John Capriotti
President and Service Design Lead for the Africa Surgical Assistance Project
John is the chief fundraiser, clinic assistant, Internet entrepreneur, chief photographer, logistics coordinator, ethnographic researcher, and service designer for Third World Medical Programs. In addition, he is Joe's brother.
John has been in charge of all executive functions of ASAP and has been our only true fundraiser. Additionally, he is an experienced clinical assistant and research coordinator for all of our epidemiology studies. He furthers the effectiveness of the team by optimizing Third World Health Care Service Design. He has been working with us in Freetown, Makeni and Masungbo since 2003.
Kevin Stewart, MD
Ophthalmologist, Glaucoma Specialist
Kevin has worked in India, the Caribbean and Ghana as an ophthalmologist and has studied sutureless extracapsular cataract extraction at the Aravind Eye Hospital. He is the Director of Glaucoma Surgery and Research for the African Surgical Assistance Project, a NYC-based non-profit foundation. Kevin has won teaching and research awards from the NYEEI, the University of Washington and St. Vincent痴 Medical Center.
Jesse Pelletier, MD
Ophthalmologist
Jesse is currently a cornea specialist in Miami, FL. He has conducted extensive lab and clinical research on the microbiology of eye infections with a focus on the ocular flora and surface microbiology of the eye in West Africa. He is a specialist in corneal and external disease and has a special interest in fungal infections, ulcerative corneal trauma and strategies to eliminate cataract blindness.
Jesse is involved with the WHO 2020 initiative at Bascom and has planned an epidemiological needs assessment survey while we are at Serabu to help with fundraising and planning of future trips. Jesse is also the Director of Cataract Surgery and Blindness Assessment Programs in the Africa Surgical Assistance Program. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in South and Central America, speaks Spanish, Italian and French, and is looking forward to testing out the Krio he has been studying.
Andrew M. Ianuzzi, JD
Born 5.6.1974 in Altoona, PA, Andy graduated from Colombia University in 1996 with a BS (English Literature). Andy spent the next several years after college teaching high school in Africa before graduating Brooklyn Law School earning his JD in 2002. He has since spent most of his professional life in Africa working on human rights legislation and constitutional reform in Uganda and Kenya after taking a leave of absence from his job as an associate at White & Case in NY. He currently works for the UN Special Court in Cambodia.
Diego M Caivano, MD
Emergency Medicine
UC Irvine, BS 1997 (Biology) , Howard University College of Medicine, MD, 2003 Diego has spent most of his life traveling, growing up between southern California and western Argentina. Upon graduation from UCI he spent several years traveling and working throughout the US and Europe as a medical technician. His multinational upbringing and work experiences have given him a unique perspective on global medicine. While at Howard University College of Medicine he spent time teaching in the DC public school system and working with rural surgeons in Argentina.