Sutter Healthcare Saves Ethiopian Girl
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Kalkidan Sirbaro sits on the lap of Sarah Jones, MD, as she waits with interpreter Berhanu Zergan for her appointment to meet her neurosurgeon. Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
Kalkidan Sirbaro, who is blind is helped onto the table by her interpreter and member of the Ethiopian community Berhanu Zergan. Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
Kalkidan Sirbaro is all smiles as Dmitiy Yepikhin, RN, left, examines her her under the guidance of her host mom and Family Physician Sarah Jones, MD. Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
Kalkidan Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
JUMP PHOTO: Sarah Jones, MD, left, and Isabella Zuber, RN, both were host moms to Kalkidan Sirbaro, center. Kalkidan Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
SECONDARY PHOTO: Kalkidan Sirbaro holds a cross while waiting to meet with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo. Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
Sarah Jones, MD, left, and Isabella Zuber, RN, both were host moms to Kalkidan Sirbaro, center. Kalkidan Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
Members of the team who met through The Project Mercy to help Kalkidan Sirbaro, 7, right, are from left, Randolph Thomas, MD, Berhanu Zergan, Ethiopian translator, Sarah Jones, MD, and Isabella Zuber, RN. Jones and Zuber shared in being host moms to Sirbaro. Kalkidan Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
Kalkidan Sirbaro,7, right, waits with host moms Sarah Jones, MD, center, and Isabella Zuber, RN, right, with Ethiopian translator Berhanu Zergan, left. Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
LEDE PHOTO: Kalkidan Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia poses for a photograph with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, who saved her life as she met him for the first time on Wednesday. At right taking photograph is her host mom and family physician Sarah Jones, MD. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. -
Kalkidan Sirbaro a 7-year old from Ethiopia met up with her neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, MD, right, who saved her life for the first time on Wednesday. At left is her host mom and family physician Sarah Jones, MD. Sirbaro situation reached Sarah Jones, M.D., a family practitioner with Sutter Medical Group in Davis, who reached out to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. The hospital Ñhome to the comprehensive pediatric hospital Sutter Children's Center, SacramentoÑagreed to donate the hospital's services, and Sutter Neuroscience Institute pediatric neurosurgeon Samuel Ciricillo, M.D. agreed to perform the surgery pro-bono. Ciricillo removed a tumor from her brain that saved her life but did not correct her blindness. Photo taken January 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California.
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