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Dr. Louima Bendson was born in Port-de-Paix in the northwestern region of Haiti on February 5th 1979. He attended medical school at Université Notre Dame d'Haiti medical school in Port-au-Prince from 2002 to 2008 and completed additional training at Hospital University Justinien, Cap-Haitien from 2008 to 2009. Louima Bendson then completed one year of social service in Caracol in the northeastern region of Haiti. He is the medical director of the Centre de santé sainte-Elisabeth in Caracol and also founded Médecins sans frotières (MSF)- Suisse-Cap-haitien for the treatment of cholera in Haiti. In addition, Dr. Louima Bendson teaches First Aid, anatomy and small surgery classes at CentPolyVert, a school for nurses’ aids. Bendson is also involved with pediatric diseases at the Hospital Saint-François de Salle, Port-au-Prince, training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Bruxelles, Belgique, and with VIH-SIDA at the University of Miami and Hospital Universitaire Justinien, Cap-Haitien, Haïti. He has a great interest in helping people and providing strength and education to the youth. He enjoys working with people and working as part of a team.