Disaster Relief

MEMBER OF:

INTERNATIONAL
RELIEF TEAMS
4560 Alvarado Canyon Road
Suite 2G
San Diego, CA 92120-4309
619.284.7979 Office
619.284.7938 Fax
info@irteams.org

Board of Directors
Chair: Brian Saunders, MD
Stephen Bickler, M.D.
Harold J. Forney, M.D.
Kay R. Gilbert, CMN, Ph.D
Lawrence Kohler
Zach Niles
Marlene Ruiz, RN, MSN
Larry Saunders
A. Barry La Forgia

IRT Staff
Barry La Forgia,
Executive Director
Rose Uranga,
Director of Operations and Program Development
Susan Callahan,
Communications & Development
Tamra Amiram,
Program Assistant
Diana Starnes,
Administrative Assistant

Technical Advisors
Neonatology
Patricia Bromberger, MD
Douglas N. Carbine, MD
Brian S. Saunders, MD
Judy C. Collier, RNC, MSN
Perinatology
Larry M. Cousins, MD
David B. Schrimmer, MD
Obstetrics
Christopher M. Lafferty, MD
Susan Faron, RNC, MSN
Midwifery
Kay R. Gilbert, CNM, Ph.D.
HIV/AIDS
John Waldron, RN
Public Health
Oliver J. Biederman, MD
Ophthalmology
Frank A. Scotti, MD
K. Victor Zablit, MD
Construction
Walter Butcher
Timothy Connole
Peter Dudley
James Schaible

Medical Training

Surgical Outreach

Public
Health

Disaster Relief

DISASTER RELIEF

Natural and man-made disasters can occur without warning anywhere in the world. International Relief Teams (IRT) offers both immediate and long-term relief to disaster victims. IRT is vigilant in choosing appropriate responses to emergency situations, so that its resources can be leveraged to their highest effectiveness.

Providing emergency medical care

IRT medical teams rush to aid victims of earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods, as well as those caught in the turmoil of war and genocidal conflict.

Rebuilding homes and lives

IRT's highly skilled reconstruction teams repair the homes of uninsured, low-income families and the elderly, who suffer damage from hurricanes and floods in the United States.

Providing emergency medicines and supplies

Each year IRT sends millions of dollars in emergency medicines and supplies to victims of natural and man-made disasters worldwide.

Since 1988, International Relief Teams has deployed 234 disaster relief teams, totaling 1,277 volunteers, to aid victims of disaster worldwide. More than $73 million in emergency medicines and supplies have been delivered to those in desperate need.