GHI dinner promotes global health care
November 23, 2011 8:44PM
Father Michael Place (Northbrook) and Dr. Deborah Edberg (Chicago). | Photo courtesy of Parrish Lewis Productions
BENEFITING: Global Health Initiative
DATE: Oct. 6, 2011
LOCATION: Peninsula Hotel, Chicago
ATTENDED: 203
RAISED: $500,000+
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Updated: November 30, 2011 6:16PM
The fourth annual Global Health Initiative benefit dinner of the Chicago Lake Shore Medical Associates was held Oct. 6 at the Peninsula Chicago. The featured keynote speaker was Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder, and newsman Bill Kurtis served as emcee. The event drew 203 attendees and raised more than $500,000.
The mission of the Global Health Initiative is to promote global health education, provide medical aid to resource-limited countries and encourage an interest in primary care medicine. Since August 2008, the GHI has funded more than 225 medical students for global health service in 23 low-resource countries around the world.
Medical students serve alongside faculty and local health care providers in subject areas such as primary care medicine; maternal, neonatal and child health; and HIV treatment; and are actively engaged in preventive medical education dealing with nutrition, the spread of infectious disease and the critical importance of clean water.
To learn more about the GHI, clsma.com/ghi.
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