JEFF RITTERMAN, MD
Jeff Ritterman is chief of cardiology at Kaiser Richmond,
where he has worked since 1981. He is on the steering committee
of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of Physicians for Social
Responsibility, on the board of the Public and Environmental
Health Advisory Board, which advises the Contra Costa Board
of Supervisors, and on the advisory board of the Center for
Health in North Richmond.
Dr. Ritterman was a cofounder of The Committee for Health
Rights in Central America, The Salvadoran Medical Relief Fund,
and the Southern Africa Medical Aid Fund. He has personally
delivered medical supplies to Salvadoran refugees living in
camps in Honduras and Costa Rica during the war in El Salvador
in the 1980s. He has also delivered medical supplies to the
African National Congress's clinic in Lusak, Zambia, prior
to the end of Apartheid.
For the past 25 years, Dr. Ritterman has worked to put a
human face on tragedies across the globe. Having just returned
from a Peace Delegation to Amman, Jordan, Dr. Ritterman has
prepared a presentation titled "Medical and Human
Rights Consequences of the War in Iraq" which
is a appropriate for a Grand Rounds presentation or for any
community organizations and gatherings.
Dr. Ritterman reviews the medical literature on the effects
of sanctions and the Gulf War on the health of Iraqi's; reviews
medical literature on the medical consequences of the war
(Robert's cluster study), medical complicity in interrogation
at Abu Ghraib, medical care for the US wounded including types
of wounds, status of the Iraqi health system, and the public
health consequences of the war.
To find out more about Dr. Ritterman’s availability,
please contact Marj Plumb at marjplumb@aol.com
or call 510-928-1959.
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