John Sampson, M.D., Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, has been invited by President George Bush to visit the White House to participate in a discussion on Volunteerism. The invitiation to visit the White House for the event in September, comes in recognition of Sampson's long history of international medical mission activities.

Dr. Sampson is the founder and president of Doctors for United Medical Missions (DrUMM). DrUMM is an organization that provides free healthcare to developing nations around the world, and is comprised of physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals from private and academic institutions located around the country.

Organizations impacted by the Dr. Sampson’s contributions include Physicians for Peace, Health Volunteers overseas and ProHealth International.

Dr. Sampson has lead medical teams to Eritrea, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Jamaica and Burkina Faso. His efforts have lead to numerous awards from several African embassies, and special recognition from the Republic of China (Taiwan) Embassy.

Efforts to recruit new volunteers are ongoing. Dr. Sampson will be participating with a Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery team to Kenya this October and as visiting professor to Eritrea in January of 2009 with the George Washington University/Physicians for Peace.

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• Contact Dr. John Sampson
  jsampso4@jhmi.edu