Academic health center activities noted by  Dr. Wartman include:

• The University of Miami has already placed a team on the ground, led by Chairman of Neurological Surgery Dr. Barth Green, and has been working with the South Florida Hospital Association to collect medical supplies that are urgently needed as well as to provide a mechanism for faculty and staff to be able to volunteer.
• Dr. John Williams, provost and vice president for Health Affairs at The George Washington University, reports that GW emergency medicine physicians have deployed with the Fairfax Urban Search and Rescue Team, and others will follow as needed.
• The University of Nebraska Medical Center, led by Dr. Harold Maurer, has indicated that UNMC Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Rubens Pamies, a native of Haiti, and Dr. Ayman El-Mohandes, dean of the College of Public Health, are in the midst of developing a centralized plan for relief efforts.
• Dr. Ora Pescovitz, executive vice president for health affairs and CEO of the University of Michigan Health System, indicates that the University of Michigan Health System is mobilizing for a swift response.
• Dr. David Ramsay, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, notes that a shock trauma team has been assembled and is working with the US Air Force and is either en route or on the ground at present.  He also points out that they have a PEPFAR project in Haiti, involving teams of physicians, nurses, and public health educators in HIV/AIDS, but they have not yet been successful in contacting them.
• The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Clinical Care Transport program is on the national stand-by list and is awaiting orders, according to Dr. Robert Rich, Senior VP and Dean.  
• Dr. Robert Grossman, Dean and CEO of New York University Langone Medical Center, reports that NYU’s medical center community  is volunteering  to help with the emotional aspects of the disaster, including rallies to organize food, clothing drives, and donations.  They have also distributed information about how faculty, staff, and students can find information on the status of friends and loved ones in Haiti, along with a list of charitable organizations and agencies that are providing aid to earthquake victims.
• SUNY Downstate Medical Center is home to the largest Haitian population outside of Haiti, according to Dr. John LaRosa, President.  As a result, they have responded by offering expanded counseling for students, faculty, and staff on a 24/7 basis in two locations as well as an open forum in the Alumni Auditorium.  They are also working in the larger community in Brooklyn with team members who are fluent in Kreyol and French, and working with other New York area agencies to coordinate and develop relief responses.
• Dr. James Thompson, President of the Medical College of Georgia, reported that its Disaster Medical Assistance Team is ready to deploy as necessary, and that two faculty members are on the ground treating earthquake victims.  A hygiene supply drive is underway on campus as well.
• SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse has initiated a relief drive through the Office of Community Outreach and Global Health education and the University’s Council for Employee Volunteerism, according to President Dr. David Smith.  A group of Upstate students who recently returned from Haiti are spearheading this effort.

This is only a sampling of the efforts underway from institutions where people work every day to help and care for those in need.