ABOUT US
The Organization for Renal Care in Haiti (TORCH), Inc. was organized in 2014 and operated exclusively as a charitable corporation for medical and educational purposes within the meaning of Chapter 180 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).
In particular, TORCH will (A) educate and train medical professionals in Haiti and provide medical equipment and resources to facilities in Haiti so that they can provide treatment to individuals with kidney disease who do not have economic resources and (B) to conduct such other activities and programs not inconsistent with the mission.
TORCH has no paid employees, functioning entirely with volunteers. To date, over 97% of its expenditures have been to forward the TORCH mission in Haiti.
MISSION
The mission of TORCH is to bring lifesaving medical care to patients with kidney disease in Haiti that is not available to them. To achieve this goal, TORCH will provide education, medical equipment, training, and other resources to medical professionals and facilities in Haiti so that they can provide treatments to individuals with kidney disease who would otherwise not receive such treatments. In addition TORCH will help set up and finance preventive measures designed to detect and slow progression of chronic kidney diseases, for example, diabetic or hypertensive kidney disease, and to support research and education to advance medical care.
Currently, medical care with dialysis or kidney transplantation is not available in most of Haiti, and many Haitians do not have the resources to afford such treatments were they offered. TORCH has helped in the initiation of hemodialysis at the Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM), a Partners in Health facility in Haiti (see the News & Updates section). We are now working on bringing kidney biopsy pathology and transplantation to HUM.
The Organization for Renal Care in Haiti (TORCH), Inc.
Robert S. Brown, MD (Founder & President)
5000 Great Plain Road
Dedham, MA 02026
Email: President@torchforhaiti.org
781-234-2227
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robert S. Brown, MD, President & Clerk
Associate Chief for Academic Affairs, Nephrology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Brian D. Remillard, MD, Vice-President & Treasurer
Former Chief, Nephrology and Hypertension Division and Director of Dialysis, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Philip Clèophat, MD
Chief, Department of Internal Medicine and a nephrologist, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM), Haiti
Gary L. Horowitz, MD
Director of Informatics, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Martha Pavlakis, MD
Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Isaac Stillman, MD
Director, Renal/Genitourinary Fellowship Program, Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Former Director, Renal Pathology Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Jacfranz Guiteau, MD
Transplant and General Surgeon, Medical City Fort Worth Hospital, Dallas Texas
Former Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Center, TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN
The Organization for Renal Care in Haiti (TORCH), Inc. was organized in 2014 and operated exclusively as a charitable corporation for medical and educational purposes within the meaning of Chapter 180 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).
In particular, TORCH will (A) educate and train medical professionals in Haiti and provide medical equipment and resources to facilities in Haiti so that they can provide treatment to individuals with kidney disease who do not have economic resources and (B) to conduct such other activities and programs not inconsistent with the mission.
TORCH has no paid employees, functioning entirely with volunteers. To date, over 97% of its expenditures have been to forward the TORCH mission in Haiti.
MISSION
The mission of TORCH is to bring lifesaving medical care to patients with kidney disease in Haiti that is not available to them. To achieve this goal, TORCH will provide education, medical equipment, training, and other resources to medical professionals and facilities in Haiti so that they can provide treatments to individuals with kidney disease who would otherwise not receive such treatments. In addition TORCH will help set up and finance preventive measures designed to detect and slow progression of chronic kidney diseases, for example, diabetic or hypertensive kidney disease, and to support research and education to advance medical care.
Currently, medical care with dialysis or kidney transplantation is not available in most of Haiti, and many Haitians do not have the resources to afford such treatments were they offered. TORCH has helped in the initiation of hemodialysis at the Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM), a Partners in Health facility in Haiti (see the News & Updates section). We are now working on bringing kidney biopsy pathology and transplantation to HUM.
The Organization for Renal Care in Haiti (TORCH), Inc.
Robert S. Brown, MD (Founder & President)
5000 Great Plain Road
Dedham, MA 02026
Email: President@torchforhaiti.org
781-234-2227
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robert S. Brown, MD, President & Clerk
Associate Chief for Academic Affairs, Nephrology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Brian D. Remillard, MD, Vice-President & Treasurer
Former Chief, Nephrology and Hypertension Division and Director of Dialysis, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Philip Clèophat, MD
Chief, Department of Internal Medicine and a nephrologist, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM), Haiti
Gary L. Horowitz, MD
Director of Informatics, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Martha Pavlakis, MD
Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Isaac Stillman, MD
Director, Renal/Genitourinary Fellowship Program, Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Former Director, Renal Pathology Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Jacfranz Guiteau, MD
Transplant and General Surgeon, Medical City Fort Worth Hospital, Dallas Texas
Former Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Center, TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN