Curriculum Vitae
Guy Dévé THEODORE, MD/FACS
Mailing Address: Unit 1039 - CMP
3170 Airmans Drive
Fort Pierce, Fl. 34946
Office Address: Comité Bienfaisance de Pignon
c/o Local AOPS, 41, Rue Borno
Pétion-Ville, Haiti HT 6140
(509) 795-6325
Cell: (509) 3745-8484 (509) 644-4527; (509) 431-8040
Website: www.Pignon.org
Education
1962.1968 M.D. University of Haiti, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1955.1962 Baccalaureate, Lycee Toussaint Louverture, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Postgraduate
Training
1989 Summer Graduate Program in Epidemiology, John Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Health, Baltimore, Maryland
1971-1975 Residency in General Surgery, State University of New York, Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, Saint John’s Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
1970-1971 Internship in General Surgery, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
1968-1970 Residency in Urology, University of Haiti, University of Haiti Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Experience
1981-Present Founder, Field Director, Promise For Haiti (PFH). PFH is a non-profit organization based in Nashville, TN which coordinates short and long term mission trips for Americans seeking to aid the people of the Central Plateau of Haiti. Approximately 300 medical, construction, and logistic missionaries serve each year.
1980-Present Founder, General Director, Hospital Bienfaisance of Pignon (HBP), Pignon, Haiti.
HBP is a 100 beds modern hospital with major and minor operating rooms, a Telemedecine service, laparoscopic surgery training center, an outpatient clinic, clinical laboratory, pharmacy, dental clinic, dental laboratory, eye clinic, eye surgery suite, family planning center, vaccination center, and 2 satellite clinics in surrounding towns.
Detailed hospital and public health statistics are compiled and reviewed monthly. For 2009 total medicine visits to HBP exceeded 48,000 and dental visits were above 7,000; total patient days were approximately 200 days. 1421 surgeries were performed in 2009, 39% of which were major surgeries.
1980- Present Founder, Director, Comite Bienfaisance of Pignon (CBP), Pignon, Haiti. CBP is a non-government organization aimed at improving the health and socioeconomic conditions of people in the central plateau of Haiti. CBP serves a population of more than 70,247 people via four program areas: 1) Hospital Bienfaisance of Pignon, 2) Preventative and Curative Medicine, 3) Education, Christian Mission and Community Development, and 4) Potable water and Agriculture. The governing board of CBP is comprised of eleven board members elected by the community every two years.
2002 President of Association of Private Health Works (AOPS )
2000 Family Medicine Residency Program Director, Hospital Bienfaisance of Pignon. In conjunction with the University of Miami, University of Quisqueya, University of Notre Dame, and the State University of Haiti. Resident physicians are trained in the practice of family medicine laparoscopy as surgery
1981.1983 Chief of Surgery, Colonel, United States Air Force, Jacksonville, Arkansas
1977-1981 General Surgeon, Major United States Air Force, Jacksonville, Arkansas
Board Certification
1977 Educational Council of Foreign Medical Graduates
1978 American Board of General Surgery (U.S.A)
Professional
Associations
Founding member, President, Association of Christian Haitian Hospitals, from 1998
Founding member, Haitian Association of Surgeons, from 1998
Member, Christian Connection for International Health, from 1996
Member, President (1990-1994), Association of Private Health Works, from 1984
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, from 1982 (U.S.A)
Member, Vice-President (1977), Haitian Medical Association, US chapter, from 1977
Member, Haitian Medical Association, Haiti chapter, from 1966
Civic
Associations: Rotary International
District Governor for 10 Countries in the Carribbean (2011 – 2012)
District Governor Elect of the Rotary District 7020 for 10 Countries in the Caribbean
District Governor Nominee for Rotary District 7020 (2009 – 2010)
Water Chairman District 7020 (2007 – 2008)
Haiti Task Force Chair District 7020 (2007 – 2008)
Graduated of RLI (Rotary Leadership Institute) and certified in Rotary Leadership Discussions.
Assistant Governor, Rotary Club International, District 7020, from 2001 - 2004
Charter Founder, President (1999-2000), Rotary Club of Pignon, Haiti, from 1999
Member, Rotary Club, Jacksonville, Arkansas, 1982
1982 -2010: Member of Rotary for twenty Eight (28) years
Honors and Awards
2008 American College of Surgeon (ACS) Humanitarian Award
2002 United Nations Foundation Award for achievements in Health Improvement (U.S.A)
1999 Dr. Leon Audin Award from Haitian Medical Association for the advancement of Science and Medicine in Haiti
1998 United States Agency for International Development Award for Health Achievements in Haiti
1996 UNICEF First prize for Achievements in Child Health Programs in Haiti
1994 Peter Jenning’s (ABC News) Person of the Week award for (U.S.A Washington) Accomplishments in Humanitarian and Health Care Development
1994 Certificate of Appreciation, Association of Private Health Works (HAITI)
1990 Certificate of Appreciation, University of Cincinnati (U.S.A)
1989 Certificate of Honor and Merit, Key to the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S.A
1988 Certificate of Appreciation, Florida State Congress (U.S.A)
1983 Medal of Honor, United States Air Force (U.S.A)
1976 Certificate of Merit, Haitian Medical Association (U.S.A)