim:u ch S2i.\ Ol\ " m \'Jlue, The\" (nn'J'reJ " f n1l'JICJIIl1' trumcnr, :lnJ r-r.lCC, t'l r che "pmc 'InJ eXl remirie, . All "f thc br.lCe, Well' ncw ,'nJ rca,ly f, 'r inUl1e,!i:lk u,,',

(''')l Ii,..,! ' [(\i' w ;1' in ,.'\ll :tnt:l where \ \'!: h,>: Jr,kJ , )\ ) 1' Illghl r" Quil", EC\l:lJm, \\ ie l;ll1 ,k d m Q UllO dn,e n mldmghr,Th ere. C\','f\ Onl' 'e u leJ t"'l rhe nl~h t re:ld\' iN l'ur two h" ul bu, lIJe I",lU Cfi c1.11 J e:Qin:tti'll1 in OC;j \'al", Th,' nc'"c nwrnin~

hd ore !c :\\'m,Q wc , 'I<i reJ "'Ith rh... Arch DI,h"r m Q Uli n. he rh;mkeJ u.' for " ur tnl." lnn ,md ",tiereJ ,'ul ~ru\) 1' rctTe, hmc:tH , ,1Od .1 lighT hmdl f",d-" fc WC (-.,l:lrdt.".l nUJ ~ lI ' rl' Ol ,w;]l,), ,Alte'J ;J r rrO ~ im,Hdy ;,n hour '\l" <t'lpre ,! in .m '1T'':J lh;n IV.l '

marked . IS r.clll!: the eanh', L'yuatllr. Wc' c\x)k ;1 t-ew I11 lnllCCStl' cab : :il'f1 \c' picture, .1l1J rU:llJeJ The I,u, l<1("I'll i l1lJ l' • 'lir J" llmn .

U pon :lfTl,::Ji ;11 OI:IV'll" \\' l' "hee oed mt" ,1 \ er, qu: ,m l hUk l n:' l\)l'J .Ab 5h : lT1~Il , whkh me;]!" "rh,• he:lrr " in Ihe n.lll\·... Indi;m 1 :11l 1.~1 "~c , fr W:i> a p!e:<:<:ll1r ' lJ tp i,e T,' L im rh,ll rhi' ~" c cI v. ~ , i\" ned hI' ,m .'\ ml'ri( ,lf'l «">ur lc-. IhetetNl' (~'l11mU I1l C1T1 0n '.\':1, nnr ~ rrobkm­

le hrjt J~ y rhe Jdq;-lIl<ln \'islreJ nne o( thc lWl l hn,p n'll, in the \..ft~\" nl"

,u e,1. L,rn the m:<lor o( Or;"'A )" c ~ml- w nut hOlei ~nd Wd C(lI1lC,1Wi to h l~ CII\',

TI1Cnc'xc dol l' ,'ur J ' k'~" r inn l'i,i rL'd rhe ' econJ hn sl' ir ~L i\hhough l'rirniliw h U.c'. ' land,ITJ;, It ~P I'<: 'l~l'J to he· m"rl' prntc':iinl1e1Ily stafteJ ~nJ ()~r'1t cJ th~ n tlw p e\'i, 'u,l) \'hUN h"'rital. Hen; the rhy, ici~ub ,i ,' ur JcI"['-H io\1 !,,-·rf,'rmeJ "urgen,,' :lI1J g:Wl' prL':,,-'11l,H!on" 1<1 the ST aff.

Dunng (h" !"Cfl(xll, W,l' I1,HroJuced to rhe' adlllllll>lratnr ~ nJ ,1 , r<l i( (JrrhlJl'''..J( "urg' 'llfl. LKking ,Ill imerl'reler, 1m :,,!... It known T" IhetH tk ,t 1 had J . ,n ; HI''ll ~

" j hr,l(C' :mJ In'tru ment' , T" ml' reltd, [he Nl h" rl'J lc <u r~c.:) n Tccn~lll:cd rh" ,u!' plie, :;nJ cylJipmcn! of which hc W,t, in nCTJ "I, He inJic.,(ed th ,H It \\",'uld .tli be 1'"1 to £,.. J IN : ,md "'l lh he ~ 1 1< l l h e ,d l1\ i" i' rr.H(J r h ' lllh~l l1 l\' prl)li",:k

DlIn n~ our ,r,l\' m l1 r~ \" ;oI(l We \'I,ireJ ~n (lrr h,Jn~ ~" and \',11Ilntel'r< 0four ~,.() uP

