Health Care Recovery recipient quotes

“Everyone in the New Orleans area has lost something from this catastrophe…Our patients tell us daily they are grateful we have been able to maintain our office and keep most of our staff. Now, with your help, we can pay some bills and keep the doors open.”

- Edward M. Gaber, MD

“Because of your generous support our patients can receive medical care right here at home while they too try to rebuild their lives. For this we are profoundly grateful.”

- Dimitri Yanez, MD

“I am finding it difficult to find just the right words to express my gratitude for your munificence. As you can imagine, re-starting a practice at this time when thoughts of retirement could be expected to start creeping in is quite daunting. Your generosity has helped to make the task less onerous. [We] plan to continue serving the children of the Greater New Orleans area for at least the next ten years and I am sending my heartfelt thanks to all of you for your help in this endeavor.”

- Richard P. LeBoeuf, MD

“You never realize what you mean to your patients (or they mean to you)…until something like this happens. There have been more tears and hugs in our office since I am back seeing them than I ever had in the 25 years prior to this disaster.”

- Merlin R. Wilson, MD, FACP, FACR

“I am reassured that the physicians of the AMA have not forgotten me, and in fact, have remembered that I need help. This is the sort of aid and comfort that I need as I fight the emotional battle to recover.”

- Floyd A. Buras, MD

“I want to voice my gratitude for the Health Care Recovery award. It has served as both a financial and emotional boost in the trying post Katrina era. My original office was destroyed but luckily I have set up a new office and have continued as an independent Family Practitioner.”

- Patricia Estrada, MD

“We are currently awaiting the demolition of our office, which unfortunately was vastly uninsured for the total loss due to flood. We will likely largely be using this grant for assisting in salvaging some of our patient medical records. It appears that it will be quite some time before I can return to practice, and this grant will be a big assist in the interim.”

- Michael S. Ellis, MD, FACS