Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Aarin A: Khaled Abughazaleh

Palestine Children's Relief Fund: Nineteen years of providing specialized surgical care to children in the Middle East…an overview and personal experiences.
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  1. Aarin A.February 4, 2010 at 7:51 PM

    Well, besides being adorable in the Greenhill yearbooks I don't really have much to say. Haha kidding. I have emailed Khaled a massive amount of times (hes a really busy and really nice guy) and we had our first phone interview the weekend after Worldlink. Khaled was extremely helpful in answering all my questions in complete detail and was supper friendly as well. After emailing him two days after the phone call to thank him we haven't spoken since. Do I keep emailing him? When should I start writing?

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  2. Aarin A.February 4, 2010 at 7:56 PM

    Oh whoops, I forgot to share what I learned. Well, Khaled is currently in Mexico or Ecuador (I can't remember which one he should be in by now) doing work over there. He is an oral maxillofacial surgeon (a doctor who deals with mouth deformities such as clef pallets). He currently lives in Chicago and used to teach at the university but now has his own private practice. Khaled is from Palestine and that is why his main focus is the West Bank.

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  3. Aarin A.February 7, 2010 at 6:43 PM

    I originally researched Jordan since i found articles about his work there and he graduated from college there so I spent most of my time in that region. When I asked Khaled about his work in Jordan he informed me that he manly only did operations there for patients outside of Jordan (like Iraq and others) who could not receive the medical attention they needed in their own countries. During my research I found out Jordan has a great surgeons and is on good terms with the US and is a pretty stable country in the mist of all the "unstableness" with the other Middle Eastern countries surrounding it. Khaled further informed me that his main attention is the West bank due to the fact that they don't have many qualifying surgeons in the region. Khaled has also mentioned reaching the West Bank is particularly difficult and many times they travel through Jordan and sometimes must wait a day or two before entry. Khaled has permanently moved most of his medical equipment to the West Bank, so the set up for surgery is not as difficult to set up. He says he would love to work in Gaza as well but is having difficulty getting cleared to enter the region. Khaled has also mentioned he travels down to Mexico and South America without the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, although he did mention he does most of his volunteer work through the organization. He informed me when working in areas such as Mexico many patients walk for days to reach the clinic for treatment. I will do some research on the West Bank later this afternoon.

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  4. UnknownFebruary 8, 2010 at 8:42 PM

    i think you may want to start thinking about your next interview before you email him. like what kind of questions you want to ask, etc. but I'd say you don't have to worry about writing just yet, unless you want to. you're pretty far ahead.

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