The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Honors Merck & Co., Inc. with Global Corporate Philanth... (an $480 million to supportimportant init...)

The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Honors Merck & Co., Inc. with Global Corporate Philanthropy Award

Date:9/17/2007

an $480 million to support important initiatives that address societal needs and are consistent with Merck's overall mission to enhance the health and well-being of people around the world.

AMREF Founder Tom Rees Honored with Humanitarian Award

Today, AMREF also is honoring Dr. Tom Rees for his visionary efforts by bestowing on him its first-ever Humanitarian Award. His dear friends actor Robert Redford and columnist Liz Smith will be on hand to help him celebrate.

Dr. Rees, now 80, was born in Utah. He is a renowned plastic and reconstructive surgeon - he's trained just about all of the most respected plastic and reconstructive surgeons operating today -including Sherell Aston, Dan Baker and Charles Thorne. Tom Rees' surgical and academic career has spanned over 43 years. He served as the chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Manhattan, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. He was a clinical professor of plastic surgery at New York University and a senior surgeon to the Institute for Reconstructive Surgery.

During his plastic surgery fellowship at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Great Britain, Dr. Rees met his mentor Sir Archibald McIndoe, the surgeon renowned for having developed reconstructive surgical techniques to treat hundreds of RAF fighter pilots whose planes went down in flames. Dr. Rees' training with Archie McIndoe literally changed his life - and began his lifelong commitment to the continent of Africa and its people.

About AMREF

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) works to improve health care for underserved Africans as a means to relieve poverty and enhance the quality of their lives. AMREF was founded more than 50 year ago as The Flying Doctors of East Africa. Since then, it has helped millions of women, men and children through its pioneering work in clinical outreach services, community based family health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, sanitation and health care education.<
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