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Daemen College Names Jeffrey Meilman, M.D., to Board of Trustees
Daemen College Names Jeffrey Meilman, M.D., to Board of Trustees
January 29, 2010
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Contact: Mike Andrei
Director-College Relations
(716) 839-8472
mandrei@daemen.edu
Daemen College has named Jeffrey Meilman, M.D. to the Daemen Board of Trustees. Dr. Meilman is a Board Certified plastic surgeon who has practiced for 20 years in Amherst, New York. For 10 years he has traveled the world donating his surgical services through the Hope for Tomorrow Foundation, and convincing other doctors to do the same. Dr. Meilman established the Hope for Tomorrow Foundation, which has enabled many American and foreign patients to receive needed plastic surgery.
He has become internationally recognized and respected for his innovative and charitable surgeries. Dr. Meilman is a graduate of the University of Rochester Medical School and is active on the staff of many Buffalo hospitals. He also holds a B.A. from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He has had exclusive surgical training at major universities, including McGill University; University of Rochester; Albany Medical School; University of Illinois; and State University of New York at Buffalo. He has, also, had special training in cancer surgery at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York.
While serving as a surgeon in the United States Air Force in Korea, Dr. Meilman found his experiences sensitized him to the plight of the injured and deformed. He has traveled to dangerous and disease-ridden countries – sometimes lacking in sanitation standards (often against the warnings of government officials) – so he can continue to help the disfigured.
Dr. Meilman has been invited to speak all over the world. He has received numerous awards and has been recognized by many local and international organizations for his charitable surgical work, caring for patients who cannot afford needed treatment. He has been honored by the Masons, the Pulaski Association, and various veterans’ and religious groups. He is the recipient of the prestigious Sir James Carreras Award for Pediatric Medicine given by Variety Club International.
Dr. Meilman’s work has touched the lives of many children who would have had to otherwise go through life disfigured. Donating his services and God-given talents, Dr. Meilman has given many young people around the globe a brighter future. He has never been unwilling to share his expertise when called upon. Dr. Jeffrey Meilman has earned the respect of his colleagues, and gratitude of his many national and international patients.
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