IPPNW Experts on War Against IraqThe
following physicians, health professionals, and IPPNW program officers can address
topics related to the health and environmental effects of the war on Iraq. To
arrange for interviews or for more information, contact: John
Loretz
Program Director
tel: 617-868-5050, x280 Michael
Christ
Executive Director
tel: 617-868-5050, x207
 Principal
IPPNW SpokespersonVictor W. Sidel, MD
Distinguished
University Professor of Social Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center and Albert
Einstein College of Medicine
Former IPPNW Co-President Topics
Expert Can Address - Health and environmental effects
of war on Iraq
- Health and environmental effects of nuclear weapons
- Economic
and social consequences of the arms race
- Risks posed by the proliferation
of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
- Diversion of resources and
the curtailment of human rights entailed in responses to the threat of bioterrorism
Background Dr. Sidel is
Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine at the Montefiore Medical
Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and Adjunct Professor
of Public Health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He has served
as President of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and of the Public
Health Association of New York City and as a member of the Board of Directors
of Physicians for a National Health Program. Dr. Sidel is also deeply involved
in international health work. In 1971, he was a member of the first US medical
delegation invited to the People's Republic of China in 20 years, has studied
health care in a dozen other countries, and has been a consultant for the World
Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Among his
honors are the Sedgwick Medal of the American Public Health Association for "outstanding
accomplishments in public health" and the APHA Award for Excellence for "exceptionally
meritorious contributions to the improvement of the health of the people." Select
Publications Dr. Sidel is co-editor with Dr. Barry Levy
of the books War and Public Health and Terrorism and Public Health;
both published by Oxford University Press in cooperation with the American Public
Health Association.
Joanna
Santa Barbara, MD, FRCPC
IPPNW's Canadian Affiliate Physicians for Global
Survival Topics Expert Can Address - Effects
of war on children
- Effects of economic sanctions
- Effects of war
in Afghanistan
Background Dr.
Santa Barbara is a child and family psychiatrist in Hamilton and a scholar at
the Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University. She is or has been involved
in projects on media and peace education in Afghanistan, trauma healing and reconciliation
with war-affected children in Croatia, non-violence and respect for diversity
in high-school youth, media violence, and using health as a bridge to peace. Dr.
Joanna Santa Barbara was recently awarded The Order of Ontario, the province's
most prestigious official honor. Select Publications Articles
by Dr. Santa Barbara have appeared in Medicine, Conflict and Survival.
Germany  Ulrich
Gottstein, MD
IPPNW-Germany Topics Expert Can
Address - Health and environmental effects of war on Iraq
- Effects
of nuclear weapons production, testing, and use
- Nuclear proliferation
- Socioeconomic
effect os military spending
Background Dr.
Ulrich Gottstein learned of the devastating effects of war first-hand during World
War II. He was a prisoner of war in France and England from 1944-46. After the
war, he received a degree in internal medicine and was Professor of Internal Medicine
at the University of Frankfurt and Director of Internal Medicine at the Burgerhospital
in Frankfurt. Since retiring in 1991, he has worked tirelessly to prevent war
and heal the wounds of the victims of war. For his humanitarian efforts, Dr. Gottstein
received the Distinguished Service Cross from Germany's President in 1992. He
has organized eight medical missions to Iraq and most recently travelled to Baghdad
in May 2003. Select Publications Articles
by Dr. Gottstein have appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter
Rundschau, Die Zeit, and the American Medical Tribune. He has also
appeared on many television and radio programs in Germany.
Angelika Claußen, MD
IPPNW-Germany Topics
Expert Can Address - Psychological effects of war and torture
- Health
effects of depleted uranium weapons
- Nuclear energy
Background Dr.
Claußen is a psychiatrist who took part in fact-finding missions to Iraq
in January 2003 and May 2003 to assess the humanitarian situation both shortly
before the war and immediately afterwards. After the January visit, she spoke
to the media and lectured extensively about the health situation and conditions
in hospitals in Baghdad. In particular, she was able to convey to many the severe
psychological effect on children and their parents that a war causes. Dr. Claußen
works daily with refugees in Bielefeld, Germany, from crisis regions that are
traumatized through torture, persecution, and war. She has worked for many years
with human rights organizations and the doctor's association in Turkey and has
acted as an observer at political trials of Turkish doctors. Select
Publications Angelika Claußen has published several
articles in German on the humanitarian situation in Iraq, human rights in Turkey
and nuclear energy, in the journal of the German Physicians Association, peace
journals, and newspapers. She has frequently given interviews for television and
radio.
United States 
Gerri Haynes, RN Topics Expert
Can Address - Aftermath of war on Iraq
- Effects of war, war,
sanctions and war on the civilian population of Iraq
- Privatization of
public services in Iraq
- Community grief in Iraq
Background Gerri
Haynes is a palliative care consultant with extensive experience in counselling
parents whose children have died. She has served as President of Washington Physicians
for Social Responsibility (WPSR) and Chair of the Middle East Task Force for WPSR.She
has traveled to the region many times in the past ten years, visiting Iraq five
times since 1998. Her most recent trip to Iraq was in May-June 2003.
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