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MIAMI — An
American medical doctor, Aileen Marty, left Miami on Thursday on her way
to Nigeria, where she will join a team of experts from around the world
to help fight the Ebola virus.
Marty, who teaches at the FIU Herbert
Wertheim College of Medicine, was recruited by the World Health
Organisation to serve with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response
Network.
Marty is no stranger to Ebola or West
Africa. In over 30 years of practising medicine, 25 of them as a Navy
doctor, she has travelled the world, visiting 50 countries and treating
diseases like leprosy, dengue, malaria and Ebola.
In addition to treating patients in West
Africa, her work within her team will be focused on threat analysis and
risk assessment, areas where she has decades of experience. The fact
that the FIU College of Medicine has extensive experience and resources
in data analysis, she said, can be a significant asset in processing the
information and lead to more efficient containment of the outbreak.
Marty served as commander, medical
corps, in the U.S. Navy, specialising in tropical medicine, infectious
disease pathology, disaster medicine, and in the science, medical
response and policy involving weapons of mass destruction. She attended
the Navy War College, where she trained in strategic studies, diplomacy,
joint military operations and the art of war. The Navy’s Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) recognized her as an expert on chemical,
biological, radiation and high-energy weapons and called on her to help
develop plans, training and policy for government agencies including the
White House and the National Security Administration.
Marty is one of only 403 people listed
in the international roster as a member of the United Nations Monitoring
and Verification Team for Weapons of Mass Destruction. She is a
graduate of the University of Miami School of Medicine.
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