Lee Keller Megan Streng

206-799-3805 503-624-1022
mminor@medicalteams.org mstreng@medicalteams.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOCAL MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DOCTOR CALLING

IN LIVE FROM THE DISASTER ZONE IN HAITI at 2:00p.m. PST, Friday, January 22

IMPORTANT NOTE: Media interested in dialing in to hear Dr. Tom Hoggard (volunteer for
Medical Teams International) report on his work in Haiti and to ask questions, please call 1-866-
740-1748, PIN #: 1402, at exactly 2:00 p.m. PST, today, Friday, January 22. Dr. Hoggard will
briefly describe the scene from his perspective and then take questions for approximately 15-20
minutes.

Attached is the picture and bio for Dr. Tom Hoggard, along with three photos from the field. The
following link includes some of the photos we have been able to collect from Haiti:
http://picasaweb.google.com/matthew.turkington/Haiti. These are raw and unedited, but if used, the
photo credit should say, Magaurn Video.

Also, just uploaded from the field is video footage of the work Medical Teams International is
performing in Haiti. Please credit the footage to Magaurn Video. Here is the link:
http://www.medicalteams.org/video/MTI_Haiti_News_Release_1.mov.

Dr. Tom Hoggard of Portland, Ore., is a family physician at Gresham Troutdale Medical Center.
This Haiti disaster relief team is his 16th mission with Medical Teams International. His first team
was in 1992 to Somalia. He also served with us in the relief campaign for Hurricane Katrina. Dr.
Hoggard is a past president of the Oregon Medical Association, and he was the 2003 Oregon Family
Physician of the Year.

Since 1979, Medical Teams International has shipped more than $1.3 billion in antibiotics,
surgical kits and lifesaving medicines to care for 35 million people in 100 countries around the
world. More than 2000 volunteers meet the needs of people worldwide each year. Donations can
be made by calling (503) 624-1000 or by logging on to www.medicalteams.org.

14150 SW Milton Ct. | Tigard, OR 97224 | (503) 624-1000 | FAX (503) 624-1001
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