Robert Eyre, M.D. to talk about his Surgical Mission to Haiti

Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m, Wayland resident Robert Eyre, M.D. will give a talk on his “Surgical Mission to Haiti” as the first program in the Wayland Library's annual Great Presenters Series.

Haiti, ravaged by natural disasters, diseases and generations of systemic poverty, is in need of recovery. For the 500,000 residents of the Jacmel area in southeastern Haiti, whose only public hospital, Saint Michel, was severely damaged in the 2010 earthquake, lifesaving medical care and surgery are often unavailable. Between January 2012 and February 2013, Dr. Eyre made three trips to Jacmel to provide surgical care to this underserved population.

Eyre will describe the social and healthcare conditions he witnessed and ongoing initiatives to improve access to quality healthcare for the Haitian people.

Dr. Eyre is Associate Professor of Surgery (Urology) at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Urology at the Faulkner Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess-Needham Hospital. He has spoken widely to lay audiences and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles on urologic oncology. He has been selected annually since 2002 for inclusion in Best Doctors in America.