~.l\'e th,: children Cll1J\' ,onel [(1 \" TI,e ,wffg,),'<: IJ' " brief(, 'U I nf d'e CadiI\'. T" ,hm\' hi' (Ity" ;'Pp C'(( ;1 ttnn "f "u r d tnn". rhl' m:l\,or I1WtJcd ,1m gr">! )1'

tn ,I tine' ,linne ill ,m c'xcdkm 11>CJI Te>lal1f,mr. Th c' rn:J\'OT rh;lIlk\'J Dr. :"1c,lm;ln. Hud"chrn;mn. r.:.lram:mouki,m, .mJ An lh,'ne IN tlll'IT surgeric" ;ll1d l'(e,\:nl,Hli ln ~

On our rcturn Iril' We' st" I'!-..:,l m l':m:l111a em' hJ"re retummg cn the U::ii\ . ..:-. ,'x ;md Lr ' u[:l "j Caluranelb Orth., tlc, ,111<] rr"'Chell'> \\")uld hh· I" pV t·

"1" :0 :11rh:mb I, ) 1\,1:;ul'p1 1' C)[UP:lI1Y ,)( Cle\ el:mJ Ohi" :In,) Dr. Ow\'n Ynunll "I TM1;,w ,md ,~ . ;'oJ,I" t,' r rheir J"nATinm,

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Recipient Update - Christian from Galapagos Island

Gala/Jaglls Islands , 3 rIltmth old bah)' hoy, cleft IiI) su rger)'. before: UIlJ after One wa" !.ater

Left to righl : Brian Ru.sk, Dr. Zcmbrnno, Alex CamptllldLu. LJr,~ula Cmnpandln , Dr. }vleilman, Chr~rian ann Tl'U)th er, Dr. Hw:b schmann, Dr. Anrhone, «nd Michele Patterson

This is one of th e pa ­t ients in Ecuador who was vcrv Wat<:'ful that

Dr. Anthone I . rfonue 1 cata ract surge ry on he r and restored h -r sigh t. He also instructed the , h ysic ians on new cata­rac t techniques and in­troduced l is instrument TH E ENABLE , wh ich

Hope For Tomorrow Plans Vietnam

Humanitarian Mission for May, 2010

T he H ope' for Tornorrow Found at ion is plann ing its 18th ann ua l Humanirar­Ian M issiun for Memor ial Day Week. I 10 fro m May 2S-Ju ne 5, 2010. Th is )'e;.l r':- planned destina tion is to Ho C h i M in g C ity, Vierna m .Thc group plans ro donate nume rou s surge ries a long with a stop both ways in Hong Ko ng,

The past mission to Ecuador was h ighliglueJ with donat ed cat arac t sur­gem:s and traini ng by C ata rac t S urgeon Ke n n e th A n tho ne , vein surger ies 1V

T hora ic S urgeo n Hratc h Ka raman'­oukian , anesth esiolozv bv Dr. john Huebschmann . plas t ic sur ge ry hy Dr. [etfrcv Meilma n and : 20,) in orthot­ics donations from Campanella Othor­ics and Prosthetics.

W h ile In Vietna m , in addirion to

numero s surgeries, the group plans " meet with leaders o f the U~~ guv'rn­

mcn r, the C atholic ch urch a;l,J Ro­tary International . Every year this mis ­

f;.lciliratcs th e removal of cataracts. He design ed this instrument and ir is used all ov e r the world for C 11arac t surgery.

Dr. Ant hone donated thi s in st rume n t 3 S well Cl ~ much need ed med ica l supplies,

sio n \-\"ith .lonar ions courtesy of Karen Carlo . travels to assis t ch ild ren with a nee dy orp vanagc .

The appro x imate cost is $3 ,999 per single and 4.799 per double. If o n e i.-; in te rested in h e lpin e the needy and poor in Vietnam. please call Ton y at A Iid l Tra vel to rese rve :H 886 -444 3.

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L4t to right: Dr. \.Vashingwn Zawbnmo, Exccu ti,,'c Director of Charit y Anywl,cri"

Organharion arran~.'i'lg an esrhesiology for 12 de/t/lip su rgeries wid, Mounr St.

Mar:v's Hospital Anesthe si()logist Dr. 101m Huebschmann, pati,:nt , and Hope Far Tvm"rr"w Chair Dr. l effrc"y McilmC/ll.

