1. President: Angelo Gousse, MD;
2. 1st Vice-President:
Elizabeth Philippe, MD;
3. 2nd Vice-President:
Francelot Moise, MD;
4. Treasurer: Sabrine Semoin, MD;
5. Assistant Treasurer:
Vanessa Verna, MD
6. General Secretary:
Leon Gedeon, MD;
7. 1st Assistant Secretary:
Marie-Guilene Alfred, MD
About AMHE
The Haitian Medical Association Abroad – Florida Chapter was founded in August 1972, by a group of Haitian physicians determined to mark their presence as a growing ethnic entity in America, to foster professional alliances, and to promote the health and interest of the Haitian immigrant community at large. The first general assembly, which took place in New York’s Harlem Hospital on November 12, 1972, brought together sixty-four physicians with a common agenda. Their objectives, subsequently sanctioned in the Article of Incorporation and bylaws of the association, were laid down as follows:
– To help the Haitian physician in the fulfillment of his professional and social life.
– To serve as advocate for the Haitian immigrant community in health related matters.
– To cultivate professional ties, with the Alma mater.
– To contribute to the advancement of medicine and the betterment of public health in Haiti.
The essence of the association has been defined by its obligations toward its members, toward the Haitian community and toward our homeland. Haitian physicians in various parts of the North American Continent received the news of the creation of AMHE with great enthusiasm, and soon several local chapters were created.
– Thus, came into being:
– The New York Chapter
– The Baltimore/Washington Chapter in March, 1973
– The Chicago Chapter founded
in April, 1973
– The Saint Louis Chapter founded
in May 1973
– The Montreal Chapter founded
in November, 1974
– The Florida Chapter founded in 1982
– The New Jersey Chapter founded
in October, 1988
About Angelo E Gousse M.D.
One of the very few fellowship-trained reconstructive and neuro-urologists in South Florida, He is the Fellowship Director of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Urology at the Memorial Hospital Miramar. He is a former tenured Professor of Urology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Vice-Chairman of the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics Urology service, where he was also the Urology Residency Program Director and Fellowship Director for Female Urology, Urodynamics, and Reconstructive Surgery for more than ten years.
He was also the Director of the Urodynamics Laboratory at the VA Medical Center where he also supervised the Neuro-Urologic care of the spinal cord injured patients. After graduating as the valedictorian of the City University of New York (York College) with a perfect GPA in his major, Dr. Gousse received his medical degree with highest honors from the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas and a postdoctoral fellowship in Urodynamics, female urology and pelvic floor reconstruction at the University of California, Los Angeles. Certified by the American Board of Urology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery , he has performed more than one-thousand complex reconstructive procedures.
He was the first to offer Sacral Neuromodulation (Interstim- 1998) and intra-detrusor injection of Botox for urinary problems in South Florida year 2000 . Dr. Gousse’s research interests have focused on overactive bladder neuropharmacology, reconstruction, neurogenic urinary incontinence, as well as functional recovery from spinal cord injury. An international leader in voiding dysfunction, he pioneered the optimal dosage of neurotoxins (Botox ) to manage bladder dysfunction. His investigator-initiated research projects on Botox chemodernervation in human subjects led to the first FDA urologic indication of Botox in the United States, the Neurogenic bladder trial. Dr. Gousse also participated and co-authored in clinical trials which led to the FDA approval of the first Beta-3 drug to treat overactive bladder, Merebegron ( marketed as Myrbetriq ) . He also collaborated on extramural NIH grants with Dr Vinata Lokeshwar to investigate urinary markers for interstitial cystitis. Dr. Gousse has authored or co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed scientific publications and numerous textbook chapters, journal articles and abstracts.
He participates as a guest professor in the United States and abroad on various aspects of reconstructive urology and voiding dysfunction, and he regularly lectures as an expert in the field of urology. He has lectured in Asia, Europe, South America, Central America and the Caribbean on numerous occasions. He has been a plenary panelist or speaker at the American Urologic Association (AUA) yearly meeting on numerous occasions. He currently serves on the scientific planning committee of the American Urologic Association Annual Meeting. He is appointed to the board for the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) where he serves as the Chairperson of the SUFU Residency Committee. He chairs and organizes the yearly SUFU Resident Rodney Appell Preceptoship course in Chicago. He was the Chairperson for the AUA – SUFU meeting (2014) . A former Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) board member he led a group of reconstructive surgeons to train urologists in third world countries and regularly lectures at the AUA/GURS Society meeting.
In addition, Dr. Gousse served on the American Urology Association Female Urology Core Curriculum Committee and as the Section Editor of the Female Urology section in the journal Current Urology Reports. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Urology, Neuro-Urology and Urodynamics, Urology . Working with the Global Philanthropic Committee in Urology (GPC) , he is currently the AUA liaison for the Global Association for the support of Haitian Urology (GASHU) dedicated to developing the field of Urology in Haiti. A powerful voice and leader in GASHU, he has served as chair and organizer of the internationally well attended yearly didactic Urology Conference in Haiti. Vice President of AMHE- Florida Chapter prior to being voted President . He is the Current president of “Angels for Humanity” and Former President an co-founder of HALO – Haitian American Leadership Organization for 10 years.
Listed in “Best Doctors in America” for 15 consecutive years 2005-2020, Best Doctors US News and World Report 2011-2012, America’s Top Urologists by the prestigious Consumer’s Research Council of America 2008, Strathmore’s Who’s Who since 2001, the Miller University of Miami Medical School’s Urology Teacher of the Year Award on numerous occasions, the Pfizer Scholars in Urology Award, the Cullen Research Award from the Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Dr. Jonas Salk Scholar Award .
Angelo E. Gousse, MD
Clinical Professor of Urology – Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine – FIU
Voluntary Professor of Urology – University of Miami , Miller School of Medicine
Director of Fellowship:Female Urology,Voiding Dysfunction, Reconstruction
Memorial Hospital Miramar, South Broward Hospital District
1951 SW 172 Avenue, Suite 305,
Miramar, FL, 33029
Tel: 954-362-2720 Fax: 954-362-2761
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