Meet Louise Reid Boyce Nichols, RN, MD

There's a lot of enthusiasm on the Team Sinai Haiti blog these days for their upcoming trip to Hopital Adventiste.  Many overseas volunteers have interesting backgrounds and Dr Nichols is no exception as this post authored by Merrill Chaus details.

We're leaving in a few weeks, and all of our team members are kicking it into high gear, gathering supplies, packing and preparing for our mission. Tonight, we introduce Dr. Louise Reid Boyce Nichols, AKA "Reid". Reid has four names and two titles. She began life as a nurse at Johns Hopkins, and switched teams to the doctor side, and is now a fully trained orthopedic surgeon. This year, she is completing a fellowship in advanced limb lengthening and reconstruction techniques at Sinai. As part of the fellowship program, all fellows are encouraged to accompany one of the attending surgeons on an international mission. This year, the three fellows (Dan Prince, Marie Gdalevitch, and Reid Boyce) have been on missions with either my husband John or his partner Shawn Standard to Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and now Haiti. Lucky Marie gets to go twice...DR and Haiti.

Reid was originally scheduled to go on a two week surgical mission to Eritrea, until political unrest put the kabosh on that trip. The good news is that she is able to join us in Haiti instead.  In her own words....."I have wanted to travel to Haiti to help since the earthquake. I watched as a friend started an Orphan Relief Fund while I worked at home. I am a doer, not a watcher.  I feel very blessed to join a team of exceptional people who I hope will do exeptional things."