Memphis cardiac surgeon selected for international humanitarian award
Dr. Bill Novick (center) will receive the Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services in Dubai for decades of pediatric cardiology surgery in low- and middle-income nations. (courtesy Novick Global Alliance)
“We were in Benghazi when the civil war started,” the surgeon said by video teleconference from the hospital in Basra, Iraq. “We were in Iraq when ISIS was invading. We were in Tripoli when the government of Eastern Libya decided they were going to fight the government of Western Libya.”
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Dr Bill Novick Novick Cardiac Alliance Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical ServicesJane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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