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Doc to Dock, Inc., connects the tremendous surplus in one part of the world to the great need in another by engaging physicians, nurses and other dedicated volunteers in a collaborative effort to collect, sort, ship and distribute unused medical supplies to hospitals and patients that need them the most.
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Who We Are

FOUNDING

Doc to Dock, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded as a commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

PROGRAM BENEFITS

Improving Health and Saving Lives in Africa
Every day thousands of patients in the developing world are turned away from hospitals and medical centers due to a lack of basic medical equipment and supplies.

Shortage of medical supplies is compounding the region's health crisis and is a recognized problem. "Morale is low all over the developing world, where doctors and nurses have the knowledge to save lives but lack the tools. Where AIDS and drug-resistant TB now burn through populations like forest fires, health-care workers say that the absence of medicines and other supplies leaves them feeling more like hospice and mortuary workers than healers."
— Foreign Affairs, January/February, 2007

Doc to Dock is dedicated to improving the health and lives of people in Africa by providing healthcare workers with the tools they need.

Reducing Medical Waste in the United States
It is estimated that in the United States thousands of tons of medical supplies are discarded every day due to overproduction, procedural excess and regulatory requirements. This surplus of medical materials is either incinerated or deposited in landfills, both of which are harmful to the environment.

Doc to Dock strives to reverse this cycle of waste by collecting the unused medical supplies from New York hospitals and shipping them to hospitals and clinics in need in Africa.

SENIOR STAFF

Bruce Charash, MD - Founder and Chairman
bruce.charash@doctodock.org

Magdalena White - Senior Vice President
magdalena.white@doctodock.org

Laura Cohen - Vice President of Operations
laura.cohen@doctodock.org

Nick Eggers - Program Coordinator
nick.eggers@doctodock.org

Keenan Dunn - Warehouse Manager

COLLABORATION

Doc to Dock has collaborative relationships with:
REMEDY/Yale
MERCI/University of Virginia
James Jordan Foundation
Doctors Choice Community Health Network
Gleaning for the World
Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative
Project C.U.R.E.
The Greater New York Hospital Association