MAY-B-9

RESPONSES FROM MY GRADUATED MEDICAL STUDENTS, NOW COLLEAGUES, IN GENEROUS

APPRECIATION

May 19, 2004

Kevin, my man, you are an incurable Mensch!

If no other proof were needed as to how much this award is deserved, you have written the epilogue to our commencement celebration in generosity!

I very much appreciate the gift, the spirit of its donation, and thank you on behalf of the kids in the Horn of Africa we have seen together who will be the direct beneficiaries of it. I can assure you that I will see that your wishes for their benefit are carried out with a multiplier attached in person.

I am meeting with Jeff Krilla and Saad Noor and continuing the work on the next Mission to the Horn of Africa, now enriched by your continuing care for these people.

You can be sure your names will be remembered by each of the at least four patients and their families, and each will have life-long "memorial monuments" inscribed upon their smiling faces.

You are one of the best reasons I had got out of bed early each of those long days, and if only I could write your residency application letter of reference now, I might even say something positive about you!

Thanks, and Cheers for some real Quality Time with your proud father in the land of the fathers.

Sincerely,

GWG

>>> kevin bergman <kbergman@yahoo.com> 05/17/04 10:05AM >>>

dr. glenn,

dont know if you saw it on the program, but i won the

7th annual leonard tow HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARD

funded by the arnold p. gold foundation. it was an

especially great honor since it was voted on by my

fellow classmates at gwu.

anyway, there was a $1,000 cash award with the prize

and i want to give this to your future operation smile

mission in somaliland/ethiopia.

i would like you to use the money to fund patients or

families of patients who need surgical care but have

have no means to get it. i trust your judgement on

this and i think you know of whom i speak.

my hope is that you can give $250 to 4 patients, each

in the name of myself and my fellow missionaries:

juan reyes, jay maguire, and amy hayes.

let me know when you know the dates of the trip, and i

will send you the check.

best,

kevin

p.s. did you see that jay won the award for best

student in emergency medicine!

Dr. glenn:

Thanks for everything dr. glenn. i will never forget

the opportunities you have afforded me and what a

generous teacher you have been to me.

so glad you got to meet the rest of my family.

your student,

dr. kevin bergman

>

> >>> kevin bergman <kbergman@yahoo.com> 05/12/04

> 10:22PM >>>

> hope you got my phone message...

>

> --- Glenn Geelhoed <msdgwg@gwumc.edu> wrote:

> > What is the sad news re Sam and Robin?

> >

Ø > GWG

dr. g...

thank you so much for the pics...as if i needed anything more to push me over

the edge that day and you made it all the more special. i admire what you do,

i respect what you showed/taught me, but above all knowing your dedication, i

have appreciated the moments and times you gave us. as soon as i have time

i'll look up where on your next trek i could join you, or make another of our

own. thanks again for sunday and i'll keep this e-mail where you can always

reach me! juan.

>===== Original Message From Glenn Geelhoed <msdgwg@gwumc.edu> =====

>If I am not there to hood you-all, consider me dead or incapicitated, neither

of which, for the moment, are the case.

>

>I am back from the Amazon, have briefly seen the new and refurbished Derwood

(which you should viwsit before you blow town) and am at Norfolk now setting

up the Horn of Africa Op Smile mission. I need to have Saad Noor down here a

little later to press Somalilnad's case in addition to the Ethiopia limb of

the excursion promised on both ends. I would be delighted to set up a final

pre-deparutre meeting with him.

>

>I will see you on the platform!

>

>GWG

>

>>> kevin bergman <kbergman@yahoo.com> 05/12/04 12:48 PM >>>

>just wanted to make sure youll be there on sunday....

>when are you due back in town?

>looking forward to seeing you. was just with sam and

>robin in california. i have some sad news.

>kev

> > >>> kevin bergman <kbergman@yahoo.com> 05/12/04

> > 17:30 PM >>>

> > excellent news!! and good luck with the op smile

> > trip.

> > that would be a monumental coup and an amazing

> > life-changer for those poor kids in berbera and

> > hargeisa.

> > see you there!

> > kevin

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