--.. Hope For Tomorrow Foundation Donates Cleft Palate/Lip Surgeries and Eye Surgery in Otavalo, Ecuador on Humanitarian Mission

Photo capt ion of young. 3 year old Ecuador ian boy he ing exarn inei] Sunday nigh t at the O rava lo , Ecuador H osp ita l hy Board C rtihed Plast ic Surgeon Dr. [effre y Meilrn an . T he cl eft palate repa ir fo r this boy by Or. Mellman and A nesthesio logist Dr. John Huebschrnann with ~vl (1u nt St . Mar y's H osp ita l, wok 2 hours with a donated value of ~ 8 . 00 . Dr. Me llman and Dr. Hucbschrnann pe rformed 3

dozen cle ft lip/palate surge ries for poor, needy ch ild ren of Ecuador from 2 to 10 yea rs of age. They also pe rformed cleft pa la te surge ry for th is boy n amed C h rist ian . Dr. Ken A n thone pe rformed ey su rgery in Ncan

Linds ey, Dr. &ram(moukian and Carrie Ctl the E(jtWlor

Vein Treatment Center Donates 25 Vein Surgeries in Ecuador

Photo capt ion lefr co r i ~h r Tuesday as Dr. Hrarch ouk ian , President of the Vein Treatment C ent er at G eurgt:wwn PIaZ8 , Wi ll i :~ ll1sv i ll c , perfo rmed with hi s sta ff 25 VN US Closure proced ures for the poor at the O tav 310. Ecuador H osp ita l ,lur ing a humanitarian mission wit h th e Hope fn t To morrow Foundation : D'You ville C o llege Ph vsici an A ssistant stude nt C arr ie W ydysh, T ho rac ic Surgeo n Dr. H ratch Karamanoukian. 25 year old EC U,1­

dorian donated vein surgery recipient anJ S ta n C oleman, vidcog­raph cr providing ,1 se ries for Time Wa rn e r C able . M issing fro m photo is C ert ified As­sistant Lindsey Myers.

Ecuadorian palient s comi n )< to hospitaL

Kamman­

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Campanella Orthotics Donates .....­$20,000 in Orthotics in Ecuador

Photo caption eft to righ t Tuesday <It the Iberra H os] ira] in Ecuador, South A merica as Alex Cam panella, President of Campanella Orthot ics and P rosthetics in North Ruffa lo and A mherst donated ' 20,0 in equipme n t fo r th e poo r includi ng a b » ie saw (rom Dr. O wen Young. O rt hoped ic Surgeon of Tonawanda, inst ru ments. corse ts , knee and neck

Ca rr ie, LiruL,C); Exccu rit·c Staff of O tavalo P ublic Ho~ l)i_ tul dQ?wtin.l( gifts of apprecim iol1 for donllkd surger tes, Dr. Karamwwukiml, lind Dr. M eihnan

bra ces, back braces. chi ldre n 's a rm and leg brace -fordcfonn i­t ies an J h ip dislocat ion, shoes fo r bab ies with interna l fibial torsio n for toes and long brace knee immobilizers: Stan Cole­man. vidcographer prod uc ing series for Time \Vamer C ab le . three nerra Hosp ital staff me mbers, lb erra Hospital Ad­m inist rato r Yullin s Reascos , A lex C ampane lla. President of C ampane lla O rt ho tics an d two members of the ph vsical Dr. Karamalloukian at

Qrp hanage

Dr. ?vfeilrrnm, J cnnu Cu/(e. ,\1ic11de Pmter.'oll, Andreu: Gage, Dr. Karamanollkiiln und chiUlren at orphanage in Ecua.doT

Ur,~ ula and A Lex Campanella wi th ch ildren at orpha nage in Ecuador

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Hope For Tomorrow Board of Directors

Chairman Dr. Jeffrey Me llm an

Board Secretary .. Cynthia G u: ik

Directors Kenneth D. Anzhone. M.D.

George A . Berbary All!xander Campanella Ursula E. Campanella

Ka ren C arlo. R .N . Anna Mar ie Diin a

Lorra ine Eng l. Ph.D. .1ack Hllebschmann. M .D .

John J. Len ahan II Janet Long

1''11iche le Pa tterson Brian Rusk

Rich a rd S lisz Oat/is Tibur ~ i

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If it were not for hope ...the heart would brea k.

---.Enlightenment in Ecuador A Journal of Humanitarian Acts for the Poor in a Third World Country

by Dr. Hratch Karamanoukian, Thoracic Surgeon and President of the Vein Treatment Center at Georgetoum P/.aza, 5225 Sheridan Drive, WilliamsviUe, New York

Ecuador Da y One We had a ll. interest ing first hour in Q uito. Ecu ador as th e

H ope for Tomorrow Fo undat ion was greeted at the Q uito. Ecuado r Ai rpo rt with the req uest to wear fac ia l masks as the swin e Ilu was ve ry serio us in Ecuador in Ju ne. 20\..19. \Ve even had to un dergo the rmo body scann ing. I was h3PPY to hav e ex ce llen t Sl;lff assistance with C ertified Med ica l A ssista n t Lindsey Meyers and D'Youv ille College Physic ian As sistan t student Carri e Wy dysh . The Hope for Tomorrow Foundation is led by A mherst Plasti c S urgeon Jeffrey Me ilm an.

