On Jan 3, 2009, Dr. Mads Gilbert sent a text message to the world:

They bombed the central fruit and vegetables market in Gaza town two hours ago. 80 wounded and 20 killed. All of them came here, to Shifa. Hades! We are up to our knees with death, blood and amputants. Lots of children. Pregnant women. I have never experienced anything this terrible. Tell people, pass it on, shout it from the rooftops. Everything. WE MUST DO MORE! We are living in the history books now, everyone!

He appeared on mainstream news outlets to describe what he witnessed in Gaza. He called it “hell” and “disaster.” He spoke of the great number of civilian casualties.

Now he is touring four major cities in the American midwest and East coast to describe his experiences working on the ground in Gaza during the Israeli invasion.

Dr. Mads Gilbert will be giving the following talk at the following locations:

Health, Human Rights and the War on Gaza:
Evidence from the Frontlines

A Discussion with Dr. Mads Gilbert.

CHICAGO
Wednesday, April 15th, 5:30pm
University of Chicago, Rockefeller Chapel
5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue

WASHINGTON, DC
Thursday, April 16, 12:30-2pm
The Palestine Center
2425 Virginia Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037

*YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT*

BALTIMORE
Thursday, April 16, 5:15pm
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Tilghman Auditorium (Ground Floor of Turner Bldg)
720 Rutland Avenue

NEW YORK
Friday, April 17, 1:00pm
NYU Kimmel Center, Rm 912
60 Washington Square South

Friday, April 17, 6:30pm
Barnard College, Columbia University
Julius Held Auditorium, 304 Bernard Hall
3009 Broadway, NY, NY

A professor and physician based in Tromsø, Norway, Dr. Mads Gilbert has participated in numerous international emergency medical missions and training projects in war and post-conflict zones in Lebanon, West Bank, Gaza, Iran, Burma, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Angola. During the most recent conflict in Gaza, Dr. Gilbert was one of a few foreign physicians on the ground, in a period when foreign journalists were barred from entry. Dr. Gilbert has published several articles in The Lancet about his experience and has been interviewed extensively by the international media,including CNN, BBC and Al-Jazeera.

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