... became the first director of the International Medical Surgical Response Team (IMSuRT), an emergency response team that, on short notice, ... Benjy Frances Brooks, MD — ...

... Maryland. This enabled him to study aspects of rehabilitation of the chronically ill. In both World Wars, ... of John E. Borne Professor of Medical and Surgical Research at Columbia University. Dochez was born in ...

... Louisiana, U.S. Dr. Paul Brand, Chief of Rehabilitation at Carville, explains how leprosy affects the nerves. ... blindness can result. Treatment of the disease by surgical removal of the nodules or by administration of ...