Ecuador Day Two O ur group was blessed as an entourage by Q uito , Ecuador

A rchbish op Ra ul Ve la C li iriboga. We we re so honored to go in to h is p rivate ch ape l. TI 1e A rc h bishop was warm hea rted, con gen ial and friend ly. H e showed us great st rength and care for the very poor of Ec uador. WI::: we re g iven sp iritual mo t iva t ion by Archb ish op Chiriboga. H e said : "Do not give up . You will see a lot of p roblems and politics in Ecuador. P lease pe rsevere and wo rk th ro ugh all o f this to hei r my flock. '

W e abo met with US Em bassy in Q uito Depu ty C h ief of Mission A n drew C hritton through th e kind ness of U S C on gressm an C hris Lee. He briefed myself. Cataract Su rgeon Ken An tho nc , A nesthesio logist J8ck Huebschrnann and t he Ursula and A le x Campanella of C ::< m p:m e ILOJ O rt h o t ics about our US governmen t rol e an d wh at we em do 8S Americans to

heir the need y in Sm ith A me rica . I have one po lit ica l stateme n t to ma ke - o n our bus ride we

are a lways so en v ironmcntal lv con sc io us as A mericans as I.he U S go vernment te lls us to clo se factor ies for e nv iro n men ta l reaso ns. It. was iro n ic that we wer e in EcuaJ m to he lp t.hose in need wh ile ou r d iesel ru n bus po llu te d much of the sky with to x ic fu mes.

Nex t we arrived at t he O tav310 , Ecuador Pu blic H osp ital. T h is facility wa s la rge , co ld and e mpty with ve ry fe-w reso urce s. It wa s at abou t a 1960 le vel (~f our U S hospitals. 'v.l e were greeted by 50 pro spect! ve vein treatme nt patients. T he y waited 12 hours for o ur arrival with o ur sta ff including Lin dsey and Carrie. O ur ,group was hu sy sc reen ing patients until 3am . M,mypatients had open, venous ulc e rs wh ich had bee n poorly cared for . O ur Hope for Tomorrow d e legat ion a,greed to he lp these peop le hy perfo rming proc ed ures to heal man y wounds.

Ec uado r Day Three A~ we arrived in the mo rn ing 50 patient were al read y

lined up . W e helped a 25 year ol d female hospital cleane r. She ha d an ulce r in her leg wh ich produced seve re pai n from ~1 chronic. weeping wo und. In fact , she was sca red of

Hope Far Tomorrow gToup with Archbishop Chiriboga in Q uilO.

be ing fired. O ur group fro m the Ve in Tre atment C enter in W ill iamsv ille. N ew York clea ned up th e u lce r with a laser proced ure 1O address the underl ying problem. The procedure was a ,grea t success. The ulcer healing wa- accelerated (ro m (i

mont hs to 6 weeks. O ur bus d river with the toxic di ese l fumes, .bserved our vein

treatmen t pro cedu res. He asked for help from <I big, bulging varicose ve in ill the back of h is legs. A fte r our procedure , h is legs fel l. better immediatel y. A s a matter of fact , he drove us hac k to the h ur el with no pai n , The nex t J ay the bu s drive r said he was a ne w man 8 S he drove me to the market square . In tO t8 1 our Ve in T reatment C enter staff provided 2S venous c losure proced u res for the needy in Ecuador.

\,(!h en we were on b reak 15 people came to me in need of do nated heart surger y. T he Ec uadorian gO\'c m ll1ent wo u ld pay for the surgery, but nor for the valve- wo rth 4,000 or 2 months of salary. The ,l;!0 vernmenl. of Ecuad o r justifies saying surgery is free . But, iI. docs nor pov t~) r the h eart equipment . T h is is the problem of soc ia lized med ic ine . There are false claims of sec urity without the dc livcrv of necessary se rv ices.

Ecuador Day Four I W8 S· happy to v isit an Ibera. Ecuador orphanage. It was

very we ll ru n . It was wonderful to see c h ild ren wel l taken care

of even tho ugh it was placed in <1 third wo rld country.

Ecuador Day Five O ur H ope for Tomorro w groul returned W remove

sutures in patients and give a post operative c heck up. The Ecuadorian patients were th rill ed with the results. And the docto rs WETt· so happv th a t we co uld uffe r ve in se rv ices in a mob ile hospita l. O ur humanirarian group of surgeon s, nurses and volunteers were gratified 1.0 help the poor of Ecuador wh o had inferior care ~e fore our v isit. It made me feel good to help these people to feel better and main tain themselves with hea lthier lives.

I can no longer take fur i..rranted our profitable, successfu l l ives in the U S A . It i~ my hope tha t we do nor follow the soc ialist health care I saw in Ecuador. It is my hope that we keep our we ll run model of health care in the U nited States.

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2008 Hope For Tomorrow Charity Event

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