I have a friend and colleague working in Ukraine who will fly to Poland on December 17th to buy Ukrainian children toys and chocolate. If you’d like to help, donate $20 here to sponsor a child in need. Learn more about this dedicated physician and compassionate leader…

 The Community Center for Psychological Support, headed by Oleksandr Zharkov, organized the event with financial support of the International humanitarian organization CHIRJ and Heal-Corp by Dr. Rajeev Fernando, a Disaster Medicine and Infectious Diseases physician. The event was also attended by Kyiv City Center for Social, Professional and Labor Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Columbia University Teachers College, The Neuropsychology Center of Louisiana…..

As soon as I learned about the aggression which started on February 24th 2022, I packed my bags and headed to Ukraine on February 28th. Owing to the influx of refugees at the Polish Ukrainian border  Medyka  I was asked to cover night shifts there. From there, I volunteered in refugee medicine, sent in supplies, be it medical or loaves of bread to the community. Everyday the needs  in the community varied. Subsequently I then started a wellness center to assist in optimizing the mental health of Ukrainians…

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Dr. Rajeev fernando – CHIRAJ.com

Dr. Rajeev Fernando, founder of the CHIRAJ 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has been hard-working and dedicated since his medical school days, but contrary to his infectious personality, he is a certified nerd. He would spend days studying in his room, and nobody would even realize he was there. It’s no surprise that he is among Castle Connoly’s best Infectious Diseases Doctors for the sixth straight year…

Rajeev Fernando MD RES’10 boarded a flight to Ukraine immediately after Russia’s invasion in February 2022. At the time, Fernando didn’t know what he would do there, but he knew he had useful skills as a disaster medicine physician. Since then, his focus has become fighting an invisible enemy—mental illness…

Rajeev: Sadly humanity is facing numerous other conflicts around the world. A few months ago, I was able to organize an educational symposium with brilliant group of physicians/experts from the US and Europe with our local physicians. It was a great way for our Ukrainian physicians to present their challenges in the field and how they save lives  with limited resources…

Meet Dr. Rajeev Fernando. Dr. Fernando is an internal medicine physician with disaster medicine and infectious disease specialties. He serves as co-chair of WADEM’s Infectious Disease Special Interest Group (SIG). He volunteers with the NGO Heal Corp and Chiraj where his service as Chief Medical Officer has taken him to places as varied as Ukraine, Darfur, and western North Carolina.

But the expulsion of 13 aid groups from Sudan is more than a humanitarian crisis. It may reignite regional conflicts in the country – and beyond, say analysts…

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Dr. Fernando worked on treating babies with the Zika virus in Brazil and treated an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. He is involved in getting out public health messages on the current Ebola virus outbreak at the Rwanda border and on the measles virus outbreak. He also worked on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Fernando is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Medical Association and other organizations.

• Co- Chair, Infectious Diseases SIg World Association Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)

• Executive Director for Field Operations.
• Society of Disaster Medicine and Public Health

Rajeev Fernando is a globally renowned Infectious Diseases doctor. He recently completed his Disaster Medicine fellowship at BIDMC/Harvard Medical school. 

Rajeev has successfully led, organized and participated in numerous humanitarian/refugee missions, some of which are:

• Darfur, Sudan on mission with Doctors Without Borders
• The Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh
• Tsunami relief in India

He has consistently been voted amongst New York’s best Infectious Diseases doctors for the last 9 years. He has given his medical opinions on networks including CNN, BBC, Fox and Forbes. Dr. Fernando has been in Ukraine since March 2022 and brings his global experiences as Chief Medical Officer of Heal-Corp.