Author Archives: Shari Salzhauer Berkowitz

Shari Berkowitz says:  Alumna Lindsay Naylor, who is a consummate veteran of these trips, has been joined by Lesly Sanchez and Ashley Rivera, both of whom have just completed their first year at Mercy College’s graduate program in Communication Disorders.  … Continue reading →

Shari Berkowitz says:  Not all aspects of trips abroad to offer clinical services are fun and games.  There are cultural differences and disconnects that can knock students off kilter.  Here, Julianna very honestly tells about one of those moments…they usually … Continue reading →

Shari Berkowitz says:  Here is another blog post about the trip, from Julianna Bastone.  She and Lauren were a great team of SLP students and learned a tremendous amount in a sort visit.  Collaborating with the OTA students added a … Continue reading →

Shari Berkowitz says:  Under the leadership of Cristina Dumitrescu, from the Occupational Therapy Assistant program, we traveled to the beautiful island of Antigua during Spring Break.  The students’ travel was funded by the Mercy College Faculty Senate micro-grant for student … Continue reading →

As a group, we have worked in many hospitals, in many countries.  We always receive a warm welcome, but sometimes there are underlying struggles to deal with the minutia of the locale.  A hospital administrator might insist on last minute … Continue reading →

It can sneak up on you, like a cobra.  Pounce on you, like a tiger. Smash you flat, like an elephant’s foot.  It’s the South Asian cousin of Montezuma’s Revenge…Delhi Belly. Was it the green sauce at lunch?  Did you … Continue reading →

Today in Speech Office, 13, we had an extra special surprise.  Ryann Akolkar, our former student, spent the day with us!  She was in Pune visiting her in-laws and it just worked out perfectly that she could come translate for … Continue reading →

Glenn is a pediatric neurologist, based in Westchester, NY.  Well, he is based there, but travels on medical missions for up to three months a year.  On our cleft palate/lip surgical trips, Glenn mostly works in the PACU, the post-anesthesia … Continue reading →

Speech Office, 8 Jan 2016 We were given a lovely office in the outpatient clinic to use for our speech office…with any luck, we will have it all week. Helen stayed back at the hotel today, a bit under the … Continue reading →

  Greetings from Pune, India! Did I surprise you there? Were you expecting Peru? Healing the Children Northeast has a set of wonderful new opportunities to expand cleft lip and palate services across the Indian subcontinent. We are following in … Continue reading →